𝐓𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐤𝐲: 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬

Long Drive

[ Continue from Ashes, Fictional way]

She

Today i am on a long drive
I started from the railway station
But there's no destination

Oh see how the trees move away
As the speed increases from 0 to 53
The same way once i dreamt for him and me

The car is passing by the heavy loaded trucks
A burden on the back of vehicle
Full of unsent letters, regrets and stories of failure

Once upon a time i never knew what pain feels like
And now my smile keeps waning
The time keeps going away squandering

Oh how different this world is from what i knew
The people are all exploiting each other everyday
The rush for more has made them forget what was once known as harmony

Once upon a time i never knew what is a heartbreak
And now it's all what's on my mind
The heart keeps burning and releasing drops of smoke behind

Oh how ruthless is this world
The people whom i called friends are all the ones
Who today turn a blind eye to me and now i feel so odious

Once upon a time i never knew i would feel this
But this deathly melancholy is what all i hear
Now i go away from anyone who tries to come near

Oh how pretentious this world is
The people who seem to be good turn out to be the fishy fellows
And the ones pretending as villain hide that they are heroes

Once upon a time i never knew i would have to forget anyone
And now that's all I can do now
The crying face behind my fake smile is what I can never show

Oh how rude has the world become
Now even something pure and true is called fake
From philanthropist to misanthropist, everything started to abominate

Once upon a time all i wanted was the same ethereal sight every day
And now all i want is to forget that i ever saw heaven
I can't sleep like before but still i am bedridden

The car slows down as it reaches a traffic jam
It's so congested and noisy, but in my mind it's a lot of clamour
I see every vehicle around with so many people laughing and talking
And i feel i am forlorn
I wonder if i can endure

Soon the red light becomes green and all the wheels run straight
But i take a U-turn and turn to a silent street for the sake of my peace
No car or bike is seen
All what is there is my car and it's voice

I stop my car near a pond, walk towards it and sit at it's edge
Looking at the water reflecting my true face
I wonder if it's an illusion too or is it still the truth

The ripples in water and the clouds i see within lulls me
There was a time when everything was just jocund
And now all i know is that i am jaded

I turn to look beside and i see a smiling face
And my hands reach out to touch it
But as soon as i open my eyes, it disappears

Sometimes i wonder how many masks do i have
But is it even possible for anyone to see through them?

Love has been such a unfaithful word
It makes me sober whenever it comes near

Lovers like you
Are murderers to me
Your love is a poison
I won't let it touch me
Love has always been archaic to me

Don't love me
Because his love was my death
I can't die twice

My heart freezes and becomes so cold
The past is full of the truth untold

I am confused what to do, where to go
All i see around is this pond where i ponder

It's winter and my soul withers
My heart is putrefied, and my voice is petrified
And all what's left are these withered flowers at the edge of the pond, a graveyard of regrets and memories
And there's no time machine
To go back to what once was painless, merry like blossom cherry.

[ Continued in "Magic Spell" ]

Dedicated to moonpallete