LOL: Life Of Leo

I haven't written her in so long There seems to be a void in my heart No matter what I choose to write about She and I can never be long apart Words do come to me everyday They sing to me as I go to bed I have no time to string them together They just make a home on my head Some of them are light as feathers While most of them just weigh me down I'm trying my best to give life to them Yet they stay on like a permanent crown Image Source They need an outlet I understand But then, so do I With all the "about me" talks going on How could I just let her die She and I are bound together Making a tune out of a random word We choose our emotions carefully Eliminating negatives from the herd She gave me the strength to write Showed me feelings in myriad hues Now I have to celebrate her It is time I paid her my dues Without her I wouldn't exist I miss her and her perfect rhyme I tried to stay away ...

Image Source I can't believe you turn eighteen today I still remember the day I felt you inside me I was young, rebellious and adventurous Myself as a mother I couldn't see I nurtured you for nine whole months Giving you the best of all that I had I even grieved for you a little bit Realizing you would never know your dad He left after that one night I don't even have his name I am too scared to admit this As I cover my bulging belly in shame I had to give you up This was for your own good I couldn't do anything for you I wanted you to enjoy your childhood I found a good family for you I know that they treat you like their own son This is the life you deserve, my dear boy Not like mine, hiding and on the run I hope you understand why I did this Also know that I would never forget you Every year I send you a letter on this day You are still fresh in my memory like dew I remember those tiny hands and feet...

painting by Cesar Santos Talk all you want about my body It does not matter to me I'm more than all of you put together And yet only my size you can see Who defined the perfect body To look like a fragile hour glass I do not want to comply to this This body shaming, I shall pass I am happy the way I am I have curves, here and there Cellulite and stretch marks appear too I love them, why do you care Small, medium, large or bigger It is just a label after all Why desperately try to fit in Instead choose comfort and stand tall People will continue to laugh Like their body, their minds are thin Pay no heed to them Carrying some extra weight is not a sin What matters is how healthy you are Your stats have nothing to do with it Take care of yourself the way you want to Do not worry, as long as you're fit Ignore the vanity and march ahead Paint your life with your own color chart Size sometimes does matter Only ...

photo by Caroline Knopf The fire rose higher and higher The whole village was engulfed in a flame People screamed hoping for a miracle And then entered in shining armor, a dame She jumped fearlessly into the fire Grabbed people and got them out She bore the heat and pain silently She would save all, there was no doubt There were a lot of people out there And yet she didn't stop for a while She did not say a word to anyone When all were safe, she let out a smile She was badly charred due to the fire Yet one could see happiness on her face Once they realized what she had done  They all knelt down to say grace Her clothes were half torn in the process Some one covered her with a thick cloak They couldn't believe what had happened A lady had saved them and not a bloke She walked away feeling content She had done what she had to do Dragging her feet she walked on Her life she had done justice to She walked to the ne...

Image Source Many of them admire your lithe frame While some secretly undress you A bunch of them would claim to be your friends Only a hand full of them will remain true Many will envy your deep dark eyes And yet praise you every time Your hoarse husky bold voice To some will sound like a chime They will always smile at you Watching you through your bone As much as they throw their love at you Some just wish you turn into a stone You'll be called names one too many Ignore them like you always do Nobody like the ones who speak the truth And it's not only hatred they feel for you They talk about your style non stop They think that you dress like a whore Your independent streak they cannot handle They cannot believe that you're your own oar The world has become a very weird place No respect for those who live their own life While many may applaud your choices Quite a few are wielding a knife You're popula...

photo by Ed Ross Scarlet Rose, that's what she was called In fact nobody even knew her actual name Her beauty stunned man and woman alike The very beauty you see in this frame She was like a gift from God Always smiling and spreading joy Some men wanted to capture her But she refused to be any one's toy She loved people for what they are Helping everyone and sprinkling pixie dust As long as one had a heart Falling in love with her was a must She never spoke anything about herself But her eyes always said a sad tale She made up for it by smiling too wide And singing beautifully like a nightingale She always wore a dozen roses in her hair They remained strong in their desired place Many longed to be her silky tresses And yet she turned them all away with grace Nobody knew where she stayed But when she sensed troubled she was here Laughing along making others laugh Helping people let go off their fear No one was s...

Charing Cross Road, 1937 by Wolfgang Suschitzky I know you are going through a lot I want to help you get over it I know you do not want to talk about her Holding your hands, I'll quietly sit I know the pain is too much to bear A broken heart takes time to heal I'll offer you my heart until then Maybe then you'll know how I feel She broke your heart and left That is something I'll never do I have loved you since forever Look into my eyes, you'll see its true You were way too good for her I wonder how this you couldn't see My heart bled every time she used you And now you have to pay the fee I'm aching along with you Let me stand by your side You can share some of my strength I'll help you sail through the tide I shall always be here for you Together, we shall get past this I'll show you how to find happiness In tiny moments of unexpected bliss No matter what time of the day it is C...

Image Source There is something about this thing called love It hits you hard and sweeps you off your feet It opens up doors you did not know existed And makes a rhythm of your heart beat Falling in love is not important What matters is staying in love It doesn't matter how many years pass by What was there then, should be there now Some people say that it all dies down After a few years there will be no romance Many of them are firm believers of this And yet some one of them leave it to chance My love story started years ago And it has remained the same till date Everyday I fall in love a million times With my friend, my lover and my soul mate Every morning I wake up with a kiss When he leaves to work there is another Romance lasts throughout the day for us Every night we snuggle against each other It is not something we consciously plan It all comes naturally to us Love remains the base of our relationship Nothing co...

Image Source It is a really funny thing this life Shows you ups downs and flings you to the side But one thing it does guarantee you The beautiful destination is well worth the ride The happiness doesn't last for ever Nor does the period of pain and tears Life will bend you to the extremes Helping you shed your inhibitions and fears Some highs may make you close your eyes And yet your focus you mustn't lose If you are pushed to the ground Staying there or not you must choose This game with cast a dizzy spell on you May make you want to throw up at times But if you make it past all that You will see unicorns and hear joyful chimes The ones on top may look down upon you Do not worry, soon you will get there too Help those going down stay afloat To your conscience you better stay true The wind shall not always work in your favor It shall try to pull away the ground beneath you Others will come in to crowd your space S...

Joachim Buecklaer, 1560 Nothing gives me more happiness Like the way some good food does I love eating and talking about it As well as cooking without a fuss Food to me is a sacred art Everything about it is so nice I create master pieces everyday Some with sugar, some with spice I love the various food groups But I lean more towards meat A big juicy steak is all that I need With all the sizzle and that heat Cooking to me is a stress buster I'm wondering what to create today Do I use the skinned rabbit Or shall I let the duck have a say The apples look so fresh and crunchy With the cabbage, they shall make a great slaw Maybe I can pickle the carrots as well It's so simple, there can't be a flaw I'll make a dessert out of the plums Served with some custard and cream Or should I just make a crumble of berries The dish that always appears in my dream The grapes look so ripe and tempting I'll just mun...

photo: Daniel Murtagh There is more than a finger pointed at me But there are hundreds pointed back at them I'm busy with my own wonderful life While in their idle minds, baseless thoughts stem The only job that they have Is to put together invisible bits I'm too busy in my own real world I have no time for their meaningless skits They spend so much time thinking about me Stalking me everywhere like a ghost While they spend their time doing that I'm pouring champagne and raising a toast They make stories about me everyday I've already killed their characters in my head They crib, cry and complain non stop While I eat, drink and make merry instead Each one of them are poor lonely souls With nothing worth living in their life I've way too many things to care about Than the rumors that seem to run rife They pray to God and ask for my destruction While I just thank God for a wonderful day The happiness in my ...

No. 8, Black Flowing, Jackson Pollock Look closer, do you see my happy face The one where my eyes shine with joy Or do you see us walk together Holding hands, a girl and a boy Can you see that big bright heart The one that you stole from me Look at it still beating for you Concentrate, the fluctuations you can see Look at the silhouette of that mountain The memorable place of our first kiss  What do you think of the orange sun Or did your mind give that a miss Can you see the stream gushing by The place where we always met What about the bright winged kingfisher Our companion on this lovely set What do you think of this painting The one I painted day and night With sleep laden eyes I mixed colors Oblivious of darkness or light The day I finished our canvas I heard that you had left me I refused to believe it at first You loved me, so how could this be Turns out all of you was a facade Mocking me and my love all t...

George Tooker, self-portrait I cannot stop looking into the mirror I drown in my own deep blue eyes I'm forever lost within myself Oblivious to others joys and cries I work hard for my perfect gait Watch every morsel that I eat I hit the gym twice a day Achieving a body like this is quite a feat Look at the sharpness of my nose It sits perfectly on my sculpted face My skin is all smooth and bright With no blemishes to erase My voice sounds all bold and husky More melodious than this conch's chime Tiredness doesn't get to my core I look this gorgeous all the time Oh lady, please don't fall in love with me I shall tear your heart apart What you think is Cupid's arrow Is actually my poisoned dart You will not mean a thing to me Beyond me, my eyes can't see You will never be good enough Even if you try hard to be I only shall think of myself My thoughts I cannot cram I can only love myself I...

photo by Tess Kincaid I can never forget this day last year When I saw you for the first time That's when I believed in love at first sight In one glance, I had made you mine Your slender frame perfectly teased And those dark blue eyes spoke to me My heart was bound in poisoned barb One look from you set it free Your silky black tresses swayed to music I watched you with a smile on my face There was something so positive about you Every wound of mine you seemed to erase Your red lips sang a tune of its own Capturing me with every unsaid word I had won and lost on the same day Love does this to people I have heard I wanted to come and talk to you There was a lot that I had to say Looking at you, my body stood frozen I couldn't find my own way One blink and then you disappeared I looked for you all over the place There was not even a glimpse of you Everything suddenly felt like empty space I have never seen you s...

Image Source I look at her with disgust Her delicate lips emanating smoke How can a woman behave this way On her own life, doesn't she choke Her plunging neckline is defying gravity Giving me a glimpse of her ample breast Seeing a lady in the semi naked form How can men like me just stay at rest Look at the bright red color of her lips Maybe after all she is a whore Such women need to be punished Promiscuity is embedded in their core That svelte curvaceous body of hers Seems to be inviting all the attention The way she seductively walks Is what sex looks like in motion Her loose dark hair swirls around her face Their tickle she doesn't seem to mind Why does she have to tempt people like me To my lustful looks she seems to be blind How can a woman be something like this Isn't she supposed to be an innocent beauty Looking at her smoking and drinking Punishing her seems to be my duty Then I stop and think for ...

Image Source Set your heart free and close your eyes Dream of the peaceful life that you want Nightmares might be tough and scary But incomplete dreams continue to haunt Give yourself the time to dream Of a wonderful land far far away Where only peace and happiness prevails And everything seems to go your way Dream of the beautiful fairy land With talking butterflies and a buzzing flower Inhale the calmth of the serene green Embrace life and become its lover Close your eyes to the chant of a tune Make your heart beat a lullaby Create a new home for yourself Enter it and never say goodbye It takes a lot of guts to dream Some are fulfilled while some just end There is a long uncertainty with it Some broken dreams you cannot mend That doesn't mean you give up Your dreams are what your mind has to say Go ahead and dare to dream freely Be it on a rainy night or a sunny day Dreams are hopes with a voice Live them the w...

Image Source Pride is a very dangerous thing It can elevate a person to the highest high But it can also crash one to the ground Without an answer to the how and why All humans are born equal Religions are created by man High and low is preached everyday With no one to come forward with a ban Who defines the David and Goliath Are the rich always considered great What happens to commoners like you and me Do we just have to succumb to fate Money today can buy almost everything But love and happiness it cannot If you prefer to stay on the pedestal Remember from below, you look like a dot Flaunt everything while they last It doesn't take long for the tables to turn No matter how high you sit When the fire comes, you too shall burn No one is superior, no one is inferior What matters is the goodness of the heart Develop trust, love and relationships Else be prepared to fall apart Others might lie low and not talk much ...

Image Source There is this tingling sensation that I feel Of butterflies and the chant of a saxophone  I hear the birds chirping more clearly Every sound has now taken a musical tone The world suddenly seems like a better place Even a sip of water intoxicates me I am lost in an endless dreamy trance That is prettier than what my eyes can see This feeling is extremely beautiful I never want to let go off it I see an array of endless candles And my life is now miraculously lit Nothing around bothers me anymore Happiness is the only thing that I feel Finally I have an answer to all my questions All the loose ends are now tightly sealed Colors now have a new meaning to me Every shade takes me to a different land My mind is busy spinning a bright tale Larger than life, something very grand They say once you are in, you cannot get out But I have already made up my body, mind and soul I have left behind incomplete parts of me ...

Image Source I chose to live life on my own terms Without bowing down to any body They pointed their filthy fingers at me And hailed my upbringing shoddy I laughed out loud and marched ahead All alone, without any worry For being strong and believing in myself I do not have to be sorry Since I don't adhere to the norms People made all sort of stories about me They lived in a world of pretense Through their blind eyes I did not want to see I stayed positive and made a name for myself I did have to let go of few people on the way Others told me to find someone and settle down It did not make sense to me what they had to say I was happy just being with myself I was in love with everything around From the blue sky to the flaming sun To the birds and their chirping sound Most of them do not understand this They think that something is wrong with me I do not care about their various perceptions For me, I just wanted to let b...

Midsummer Night's Melancholy by Michael Sowa You said a word, I said two Others added their concoction to this Why did we have to listen to them They only ended up ruining our bliss You and me were always meant to be When and how did it get to here Today we can't stand the sight of each other Will a day come when things are clear We cannot even face each other today Do we have to listen to what others say We lost our relationship thanks to them We are the ones who had a price to pay Everything is wrong with mankind They are known to kill each other Either for money or for fame They do things without any bother Jealousy and insecurity are inbuilt in them They will push anyone down for their rise They remain unfazed by the actual truth And are comfortable drowning in lies Each one is trying to out do the other Inspite of the sharing the same blood When the time comes for one to succeed This only connection they shall...