Shackles

The shackles of life I do wear 

Unforgiving through pain, never through happiness 

One link after another joins my fear 

Another link disappears with time 

Hopefully when time turns to null

So too shall my fear turn void 

Unless I am shackled by the world 

Unable to leave my love 

Forever binding in pain 

Forever binding in love 

Human

Walking sandbags around me 

Walking ashes around me 

Sand in the air 

Ashes on the floor 

Shades on the sandbags 

Spectacles on the ashes

Sandbags in rust on wheels 

Ashes in rusting wheels 

Rushing off to somewhere 

Running behind time 

Rushing off to the end 

Running behind colored paper 

And here I am confused 

Unsure of my direction

Rushing behind love

Running behind passion

Rushing behind family 

Running behind friends 

Push

Move along I do 

Just as they push from behind 

My move no longer counts 

Because it's their push that mattered 

My tears forever invisible 

To all, even me and them 

Marriage

What is a marriage except

The joining of two souls? 

What else is a marriage except 

The joining of two families? 

How does a marriage fail except 

When no compromises are made? 

How else does a marriage fail except 

When the egos come into play? 

Where does a marriage happen except

In the highest reaches of heaven 

Where else does a marriage happen except

in the hearts of those joined? 

Fighter

Slow as a snail might 

He learned how to fight 

Ego clouded his mind 

The heart stayed kind 

Walked out with life 

Returned with half of a knife 

Blood caked his body foul 

Everyone missed the tears on his soul

Tears fell as rain from the clouds

Just as they did from the crowds 

Moan they did out loud 

He ended covered in a shroud 

- Sachin 

Flesh

Iron machinery human flesh 

Sparks amongst the living 

Iron heart human flesh 

Beats amongst the living 

Heat of the sun touching the flesh 

Scorching in the warmth 

Heat of the water touching the flesh 

Cooling in the warmth 

Sweat forming on the flesh 

Working hard in the world 

Sweat forming money from flesh 

Family living safe in the world 

Sachin 

Other Soul

Her loss, he moaned 

His loss, she moaned 

Neither knew what each other had lost 

Yet their hearts cried for the each other. 

Her loss, he lied 

His loss, she lied 

Neither knew what hit them 

Neither saw what would become 

Her loss, he laughed 

His loss, she laughed 

Neither said the truth out loud 

Neither saw the truth in their eyes 

Her loss, she cried 

His loss, he cried 

Neither wanted to find other again 

Neither found their soul again 

Sachin