A favourite candy shop
And swimming classes
Their evenings were bliss
The two practically lived together

13th birthday had dawned
And they could swim in the oceans now
The mothers bought for them floral bikinis
And off they dived

Far into the ocean
Before they began their laps
To a staring point
Of boulders and weed

With wet chalk
The date was etched and signatures kissed
Thus began a swim
Till one disappeared

Washing her hair
She recalled
The horror of losing a friend
The police kept a record

The story died in the breezy town
Till a detective found
The signatures on the boulder
Was kissed only once
On the date that had begun to fade

The evil glint gave it away
There was no saving the little girl
For she had yet to perfect the lie

There was only one who swam that day
While the other
Send bubbles rolling up
As the weeds made her their own

When you don’t understand
And can escape
When the burden can be shared
To speak and be heard

Must be nice
Walking back to smiling faces
No judgement
And some hugs
Must be nice

Must be nice
Having time to think
And explore everything there is to do

Someone who pulls your leg
And teaches you the ways of the world
And another, just in-case
Must be nice

Must be nice
To walk into crashing waves
To be selfish just this once
Not much to think
Being loved no matter what

To read this and not understand
Must be nice
To not relate

Had I known
I would have taken you away
Many years ago
I would have taken you away
When you walked into my life

Catching the clues from the embrace
I just feel like this is gonna last
Till the end of time
The dance that drove the night away

Only yesterday
Was the January that got it all started
Do you remember ??
Unsure and threading cautious

Under the shining of the imperfect moon
Through the million years
The stealing of  hearts
Only yesterday
We were dancing the night away

The climb

Like a ritual, people on the beach always try and find locations with an unobstructed view of the setting sun - a gentle clamber to climb higher and move just little bit further ahead from everyone else.

 Beach portrait 

The beach has been my home for the last 7 days.

Brace yourselves for illustrations inspired from the sun and sand.  :)

Sometimes the most visually appealing shots in a movie are the ‘scene fillers’, where time lapse is represented with random shots of billboards, signs and the occasional flying bird.

I leave you with my interpretation of one such ‘scene filler’ as I take a much needed break.

Will see you soon in next post.

Much love.

You move like candy
And that’s good
Because I got a sweet tooth

Between you and me
It’s just the music
And the magic lights, behold

Tonight, the rush feels good
I got to tell you
This place has us moving

Young today as we never will be
Dancing along
In magic lights
Only music holds us apart

Tonight, the rush feels good
Coz you move like candy
And I got a sweet tooth

Soon it was apparent, this trap and addiction
Boredom in knowing none of it was real
Warmth in knowing, even you agree

Words you used to say and I thought I understood
Played in my mind like languages gargling for space
In a voice that I no longer hear

Almost believing that everything made sense
That there was no place else but together
I’ll admit I stayed on far too long
Holding on to the pain just a little bit longer
Telling myself we could make it right

Now I rarely think of  our time together
Comfort in knowing even you agreed
Even through the happy times
We had shared loneliness and thoughts of escape