Brink

It's late

The sun is setting

Shadows grow

More menacing

They see me

Sure they do

They don't care

So don't you

I smile

All will agree

No one will miss

Poor old me

-Izzat R.

Wings

Have none ever wondered why

We were never made to soar

If I had wings to fly up high

The universe, would I explore

Never one to love goodbyes

To leave your side so very soon

If I had wings to soar the skies

We'd be kissing on the moon

Across the sea, across the skies

This I know is ever true

If I had wings to soar up high

I'd fly straight on home to you

-Izzat R.

Yearn

A summer night has gone to pass

Without that melodic lilt of yours

A voice none other could surpass

To treat an ailment only one could cure

The morrow has made a sacred oath

One that we could not elude

To stretch between two lovers' souls

A thousand miles of ocean blue

Darling, I can't promise you the stars

But please don't ever be afraid

For even if you're light years far

My love for you won't ever fade

-Izzat R.

Tooth And Nail

Relentless

For the taste of your love

Restless

For the touch of your skin

Insanity

Holds not a minute's respite

Hazy

Is everything else but you

By tooth

I will give you what you deserve

By nail

I will retrieve you from the earth

-Izzat R.

Twice Shy

What else is there to despise

When the morrow brings naught anew

Dabbled in the workings of the soul

Much too much; through and through

Kindled flames and snuffed out candles

A distinction I can no longer trace

Much less the presence of a void
Rather an absence of a space

-Izzat R.

Aurora

Blink

Tell me what you see

The Earth

At the palm of my hand

All its majesty and grandeur

Formed by only sea and land

Blink

Now what do you perceive?

Planets

9, no 8, in all

It just takes my breath away

How they all look so small

Blink

Is there anything new you discern?

The galaxies

Oh, there really aren’t words to say

Such astounding beauty

Don’t wake me, please let me stay

Open your eyes

You’ve been gone far too long

Drifting ever further away

In a direction that is wrong

Blink

Look outside, tell me what you glimpse

Colours

People, cars, and the sky so blue

Like an aurora

Their colours are pretty too

Think

We all look too far for beauty

For what has always been near

You should never stop living

In the now and the here

Now blink
And stop making the universe shrink

-Izzat R.

North Star

I've been lost at sea

For far too long

The voices scream

Telling me I've had enough

But for now, it's quiet

For now

They say there is a calm

Right before the storm

How true that is

Now depends on you

So point
And I will follow

-Izzat R.

Connect The Dots

Dusk enveloped the lands

Yet cease not, did the sun glow

Squeezing sweat glands dry somewhere

And others, mere rays through snow

As one star hides away

Millions of other came out to play

I glanced your way and smiled

Again, we raced each other to the bay

By the witness of the nebulae above

We pulled each other to the ground

Laughed until our lungs were sore

And went on till the sea was found

Out of breath, I sit under the stars

And marvel at the specks of light

I almost let loose a laugh when I remember

That you aren't here with me tonight

Where you went, I do not know

But it is awfully quiet without our fight

The grown ups say you're happier now

I dare you to come and tell me they're right

I may not be as bright as the stars

But I start to connect the dots

It doesn't matter if you're here, or light years far

I know we'll remain connected

By the constellations of our hearts

-Izzat R. 

Haley

Retinas still burnt from your beauty

From the last time I laid my eyes upon

That flowing white dress that trailed

That icy flame that exuded your being

A spectacle on that cold, calm night

Without so much as a word, you retreated

Back to whence you came

Leaving me, feet plastered to the ground

Gawking at the unnaturally bleak skies

That will never again be as radiant

But alas, never once have I moved

From the very spot we met

With a smile on my face, I wait

Hanging on a thread of words

A promise that one day you’ll return

And once again will my soul burn

-Izzat R. 

Starshine

Mistake me not

I know you're there

How could I forget

You and your dark wavy hair

I took a sip of coffee

My head tilted up

I noticed a twinkle of joy

As eyes met over my cup

Tempted as I was

Words forming in my head

It went off soon again

That wretched monster, wire fed

The folly came then

When a choice was made

A trap that ensnared many a man

Of which a price was surely paid

For the more we look down

At these unnatural blips of light

More so will our starshine fade
Back into the cold, abyssal night

-Izzat R.

Castles

I stare in awe

While you wonder why I’m gaping at a pile of rocks

Desolate rubble where no one resides anymore

You may argue

That it must have been more beautiful all those years ago

But what do you know? You haven’t a clue

What if it survived

I don’t imagine what it may have looked like then

I think of what it could be now if it had thrived

What is beauty

I see potential majesty, while you see grace long gone

Beauty nonetheless; birthing wonder, birthing glee

Different nonetheless

Within the ruins I see hope, while you dismiss it as past

But I suppose the one who ruined it won’t be as obsessed


-Izzat R.

Scribbles

I'm just a poor man
With nothing to give
Haven't a dime to offer
Barely a purpose to live

I may not know much
But this much I do
If the world were mine
I'd give it all to you

I may not have much
Nothing but words
Open up your heart
Let this no-one be heard

I may not grasp much
But this much is true
If you accept my scribbles
Then I'll scribble on for you


-Izzat R.

Darkest Ecstasy

I tremble and shiver
I sputter and stutter
I cringe and hunger
All alone in this dark, damp corner

I was warned to keep away
From this damned road to agony
But I was too arrogant
Too proud
Look where I am now

When it was right
Oh damn it was right
An ecstasy unlike any other
From which I would never want to recover

But my vessel has gone dry
And I see the world as it really is
More clearly if at all possible

A broken syringe to the side
Blood dripping down my arm
My mansion in the background
Ruined

I know what it is doing to me
I know of the pain that follows

But the devil keeps me on the floor
Whispering at me to keep having more
That this is an addiction worth dying for


-Izzat R.

Say Day

There are loads I’d like to ask

And much more I’d like to say

Like what I think of the weather

Or maybe a simple “How's your day?”

But I guess it’s unimportant

What I want to ask or say

As long as you are happy

It would probably make my day

So maybe it would hurt a little

If a time you were to say

“I have never been as happy”

And I wasn’t in that day

But it doesn’t really matter

What others think and say

All I want is to see you smile

Your smile that lights up the day

Sure I may never be the reason

There’s nothing I can do or say

But to see you happy once again

I truly wish to see that day

-Izzat R.