FEIGNED DELICACY

Your looks are not gonna stay
They are gonna burn with hay

Aflame in the heat of May
 Even your sweetheart will sway



Don't believe me?
Go and meet an oldie


Tune in what he's gotta say
His words will cause you breakaway

From the sprawl and profess of each day
Shattering your vanity in dismay 




 © Tahir Javid Tantray | January 2014

GIVE ME A REASON TO LIVE

Heartaches made my life skew
Give me a reason to live


Perceived everything so abrasive
Give me a reason to live


Thronged by everyone so impassive
Give me a reason to live


In this hazy twilight did I grew
Give me a reason to live


Time contrived, made me fugitive
Give me a reason to live


Why wasn't my breath invasive?
Give me a reason to live



Vague solace is all you could give
Give me a reason to live


Until the legion of miseries is few
Only then will I be able to live

 © Tahir Javid Tantray | January 2014

"That Endless Longing"

Ripped off that lustrous gleam
For I'm a wrecked dream


Never strive to assuage me
For I'm a room of scorned destiny


Words were never so gruff
For I'm lost in that heavy puff


Was the torrent so big?
For I'd been such a nimble jig


Memories grew into a memento
For I am lessened to this ghetto


Longing for that doting squeeze
For I've faded in this placid breeze


Past is wailing behind that line
For I have become so sanguine

Woes are soon going to flee
For I will again be me  :)


 © Tahir Javid Tantray | January 2014