Framed

He tries his best.
 
You stir his reasons
in your cappuccino and sip
the warmth fills you but
you’re not content
because he’s missing
from here, you are frames
in the front window, alone
holding onto a drained cuppa
but is it his fault
that his best isn’t good
enough for you?
 
Will it do?
 
– Written by Anntidote –
 

Entombed

I am the tomb
that enshrines his secrets
I’ll laugh when they come
with their spades and trowels
bent on unearthing his bones
they’ll never dig deep enough
and will leave with nothing
but my soil-covered stones.
 
– Written by Anntidote –
 

Boo

For every second that you give
I’ll multiply it to infinity
Memories that flicker as lights do
In horror movies
It is beyond your control, honey.
 
– Written by Anntidote –

Unforever us

I don’t fear love
but the loneliness
that may follow
if this love doesn’t last
forever, as promised
if I don’t do the deeds
deemed “right”.
 
I’m learning to love you
but you expected me
to know how to.
 
– Written by Anntidote –

Ace of spades

Morse code
beat palpitates
warm wrist
feel demonstrates
mind, hearts
accommodates
I’m dealt
the ace of spades.
 
– Written by Anntidote –
 

Emptiness

Emptiness is everywhere
When you are not here
Being with you is what I desire
Together with your loyalty and tender.

By,
NUSA, Johor.

Yummy

 
Meditating behind musky pages
submerged in the murky depths
of Marketing 101, flick
my finger upon tongue
to fli yet another
when a tap roused me to turn
and face a caramel macchiato smile
behind the tiramisu cheesecake.
 
Yum.
 
– Written by Anntidote –

Proverbs

You proved to me
One proverb
“Your eyes are the window to the soul.”
 
I proved to you
One proverb
“Your absence makes my heart grows fonder.”

By,
NUSA, Johor

The Deep End

The curse thumps from within my chest
wretched poison spread
its perimeter to meet her.
 
My emerald-eyed ravens circle this martyr
lusting for the supple youth
her heart still bleeds.
 
She leaves her coast to wade
past posts that probe
the integrity of her passion for me.
 
With stifled breaths, I stand in angst
she doesn’t know it yet
no one’s survived where she wades.

Written by
-Antidote-

Rules

You taught me
The rules of love
Sincerity, tender
Honesty, sacrifice.
 
But you also taught me
Rules are meant to be broken.

By,
NUSA, Johor