Category: lie

• May 24, 2024

  Speaking in Riddles

  The truth lies dormant underneath concrete and hidden dreams We talk in riddles Answer in rhymes Smile contorted into broken phrases That leave little to the imagination But everything undone Love always, Ayesha
• January 6, 2024

  My Thoughts: Halfway Home

  If tears were a highway And if truth were a stop sign By avoiding cautious optimism Filled with sweet lies, covered in the ambiguity of love I’d be halfway home, Dancing on sunshine by now Love always, Esha
• December 30, 2023

  All or Nothing

  I don’t know why I do this to myself Looking toward midnight with flickers of twilight in your eyes Wonder if your ever real at all Telling the truth Always ready to fall But it seems like love always calls to deaf ears I don’t know why I do this to myself To kiss you…
• December 27, 2023

  Thank God Christmas is Over

  The hanging mistletoe has dried out in mid-air The pine needles of trees That once had presents under them now decorate living rooms Without a cause or reason outside of holiday inertia The smell of cinnamon and nutmeg dissipate The candy canes that reek of peppermint But fail to satiate the taste-bubs Of a sista…
• December 10, 2023

  Opinion Piece: Why?

  It’s easy to accept things as they are. To adjust to the stations we have been assigned to since birth. But when I think about all the wonderful, awe-inspiring people I have come into contact with it encourages my soul. To believe that there is more to life than living in the pain and agony…
• November 7, 2023

  Identity

  You move even when your feet hurt And your heart burns When answers are few and far in-between And your soul yearns For something more than a warm body to lay next to A lover than takes from your essence But doesn’t appreciate you That shows you one mask after another So you pull at…
• September 17, 2023

  Pictures

  I love you still. Silent words lie in-between us. Day dreams that faded into the background. Pictures never developed lie in camera rolls on dusty countertops in an abandoned house. Where we once held hands and made plans that never came into fruition. But my heart longs for you still. Love always, Esha <3
• April 10, 2023

  Mash Up: Never The Same

  I look to youAnd the icy dreams of your warm embraceAching to feel the smooth contours of a chiseled faceYour presence is a sweet melody to me Reminding a lonely soul of treasured memoriesLet love swing from misty air like dandelion sporesJust one blow of cool breezeCould sweep all of my desires away But every…
• April 6, 2023

  SHORT THOUGHT: Lied Too

  If you love me, let it be that. If you hate me, that’s fine too. I just don’t wanna be lied too. Love always, Esha <3