Screaming Sirens

Fishermen and sailors missing

Families crumbling at the seams

Will the lost ones ever return?

Or are there even hope left to endure?

They set sail one sunny day

Dark had fallen but their loved ones kept waiting

On the sea they were caught alive

By vicious creatures clothed with beauty

Enchanting and captivating faces

Close to perfect body figures

They’re too tempting to resist

And when they open their mouths, beware!

Exception rather than the rule

Nobody taught they could exist

They belong to an unknown genus

Those deprived of angelic voices

On sea those fishermen and sailors faced their doom

With bleeding eardrums they sank to the ocean floor

Only the wind and the sea would know the truth

How this ill-fated creatures died suffering from intolerable noise

Game Over

If love is a game, your heart would be the prize

Unfortunately, I wasn’t the sole player

Many are competing for your attention

But one special girl would stand out from the rest

Of the many aspirants circling you,

Somebody from the audience caught your sight

From that moment on, your eyes adore only her

How could I compete with a rival like her?

A friend turned rival, it may seem

I know how interesting she is

And very much aware that I don’t stand a chance against her

How lucky is she!

Her angelic face could launch a thousand ships

A beauty like hers could easily draw attention

No wonder you have your eyes locked on her

I was blind not to notice that

More than her looks, she is gifted

Blessed with talents that I dreamt I have

The spotlight’s focuses on her

I appear like a mere backup dancer in her show

She could sing you songs in perfect tune and precise notes

Or even hum you to sleep and dream of her

But I can’t do that, if only I could

The skies would protest and beg for me not to stop

What should I do to capture your attention?

Perhaps I could write you poems like this

Yet I know she could do the same or maybe even better

In everything that I do, she excels better than me

The game’s winner is very obvious

There’s nothing I can do to change the results

All I have to do is accept the fact you’re not for me

And just wait ‘til that destined one comes my way

But there isn’t any game at all

I admire you a lot

That I even thought I was in love with you

It took a long before I realized I was in love with someone else, not you.

I still envy that lucky girl you’re in love with, though,

Not because I’m jealous for she had the part that I thought I wanted

But because she have almost everything I wanted

In the end, she is still my friend and never a rival

The Envious One

The One who wasn’t born to shine like the stars in the dark night

The unlucky maiden who knows nothing but to fight

In her despair to take a rest, decided to have a flight

She stopped by a place whose breathtaking scenery is such a delight

In the open gates she stood frozen, amazed by what is laid before her sight

People whose majestic beauty’s incomparable even to the most beautiful night

Gifted and skilled they are at everything, and the young maiden’s body became tight

For the world is unjust and life is not fair, human as she is, to contest the natural is not a right

All she wanted is to be the best, on top of that great height

But she is Just average, like a cliché, never enough to give a new insight

Tears began to fall from her eyes, those she kept for years with all her might

She used to put on a happy mask, but now, she need not pretend she’s still alright

Then the young maiden turned her back, still envious of how they shine bright

And she continued with her own fight and made herself believe that everything was just a once-upon-a-time told in the coldest night