Cherish

I want to cherish every moment
Because every second after
It becomes a memory
And I won't ever have it again

I smile at the littlest thing
Even if it's only for a second out of
86400 seconds a day
43200 minutes a month
8760hours a year

Swing in motion

What's the point

Of a swing for two

Without you

I have been waiting every day
At the exact time we used to meet
No matter rain or shine

In hope that I can see the swing

In motion again

Yet it only moves when the wind blows

And all that is left

Are the shoes you last wore

Before you left me

On the swing alone

- Inspired by #poetsprompt

Old days

Just sat down on the ground
And ate our lunch like old days
Even though it hasn't even been months
Since we know each other

Talking about it used to be
The simple days
Where we chased

Now it's our turn
To be chased
By datelines

Waking up to know
It's just another day
Closer to submission

Behind your smile

Behind your smile
I see more than your eyes
A lonely world
Surrounded by an empty space

A running film
Flashing across your eyes
No one else seems to notice
While I sit afar

Just looking into your eyes

Someone's eyes

I've walked the path
That I didn't go
Hear the voices
Of those I don't know

Now that my eyes have opened so wide
I'm afraid to look into someone's eyes
Knowing that they cried
And that someone has to die


Inside

Still: Playground

Do see the swing stopping on set
The silencing noise of children's laughter
All the emptying see-saw
With butterflies vanishing wing by wing

Slides covered not with sweat but dried leaves
Ladders no one climb
The rusting of bars without any monkeys

And me
Still sitting on that swing

Waiting for everything to un-still