Merak Magazine

the so-called naked truth

I’m skilled at bottling up my feelings but I’ll burst if you shake me. one pull at a loose thread and I come apart at the seams. I’ll boil and boil until my skin cracks and peels off, eggshell-easy. there’s…

That’s why

Theres no reason for my tears, Maybe too many to remember. Could be nothing at all. Or just that one October , When you decided to leave, And never to return. You are up in heaven. Whilst I am left…

A Fine Wine

She wasn’t like othersLittle odd and versatileShe wasn’t thin or prettyNeither tall or fairThe world just saw her throughNeglected and unwantedShe chose her own religionHer scriptures speaking blasphemy Bullied and pushed aroundHated on and lied toShe was told she was…

Mutation

The night was mild and beautiful, and the air was crammed with love. It was a scene of an idyllic beauty, an ideal reminiscent of a Monet painting. And overwhelmed by the aromas of the silvery moon, as a candle…

Antithesis

Let’s pretend that the world runs Without breaking into twists and turns We can be beautiful chapters of a thriller And to the compromised mind, a healer We can watch our sins melt away Under the weight of an arduous…

  Sudden Change

When his lips uttered those words, The blood drained from her face and a sheaf of dizziness fluttered through her mind, Her red tears-filled eyes gave a subdued look ,that he ignored, She wiped her fresh tears  with the back…

A Consideration

Aloof and self-important, they cut into the line No need to think of others, they just cannot waste their time They think they beat the system, and seem sure that it’s a fact So smug and smart and clever, which…

The Forgotten Comrade

Two comrades in arms, sundered by death. One laid to rest, and the other returned, bereaved and full of health. The fallen comrade, resting at first, traversed the cosmos, with Angels fair and splendor, to God’s throne and there merrily…

A Trip Down Nostalgia

Come on and take my hand, Let’s take a trip to memory land, When although life was not so grand, It was never sad or ever bland. When our smiles were big, When our smiles were warm, When we didn’t…

Words of the Dead

Recklessly I am taking to my new home, Home I have ran away for, for long. Now it seems I am free from that little prison called earth. My body welcomes my new world, saying no more problem. Out there…

Nostalgia

He stares at me strangely This son of my mine He catches me smiling When there’s no reason or pantomime I’ve wondered down memory lane And can’t keep that smile away. Oh my golden youth! If only I could turn…

The Pure Savage

On lofty land The pure savage bird Builds its eyries With plenty of benign Dark from the human race The majestic Eagle, Flaps its mighty wings with elegance. Screeching across regions with victory and pride. To meet opportunities to strike…

Missing Feeding of the Birds

Keeping my daily journal diary short  these sweet bird sounds lost-  reviews January through March.  Joy a dig deep snow on top of my sorrows.  Skinny naked bones sparrows these doves  beneath my balcony window,  lie lifeless without tweet  no…

Goodbye To Reality

Here I am again, back to the beginning, Temporarily happy, with this torture cycle That’s never-ending. Thought things would change when I went through those days, From highs to lows, fantasy and I part ways. Why does reality remind me…

Faraway

When the night falls , stars light up My sprite reminds me of you. The way you smile at me which shows your feelings towards me , I LOVE YOU SO MUCH. Every little moment I die as often as…

Dawn of a Dove

Chirping hummingbirds with wriggling flies, Dancing butterflies to carefree crows, blossoming florets and awaken shrubs, They wonder, they ponder dazed in a maze   Where have all the chaos vanished, woes wandered, worries surrendered No toxic mist neither urban rushes,…