The Unfinished Chapter - 88

Chapter 88

Luminous, the quiet night sky was luminous in its loneliness

Her eyes burned from the tears she cried

She pet her heart, wondered
A vicious dance between hope and death
Steps she didn’t follow, didn’t understand
Still, she was dancing
A tiny trail of tears made their way to the ground, silently
Earth was absorbing some of her grief
Only to be greeted with more
Gone were innocent days filled with dreams
She lay amid a scattered lot now
Questions, questions haunted her
Feelings mocked her
She swallowed hard
The pain in her gut killing… almost
And she lay, just lay
She waited for no answers, nothing
Just a visitor she was expecting
As she died another death tonight
Only to rise tomorrow, and die a million more deaths again...

The Unfinished Chapter - 89

Chapter 89

She tries calling out to him, she can't

Her voice is lost in the dreariness of everyday life

She was soft, but, love she believed would carry her call through

Tears welled-up in her almond-shaped eyes

She ceased calling, he couldn't or wouldn't hear her

She waited for a while as the crowds and noise engulfed her

Everything has an overpowering effect now

She slowly turned to leave

She left, just as quietly as she had come

Her love, her dreams, trying so hard to find a place in this heartless world

Sweet nothings, kisses, hugs, holding hands
These are her life, a life through love 

She was looking for him, hoping that he was looking for her too
 The wait is a long one as tears streams flow when her patience runs thin
For now, she is kissed with her own tears

But she'll look for her soulmate anyway
She knows she will find him
And when she does, she will hold on to him

Even if all she would do was break down and cry in his arms

The Unfinished Chapter - 90

Chapter 90

She was free-falling in a deep, deep abyss

A bright light with snapshots of a life gone by welcomed her

Almost mocking

She stretched out her hand to grasp at them

They disappeared, mocking her unabated

She turned, shut her eyes swiftly

The pain of separation, heartbreaking sadness engulfed her very being

A flood of tears gushed forth

Her pain, her friend now, was almost physical

Her eyes were still closed

She was too afraid to open them

Too afraid to see pictures

Snapshots of dreams that now seemed like an illusion

Slowly, ever so slowly she opened her eyes

Mirrors, mirrors all around her

She looked at her face in those mirrors

And, she saw him... 

The Unfinished Chapter - 91

Chapter 91

Surreal, not quite

The sound a ticking clock somewhere near, somewhere far

Breathe, wait, be

The quiet moon on a cloudless night withholds deep secrets

Wandering minds will play truant, yet again

The fallacy of it all was mocking

Yet, in so many ways love threatened to conquer

Love, dear love, what beauty you bring to this wretched world

Werewolves cries in a distance signals the escapades of a lost soul

Cotton clouds passed by the dark moon

Shielding it only just enough to be seen

Quite like the weeping eyes of a lonely lover who lines her eyes to hide her tears

She could sing another love song, but she didn't

Her arms ached for the lover she missed

Her heart sobbed for the soul she longed for

She danced to a tuneless song

Her feet bled, she danced anyway

And, as the ambiguity of it all dawned

She spread her wings and flew...

The Unfinished Chapter - 92

Chapter 92

She lived her life in love

She still lives her life in love

Her feelings were, are, and forever will be true

She thought that was enough

Was it, though?

She stands at the end of a lonely road

Is it the end or the beginning?

She knew not, she cared not

She wasn't here

She was consumed by the bottomless vacuum that refused to abate

Dreary clouds part ways in the sky above

Brightness caused by sudden lightening

Thunder roared like it was a lover spurned

Like it cried as it stood and watched tiny, scattered pieces of a broken heart

It poured thundershowers like never before

Like the sky was sobbing for its lover it missed so dearly

A lover that was its life with whom it had none

The sky was lonely, the sky was nothing, no one

So, who is the sky then?

Like the sky, is she destined to look far, far into the horizon
Rejoice at the meeting of the sky and earth in that distance?

She gasped for breath, fought back a tear, closed her eyes

Just closed her eyes

This was going to be a dreamless sleep

She'd rather not dream, than have those very dream paint pictures, only to betray her

The Unfinished Chapter - 93

Chapter 93

Delicate

Her tiny wings were delicate

She flapped them, ever so gently

They found flight, took her to a new place, a different time

Quiet gentle breeze caressed her long, silky hair

Stray strands kissed her slight shoulders, tickled her, almost

She smiled

She looked at her bosom, beyond which lay a beating heart

Her heart

She pet it, sang to it

Closed her eyes

A stray tear threatened to make its out

It did

But, this tear was different

This was a tear of joy

The joy of looking within

The joy of a few dreams, fewer memories

The joy of but a few hours

The joy of new wings

The joy of learning to fly... again, and again, and again, and again

The Unfinished Chapter - 94

Chapter 94

Molten wax, burning candle, intangible patterns

She watched

Ever so quietly

Ever so still

Her tears failed betraying her this time

She listened to words strung together, producing song

Songs that she once sang

Songs that held meaning, once up on a time

Words, they are mere words now

Sung in that moment of gladness

In the heat of passion

Sung while love seduced, played a game that someone else would take

She closed her eyes, drifted away to the tune

Depth, emotions, feelings, love

She opened eyes,

Chaos in the real world failed to enchant her senses

Words, how she loved them so

How she clung to them like a lovelorn lover looking at her half for the first time in a long time

Words, beautiful words

Gladdened her heart, gave her soul wings... and then,

Stabbed her through the heart with a knife so sharp, an injury so brutal, she saw a dove cry tears of blood

Molten wax, burning candle, intangible patterns

She watched

Ever so quietly

Ever so still

The Unfinished Chapter - 95

Chapter 95

The quiet of midnight rolled on nigh

A solitary star twinkled in the night sky

Her delicate wings found a flicker of life

She was weary

She twirled a slim finger around a strand of smooth, silky hair

Cotton like clouds danced to a tune so strange, so unknown

She looked at the face of the full moon

A moon promising so many dreams

Fulfilling them for some, shattering them for others

She watched, insentient, benumbed

A muffled sob defeated her throat, and made its way out

The murkiness of the night sky emphasised the quiet summer moon

Ah, moon, ever so lonely as that lone star disappeared

Beautiful crescent, hearkening ever so silently

It was bearing witness to dreams being made, dreams being broken

It shone, on the fragments that once were someone's dream

A dream that now lay pulverised, dissipated

Indeed, that moon shone, on all that was, all that is still to be

She closed her eyes

A slow, reticent tear crawled nonchalantly down her smooth, porcelain cheek

She felt it wet her bosom, its final resting place

As she mourned the dreams that evaded her still