Poetry Collection

Lawbreaker (November 26, 2017)

"An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force."

- Isaac Newton's First Law of Motion, also known as the Law of Inertia

I see you again

Couldn't remember why I did

I was just walking with a friend

My eyes had probed

On you who was far ahead

Wearing a shade so familiar

Yet new on your profile

It had happened twice

On that same day

Hours before I had to cry

Because my keepers wanted

To take away my dreams

My reason to live

They do not understand

But you do

You saw my passion

And it almost disappeared with you

In their eyes

I am a disappointment

A fragile being who breaks the intangible

Seeking what could have been sought

But I didn't know it then

Their tone underlying threats

They tried not to conceal

Yes, this is all my fault

I had to figure it out

All by myself

Is how I feel

And you

I made you a distraction

A problem high above my list of worries

Since you make me forget

And reminisce at the same time

They blur when you come near

And you fade with a goodbye

While the memories flash repeatedly

In Technicolor

I see your name again and again

I want to open the door

But I expect you to turn the knob

And make the first move

Agony all over

Because I forget the laws

The laws of filiality

The laws of motion

Blood is thicker than water

Two won't collide without a greater force

We won't speak unless someone starts

Stop it, stop it

I am a nuisance to the elderly

Another rule violated

And it's 12:12

My inner hunger never satiated