In the Flesh ____ AKSHR

In the Flesh

And let me feel those nice

feelings once again

The sun feels warm on my face

I can almost hear its rays

touching the tops of trees

and then traveling through leaves

to reach a seat on a park bench.

Without any warning,

you are there too.

Your hair is wild and it glows in the sunlight,

your eyes are bright blue like a clear sky.

Without warning I feel like

I am falling into them.

Watching your eyes dance across my face,

wanting me to be happy again.

You show me that there may be

hope for me after all.

I want so desperately for you to stay but

you know that this moment will leave us

both soon enough…

____ AKSHR

Hugging my soft pillow ____ AKSHR

Hugging my soft pillow

Hugging my soft pillow

As I gather my lost shattered thoughts

My eyes start to weep

I know the day will come

When I have to sleep without my soft pillow

Hugging it close to my heart, as I fall asleep.

Without my soft pillow

How will I dream in a beautiful dream?

How will I be able to see the rainbow?

How will I run around with my friends

and tell them what happened at school?

All those things only happen when

I hug my soft pillow!

____ AKSHR

Of Potato Chips in the Basement ____ AKSHR

Of Potato Chips in the Basement

Reading one book is like eating one potato chip 

you are never really satisfied.

You turn the pages and reach for another, 

but the bag is empty. You want it all. 

You want more, more, more.

One potato chip is not enough for you to feel full.

But if you had a whole bag, then you would be satisfied.

____ AKSHR 

What is a Book? ---- there would be less love AKSHR

What is a Book? 

there would be 

less love.

Once you have read a book you care about, 

some part of it is always with you

One day you may forget what it said or did, 

but you will never forget how it made you feel

Without that book the world would be 

a different place, 

and not necessarily better

Without that book there would be 

less kindness in the world.

Without that book there would be 

less understanding.

Without that book there would be 

less love.

 AKSHR

 

In The Night _____ AKSHR

In The Night 

Literature is the most 

agreeable way of ignoring life.

In the night,

the moon gets caught in 

the branches of an ugly tree.

Without flowers, 

its bark is like a scar.

It’s early morning and

 you’re up in an attic room.

You were always a bad sleeper; 

you’ve never been able to relax.

You are a bad sleeper who 

loves books about sleep.

You love books about sleep 

for their absurd humor.

How do you want to sleep? 

You must want to be awake.

To cite the beloved author, 

“I did not say I was asleep!”

AKSHR 

 

Reading and Listening _____AKSHR

Reading and Listening 

Man reading should be man intensely alive. 

The book should be a ball of light in one’s hand. 

The lights should be lit, the curtains open.

The words a matter of life and death.

For man reading there should be 

no other possibility than to read.

The book should be 

a ball of light in one’s hand.

That needs a proper ending.

_____AKSHR

 

And that's just not right ____ AKSHR

 And that's just not right

Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.

Without reading, you will be forever a slave.

The boys in the alley were all dreaming of a good job.

Of how to get out of the heat & dirt of the factory floor, 

into the office with air conditioning 

and a window looking out on the city.

Without reading, there is no way to get 

a good job that pays well enough to put food on the table.

Without reading, you will stay in the same place forever.

And that's just not right.

AKSHR