On and on...

In every drawer
In every nook and corner
A part of him lingers on
With every restaurant
Garden and side walk
A memory flashes
Dashes and catches
Like fireflies
Stealing part of a song.

His skin she still traces
Feels and embraces
And forgets...
As the night wears on
That smile
That delight
Of seeing her face, but -
the moonlight made way for dawn

And she may ever find
Something as right
Someone that'll stay
While the story goes on?
Until then she'll stare
She'll find truth and she'll dare
To hurt and carry
That hope all day long

-A. Tulsiani

Lullaby

The summer sun said good-bye
Stormy grays took over my sky
I run for cover... but wait
Is it a bad dream?
I'm all alone
No one's searching for me

I look on up, it's darker now
Heavy and wild, and the birds fly around
I'm turning too
And crazy spiral dance
While it all spins around
I have nothing to grasp

The tear drops are falling
Their weight tears my skin
I'm bleeding and melting
And curling from within
If anyone can help - they're just not there
I'll die away rotting in despair

I wake up now. It was a dream
Lying in the middle of nowhere
Giggles and sunshine and glee
Stand up. Look down.
And I scream in fright
I've shredded up, I see whats inside

-A.Tulsiani

...Escape

I wrote this poem back in March 2007, found it on my old blog that i deleted - reposting it here...

Escape

She woke up in the morning,
The summer sun in her eye
Blinking like the fire flickers
She dashes for the covers again

The depth of the disaster
Can be seen in the twists and turns
She fights with the morning
For setting the night to burn

Her nails need to be trimmed
Her life is robbed of meaning
She curls up against her self
And wills her misery dreaming

The dawn is her enemy
She lies in the worlds naked eye
Come dusk she can hide again
From the predators of her light

- A. Tulsiani

For N and A

They'll think it's freaky that I wrote this crappy poem for them. I'm trying to write one after years. This is for my oldest friend and his new girlfriend...


For N and A


He plays her favorite songs
And does all her favorite things
Jumps up when she sneezes
And every single time she pleases

Looks miserable when she's in pain
Comes running all the way
He'll look at her when she's not looking
And nothing can break that away

She smiles when he holds her
Looks for him- he's two steps away
There's a longing never fulfilled
And while the mystery's unfolding it never will

She's laid down the rules
He'll stick by through and through
Promises not thought about
Fears and tears not cleared

She'll weep and break his heart
He'll break her's back and mend it again
But for now it's bright new love
Don't let the curtains drop - not yet.

-A. Tulsiani