Dhimsha Riza Poems

my mind is a cacophony of unanswered questions;
my heart, an unresolved conundrum.
your hands glide over the piano and
weave a story in the air around us;
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you've always assumed you knew
everything there is to know
about me.
you assume adulthood means i
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i was none but a burning ship
and i reached for you
as if you —
as if you were my saviour;
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i painted this room with my own hands. washed every trace of you off my walls and coloured them anew. i shoved your remnants into the small box of nightmares hidden under my bed.

the thing about nightmares is that they like to escape the box, they like to come out and play. and you? you have become my favourite nightmare i relive every night, relishing in the high of not knowing if i will survive to see the dawn break.
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