There’s something cathartic about a storm, As if the heavens had imbued All the torment and misery of this world Into dark nebulous clouds And reached a rumbling rage Pain that could no longer be contained – Like tears, it only takes an unchecked trickle for the torrent to cascade …
I want to feel overwhelmed My senses blown My soul shaken – Hafsah @Esoteric Sips
You were here last night – You didn’t have a face But I knew it was you Like I know my own face In a mirror You were only a body – A voice – A touch – As tangible as my own flesh, As evanescent as my breath …
You cannot make me wait Poised on the brink – Unbalanced, unsure Dangling Between two possibilities: The thing with feathers fluttering in my heart The stab of remorse dawdling in my gut. – Hafsah @ Esoteric Sips
Your mind is an intricate web That ensnares me in its tenacity – Injecting me with your venom as I Desperately flap for freedom, You wrap me in your poisonous words and Feed on my comatose soul. – Hafsah @ Esoteric Sips
She rose, a trapped daffodil, Hidden between barren branches Their sharpness threatening to pierce – But still she grew Tall Into the gaps, Her humble head bowed to the sun In submission For its blessings. None seek light That grows from pain, parched. Few know the strength Of a …
This night is illuminated by a single moonbeam that rouses my soul to weep teardrops as warm as the blood pumping my heart, pearls that fall to the earth and elucidate the path. This night is glittering with raining stars that refresh my eyes wash my muddied soul that opens …
I search for you in every face, A mighty tower, Staunch, head held high – Sublime words Flooding with humility Stir my mind. I search for you in every eye, An evincing window Diamond clear, reflective – And yet, like dark esoteric waters That wash over me, Warm and salving. …
‘I almost wish we were butterflies and lived but three summer days.Three such days with you I could fill with more delight than fifty common years could ever contain.’ This is the first time I’ve watched a film about a writer and absolutely fallen in love. Bright Star follows the …
