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A punch is a touch
For too much there is love
And for too little there is death
A touch is a punch
For too much there is death
And for too little there is love
the vines will grow and cover it all
What sings the violin?
What moves the wind to chant?
No player, only playing—
no want, no can’t.

The high, the low, the broken note,
the cry that cracks the air—
all rise from the same unheard hum
that has no name to bear.

You are not the voice,
nor the hand that strums the wire.
You are the space between the chords,
the stillness behind fire.

Call it grief, call it grace,
call it fierce or fair—
every note is emptiness
dressing itself in air.

So let the music have its way,
its thunder, hush, or cry.
What hears the song was never born,
and never has to die.
 Apr 15 Vishal Pant
maria
A rumble elicits before a grunt
Each slit, an inch you maim
Set by a thump: two sets of feet.
Feet slide down your back the same
Tips of fingers on a run: tap, tap, tap.

Your flick bright,
Alabaster like
An unnamed saint
I’d canonise softly, with a sigh.

A sight to see.
Indeed,
You extricate a garden off the earth
A sculptor handling bronze,
Licked in salt and sweat.
Sweetness, melanated girth.

Then you huff, close-in
Nearing my neck as a king
I first feel tired
Kneeling tightly, high, a considerable martyr

At your mercy I capsize.
I am a ship, a wreck.
So Raphael, know, when my ******* drip wholly
Into your chest and into your hands,
So is my soul. So is my heart.
 Apr 15 Vishal Pant
Lostling
Chest
Tight—gasp
For air
Eyes
Burn—face
Numb ******
Thoughts-
WORTHLESS
EXPENDABLE
PATHETIC-
Loop
The lies/TRUTH

Holding
my breath,
My body
becomes
a trap
too tight
Just when I thought I was doing better too
I took the blade
Sharp and deadly

I pressed it to my skin,
sliced it across
Over and over

Till the blood pooled out my arm
Leaving a deep long crater

The skin gone, cut off
Showing the pale white under-skin beneath

As I bled more than I ever knew possible
Just a short poem about some personal stuff.
TW. S.H
 Apr 15 Vishal Pant
Aditi
Someone loves me and he cares
Someone loves me and he’s kind
Someone loves me and he doesn’t swear
Someone loves me and we live our lives intertwined

How desperately I wish this was true—  
But alas one can only dream

He loves me like how the stars love the moon
He loves me like the seas love the sand
His fingers glide along the guitar, playing a tune
His ideas— so big they expand over lands

How desperately I wish this was true—  
But alas one can only dream

His scalloped finger tips skim over my books
Admiring detailed spines, childlike wonder in his eyes
My heart skips at the sight of his good looks
His eyes are midnight blue like the evening skies

How desperately I wish this was true—  
But alas one can only dream

He calls me the love of his life.
I beg him not to wait—go live your life.
But he smiles, says, “You are my life.”
And just like that, I ache to be his wife.

How desperately I wish this was true—  
But alas one can only dream
 Apr 15 Vishal Pant
S R Mats
Outside my window
Dark wings go flitting by
Like a shadowy great hand
I sit looking out, and inside I cry
A darkness is growing in this land
From the evil of men
To hear,
Catch sound
In flight.
A whisper,
A hum,
Day or night.

Listening digs,
Heart's core.
Empathy blooms,
Understanding soars.

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Hear is
Catching sound,
Fleeting, clear.
Listening’s connection
Truly sincere.
Paths diverge,
Surface-bound,
Listening dives,
Truths found.
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