Afterhours

I don't know you at all.

After waiting for so long in the dark of the dark

Spent and retired

In the odourless jar 

of Hope

Chasing the winds has been easier

Perhaps, because I needed it less

But unlike you, it always caressed

I don't know you at all

After waiting for so long in the dark of the dark

For a whisper that shook the universe,

Once upon a time.

But today, barely moves the sand.

Birds chirped, their babies perked

But the moon in your eye 

Was far from being lit up

I don't know you at all

After waiting for so long in the dark of the dark

Remembering the ebb and tide

Of memories

On which we sailed our boat

And made it travel far and wide

In the only direction, it knew then.

Upstream

I don't know you at all

After waiting for so long in the dark of the dark

Unguarded and unsafe

In the reckless head

Of mine

Where I made a drawing of you

And placed you gleefully

Right next to the red star

I don't know you at all.

After waiting so long in the dark of the dark

And now, the hollow ghost of the wait

Haunts every part of me

Like the undeniable truth of existence itself

Begging for an answer

In lieu of my

peace