So happy a heart that knows no love
No beat inscribed with a name
Touch it with bare hands or with a glove
The cold heart shall feel the same
…
So happy a heart that knows no love
It won’t bleed for anyone
Except for someone who lives high up above
When all is said and done
All the pages that I wrote has ink spilled all over them and it is such a mess
No point in calling out for help as I know those words are lost forever
I pile and flung them out of the window before they cause me any more stress
And let any man who finds them try and put them back together
Not a single song will let me heal myself now from the memories of their light
The words keep jumping in my head to help me realize just how fickle a lonely heart can be
So I erase the words from my mind but keep them as a photograph when the day turns slowly into night
Unfortunately, I can’t breathe as easy as I used to for everyone has left and everything has gone away from me
And once those words have flown out of my pen, I don’t believe they’ll ever flow out again
Though you’d never understand how much those words meant to me as I wrote them
What has been left here in this wreck is nothing but a lasting sense of hurt, suffering and pain
Well I guess I would have to start anew for sooner I let go of those memories, the faster I would become who I am
In a little cage, I kept a tiny bird
Sang the sweetest songs that I have ever heard
Born with red feathers and a golden beak
A perfect companion I never had to seek
I fed and looked after her day and night
But she always yearned the freedom of the flight
And though it hurt to see her in such a pain
I knew she was safer here than back out again
So I tried my best to make her feel at home
But her heart was in the skies and always felt alone
So one day I opened the door of her cage a little bit
To see if she loved the cage or wanted to get out of it
She flew away in an instant without a passing glance
I wondered if she was always waiting for a chance
And I saw her fly in little circles to express her joy
Reminded of the time when I was a little boy
Now she’s on her own and not within my sight
I don’t know if hunger can be cured by the freedom of the flight
For I know she isn’t brave enough to stay up in a fight
I don’t know if she’ll ever find a shelter to sleep at night
It has been almost a year now since I last heard her voice
It may have been difficult but I think she made the right choice
The journey will be difficult but she will come out strong
The cage was her prison. The sky is where she belongs
When the stars have all disappeared
And the night is on its last leg
I wouldn’t have a single memory
Which I would like to borrow or beg
Except for those little dreams
Which I lived with open eyes
While my heart played a simple song
To silence my poor soul’s cries
For my happiness is attached
To a word I do not expect
I may have heard it a thousand times
But not in the same context
Though it shall hurt me to think
That it may forever be this way
I couldn’t help but smile thinking
That she loved me for a day
Hurt and pain are here to stay
And I expect more sorrow to come my way
But I will let today fly away
For tomorrow is always a beautiful day
I see her face amidst the light
Of a star-studded night
And her voice is like an angel that I hold divine
Asking me if I could cross the line
And make her mine
And take her in my arms and let her shine. Let her shine
…
And I know that a day will come
When we will become
A fallen star on the edge of an unwanted time
So let me stand through this pain
For it’ll never come again
She helps me to forget all that will hurt me. So I let her shine
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When the rain falls on her face
There is no other place
That I would rather be in that moment of time
Every little hole in my heart
Is crying for a start
And the moon paints a picture of her soul. So I let her shine
In his heart, all the lies he would keep
The man who lost his sleep
Fearing the consequences, he would lie awake
For all the trust that he would break
And so he prayed to God on a particular night
And asked to be shown a guiding light
But never a voice, against his prayer did return
He believed himself to be unforgiven
Did he just happen to paint his whole life black
Or was there ever any way back?
He sought and sought. He sought and cried
And at a solution he arrived
He thought it would be better to end his life
Rather than telling the truth to his kids and wife
And so he knocked on the heaven’s door
And waited till the count of four
And the gates opened up very wide
The angels took him by their side
And showed him what his life could have been
If he had not succumbed within
And every picture and every scene
Rolled out right in front of him
His wife was upset and she let it show
The kids lost their favourite hero
But they were willing to pardon him
And were ready to start again
And never a step again did he take wrong
All his crimes seemed far too long
And as they rolled out the final scene
The man woke up from his dream
And saw his wife sleeping free
And kissed her head tenderly
And he knew what he had to do
Wake up tomorrow and be true
And though that night, the angels saw him weep
The man was thankful for he lost his sleep
Walking by my side
Smiling wide
Her heart gifts the kindest replies
Without having tried
I see it all in her eyes
…
Whispering in my ear
Right here
While time so easily flies
All that I want to hear
Is all spoken by her eyes
…
And nothing matters more
Like before
Guided by the angels’ cries
I find my shore
And it is all in her eyes
Lying in my bed
With a thought of you
Got no other thought
Got no work to do
An hour passes by
Doesn’t seem so long to me
I don’t seem to care
How this day’s going to be
Lying in my bed
Having fun wasting time
Procrastination
Is not a crime
My heart was always a poet
And all the blood in my veins, his ink
In you he found his poetry
As he fills this page in a blink
The words flow out so gently
Their steps are soft and sweet
They hum a joyful melody
And dance to the writer’s beat
The sentences are in order
Descending from love to peace
Satisfied, the heart will rest now
After finishing a masterpiece
Frank Solanki 