Tales of a Kaleidoscopic Heart

Riptide

I watched him slip and fade away
Drunken conversations with empty bottles
Dangerous words bubbling out of my throttle
A silent prayer that he would make his way back someday
“Always the second choice", I thought,
Ripping myself to reminisce a million memories with him
I acknowledged the emotional masochist in my heart
Loneliness crept out of my chest at cue
And I surrendered to every feeling I caught.
Sometimes we need to surrender to longing and loss.

Betrayer
My heart is a closet where grief resides
They tiptoe up to me in the middle of the night
Weeping and wailing, begging for attention,
Psychic moans would fill the room
I struggle to shut the door, trying to escape
Yet their words would fray at my heart
Slicing my heart strings, one at a time
Picking up the broken shards
I stared into my reflection,
Desperately trying to glue them back
Strands of insecurity and regret would unravel,
Revealing a girl naked in her feelings
Trying to run from her whirlpool of thoughts.
A painful wrestle with one’s inner turmoil.