One at a Time

One at a Time

When you can see your goal clearly,
as gruelling as the journey may be,

don't let prying eyes or
heads full of doubt
make you forget why you started out.

Let nothing lead you astray.
Be sure to stand your ground.

All you've got to do today,
is make today count.

~CC

Wanderlust

Wanderlust

With all this talk of travel

of places to go and

sights to see

of experiences and memories

found only in new territories.

I wondered if you would

grant me this one wish

and take me someplace

that doesn't exist.

                                              ~CC

91 Days

91

They say there's a time and place
for everything.
It matters not, my love
that now isn't ours and
here is not to stay.

Because for 91 spins of the earth
and forever as a souvenir,
you were and will be
my favourite combination 
of space and time.

                                             ~CC  

Almost

Almost

The crescent moon.

Only two balmy weeks of June.

Half a magical day.

I-love-yous you don't have to say.

A half-eaten cookie

saved just for you.

Incomplete things 

can be beautiful too...

~CC

Hindsight's 20/20

Hindsight's 20/20

Reason lost when passion won.
Gather what you can salvage.
Rise from the wreckage.
You knew it all along.

Shed no more tears now
over the hurricane in your heart.
What else did you expect and how?
When you threw caution to the wind
right at the start.

                                                   ~CC

Solutions

Solutions

Of all the things
I want with whiskey
all of them involve you
none of them involve clothes

                                              ~CC

A Narcissist's Woes

A Narcissist's Woes

I am the one I think wisest,
I am the one I know best.
I have so much love for me,
I delight in my own company.
I never need another,
I am my grandest lover.

On cloudy days and moonlit nights,
when into the looking glass I see,
I'm overcome by such admiration,
that I kiss my winsome reflection.

The heartless mirror, however,
it doesn't kiss me back. No. Never.
Frozen cold against my lips,
the devil laughs as it quips.

~CC

If Only...

   If Only...

      

I poured my heart out to you,
on paper, of course.
Folded it and slipped it
into the envelope
of my deepest vulnerabilities.
Sealed it with a hundred kisses,
perhaps, a hundred wishes.
          
And you...
impatient you, ripped it open.
I would've lived, my darling,
lived through the gashes & tears,
if only you had read
more than words.
         
On paper, of course,
I poured my heart out to you.

~CC

Okay is an okay place to be...

Okay...

If, bless you, you've been through a hard time 
recently or a while ago...
and find yourself looking for yourself,
decide now, to be kind to "you".

Decide that you will give yourself time 
to heal, to recover, to gain your strength.
Then use this time for YOU!

Don't stress... don't talk down to yourself. 
Small steady steps. Be good to "you".
Find what you love. Do what makes you happy. 
Don't rush to joy.
Baby steps... stumble... fall... get up!

Sometimes... you just need some time... 
until then... just for a little while...

Okay is an okay place to be...

~CC

Do Read

Do Read

You said, "Do read".

I changed the light,

Above my bed, above my head,

From mellow yellow to vivid white.

Now each time I flip the switch,

  It's brighter than it used to be.  

                                          

                                        ~CC

To See and Be

To See and Be

There's this man I know,
He's walked the earth
Almost three decades' worth,
Just another year to go.

I'm sure he knows that his smiles
Are made of what poets live for.
The kind where you dive forth
And drown gladly in gleaming eyes.

Such a shame he can't help but frown when
He tells me of this awful gossip-ridden tale,
Of things and stories that people claim,
He said for me and I for him, and then...

Sitting together, shaking our heads over the crazy lies and times,
He puts his hand on my heart and I lay mine on his.
They beat to different rhythms, alright! Do you hear this?
Such a blessing it is to appreciate love and beauty in all their forms and kinds.

Oh dear innocent friend of mine, I love you for you,
Not for the stories that strangers concoct.
And I hope with all my heart
That you love me for me too.

For I will not believe what strangers tell me
And I will not do what they'd have me do.
The only ones that matter to me are me and you.
We've got lots left, together, to see and be.
For I will not believe what strangers tell me.

                                                                                                               ~CC

Om Namah Shivay

Him


I see a million times,

with eyes open and closed alike.

Icy mountains, brilliant white,

and Him...

deep blue and clad in leopard's skin,

commands the storm and calm alike.

~CC