Wednesday, October 22, 2025

Ashes Of Desire


How can it be a sin? 
When your name tastes like 
Salvation on my tongue?
They say it’s forbidden
This ache, this hunger, 
This trembling truth between us. 
But when I look in the mirror, 
I see a man undone, 
Marked by the fire 
You lit with one glance.
I’ve waited lifetimes
For the curve of your smile, 
For the heat of your skin 
To rewrite my fate. 
And now that you’re here, 
How can the world dare
To call this wrong?
Reason falters when
Your breath grazes mine. 
Passion is lawless, and I am guilty
Guilty of wanting you 
In ways no rule can tame.
Let them talk. 
Let them cast stones. 
I’ll take every wound 
If it means I get to taste the salt
Of your desire again and again.
You are the forbidden fruit and
I am the reckless mouth that bites.
Your touch, it’s not just pleasure,
 It’s a prophecy. 
We were made for this collision, 
For this fevered defiance 
Of everything they told us
Love should not be.
So come to me, in the dark, 
In the silence, in the space 
Where only our bodies speak.
Let me be the sin 
You never regret. 
Let me be the secret 
You never stop whispering.
Because if this is love 
Raw, aching, unapologetic
Then let it be forbidden. 
Let it be dangerous. 
Let it be ours.


There’s a girl with fire in her gaze, 
And she’s reaching for my heart. 
I know she could tear it apart
But still, I’m tempted.
Her smile hides storms and secrets, 
A mystery I ache to solve. 
Each glance pulls me deeper in,
And I’m tempted.
She looks my way just a flicker, 
Just a breath and I lose a little 
More of myself every day.
I imagine her kiss soft, sweet, 
The kind that ruins men. 
I’m unraveling, and I’m tempted.
Tempted and tried, my will denied.
Something inside won’t let me lie
I’m tempted.
Since the moment she caught my eye, 
I’ve been hers in silence. 
One look, and you’d know
Why I’m tempted.
If I burn in her flame, 
I’ll take the blame.
She calls my name 
And I come undone.
Tempted and tried, my soul defied.
I can’t deny I’m tempted.
I’m tempted. I’m tempted. I’m hers.


O, when I saw her, 
A fire ignited in my chest,
A surge of longing 
I could not quiet, could not rest.
Like a rose in full bloom, 
Rich and untamed,
Like a gemstone that smolders, 
Calling my name,
Like the sun spilling 
Over the horizon’s curve,
Like warm silk sliding across skin 
I yearn to serve.
Her body moved with the 
Grace of a siren’s song,
Voluptuous, intoxicating
Where my eyes longed to belong.
Her face, a masterpiece
I could not dare touch,
Soft lips, bright eyes, every glance 
A cruel, sweet clutch.
Like a prayer whispered 
In forbidden devotion,
Oh, when I saw her, 
I felt molten emotion.
Oh, when I saw her,
Every nerve came alive,
Every inch of me is burning,
Wanting to dive.
Like the freshness of dawn 
Awakening the earth,
Like a fawn trembling
In innocent mirth,
Yet beneath the surface,
A storm I could not tame,
Waves of desire that
Pulsed in her name.
Every curve, every sway, 
Every daring glance,
Pulled me under, 
Offering no chance.
Her presence was poetry, 
Sin made flesh,
Each step a temptation, 
Every breath is a mesh.
Oh, when I saw her, 
My blood sang and I shivered,
A heat I could not deny, 
A hunger delivered.
Oh, when I saw her, 
The world narrowed to one,
A body, a face,
A shape under the sun.
Like a peacock’s wings, 
Open and bold,
Like fire and silk, 
Warmth and gold,
Like a whispered promise
I ached to own,
Like a bride untouched, 
Yet claiming the throne.
Every glance she threw, 
Every move she made,
Fueled the obsession,
The fire that would not fade.
Oh, when I saw her, 
I surrendered, I burned,
To the voluptuous goddess 
For whom my soul yearned.


You were never mine to touch
But I touched you anyway.
In the dark, where rules dissolve
and skin remembers.
Your saree whispered rebellion, 
Each fold a secret, 
Each glance is a sin. 
You didn’t speak
But your breath begged me.
I traced your collarbone 
Like a soldier tracing maps, 
Searching for a home
In forbidden terrain.
You said, “Just once.” 
But once was enough to 
Ruin every other woman.
Your nails left marks, not wounds, 
But proof that I was alive 
Only in your arms.
Now you sleep beside him, 
But I know your body still 
Aches where I kissed you.
We were fire dressed as silence.
And now, I burn in the ashes 
You left between us.
I loved you not gently, not wisely, 
But with the kind of madness 
That leaves no room for survival.
You became my silence, 
My ache, my every unfinished sentence.
I didn’t choose you,
You happened to me like a 
Storm that never passed.
I gave you my voice and 
You turned it into an echo.
I gave you my heart and 
You wore it like a borrowed jewel.
Now I walk through days 
That tastes like you, and nights 
That burns with your absence.
You were never mine
But I belonged to you in ways
Even I couldn’t undo.
And if love was a mistake, 
Then let me make it again. 
Let me ruin myself in
The memory of your touch. 
Let me drown in
The ocean you left behind.
Your nearness haunts me still
The memory of your breath,
The echo of your touch
Woven into every pulse.
Your eyes linger in mine,
A flame I cannot look away from,
Burning through reason,
Turning restraint into prayer.
I run from the thought of you,
Yet every step only 
Draws me deeper into  
The gravity of what I cannot have.
You are the wound that won’t close,
The dream I cannot wake from.
My mind burns,  
My body remembers
And even in distance, 
You hold me, you undo me.


My eyes are traitors to sleep
Still searching for you in the 
Hush between heartbeats. 
They refuse to close,
As if staying open might
Summon you back.
You left without thunder, 
No slammed door, no final word
Just silence, the kind that 
Bruises louder than goodbye.
I speak to shadows now,
To the echo of your name in my throat,
To the air that once held your 
Breath and now holds nothing.
You don’t look back. 
Not at the messages unsent,
Not at the tears I wear like perfume, 
Not at the girl who loved you 
More than she loved herself.
I am becoming absent
A ghost of want, a whisper of “stay” 
That never reached your ears.
And still, my eyes remain open.
Not for hope. But because closing them
Feel too much like letting go.

What He Still Craves

I didn’t ask for your scent,

But it clings to me still, 

Like a promise I never made,

But always kept. 

Didn’t beg for your warmth,

Yet it soaked into my bones. 

And now I shiver in rooms

You’ve never entered.

You wrapped yourself in silk,

But it was your silence 

That undressed me. 

Your voice, I never meant to crave it,

But now silence tastes like you.

I remember the night

You came wrapped in ribbons, 

A gift I didn’t deserve.

You said, “Cut me open.” 

And I did, not with blades,

But with breath.

Your lips found my scars,

Kissed the whip marks 

My father left behind.

You didn’t flinch. 

You worshipped. And I,

I was trained to forget. 

But you made forgetting a sin.

We never slept beneath one sheet,

But I dreamt of it every night. 

Never kissed in daylight,

But your lips haunt my shadows. 

You were never mine to keep,

But I kept you anyway,

In the folds of memory,

In the bruises I never showed.

You gave me war

When I didn’t ask for love. 

You became my wound

When I didn’t beg for pain. 

Now I walk with your ghost,

Drenched in the rain of what-ifs. 

Your moans echo in my ears,

Your child lives in my blood.

You sleep beside him

But I know your body

Still remembers mine.

You married him to protect me,

But I would’ve burned

Every uniform, every medal,

Just to keep you.

I burn where you touched me.

I ache where you kissed me.

And I die every time you look away.

You were my mission

I couldn’t complete, and now,

I’d burn the world to try again.


I have memorized you not like a name, 

But like a sacred verse.

You’ve carved a place in me, 

Not as a guest, but as tradition itself.

I remember you the way

The body remembers breath

Without trying, without forgetting. 

You’ve become my habit, 

The kind that stays until

Death folds its arms.

This love of ours is not

A moment; it is life. 

To live inside it is a blessing 

Written in the language of fate.

They call it love, but you,

My beloved, 

Is the universe hidden

In a single word?

You are the peace of my heart

Never knew it needed. 

Your love has lit festivals in my chest

Eids of longing,

Celebrations of ache.

And now, when your name rises in silence,

It feels like worship.

Not loud, but holy.


Gently, it captivates.

Today, it envelops me. 

My body longs for quenching

Embrace me within your arms.

Promise me, my love,

Stay not distant. 

This separation whispers

Come close to me.

Let the rain fall continuously,

Dark clouds pour down. 

May we both be soaked in

The downpour of this longing.

Untangle my open strands

With your fingers.

I exist in this desire.

In the cold nights,

We slept beneath one blanket.

Both of us in solitude,

No one else in this abode.

Gently, it captivates.

Today it envelops me. 

My body longs for quenching

Embrace me within your arms.

Come, come,

Your words torment me. 

Even if love be untrue,

I haven’t forgotten

Those beautiful encounters.

Disturb me with

All your conversations. 

Just once, oh passionate one,

Even if love be a falsehood.

I won’t forget those

Beautiful encounters.

Be not upset with me,

My beloved, 

Make a promise. Living

Without you is challenging. 

My beloved, promise me.

Gently, it captivates.

Today it envelops me. 

My body longs for quenching

Embrace me within your arms.

Promise me, my love,

Stay not distant. 

This separation whispers

Come close to me. 

Come… come… Come… come…


She carries longing

In the folds of her heart

A flame wrapped in silk,

A secret too wild to tame.

Before him, she

Lays down her youth, 

The prime of her life,

Like an offering at dusk. 

Her body, her breath,

Her every curve

In the service of his gaze.

She moves like fire

In a goblet of grace, 

Each gesture ignites

The shadows in his eyes. 

And when he looks,

Her veil trembles

His flame rising

Behind tear-laced lashes.

Her lips ache for

The company of his, 

Thirsty for closeness,

For the heat of reunion. 

Once parted, now they find

Shelter in each other’s arms

A fate fulfilled in

The hush of night.

Even in her lowest moments,

She remembers the heights 

They reached when

Love was unbound, 

When every touch was

A prayer answered.

She burns for him still,

Not loudly, but in the quiet

Where devotion lives. 

And he, he drinks from

Her fire like a man 

Starved for the one sin

He’ll never regret.


When you hold me in the street

And you kiss me on the dance floor

I wish that it could be like that

Why can't it be like that?

Because I'm yours

We keep behind closed doors

Every time I see you,

I die a little more

Stolen moments that we

Steal as the curtain falls

It'll never be enough

It's obvious you're meant for me

Every piece of you

Just fits perfectly

Every second, every thought,

I'm in so deep

But I'll never show it on my face

But we know this

We got a love that is homeless

Why can't you hold me in the street?

Why can't I kiss you on the dance floor?

I wish that it could be like that

Why can't we be like that?

Because I'm yours

When you're with him,

Do you call his name?

Like you do when you're with me? 

Does it feel the same?

Would you leave if

I was ready to settle down

Or would you play it safe and stay?

Girl, you know this

We got a love that is hopeless

Why can't you hold me in the street?

Why can't I kiss you on the dance floor?

I wish that it could be like that

Why can't we be like that?

Because I'm yours

And nobody knows I'm in love

With someone's baby

I don't wanna hide us away

Tell the world about the

Love, we're making

I'm living for that day someday

Why can't I hold you in the street?

Why can't I kiss you on the dance floor?

I wish that we could be like that

Why can't we be like that?

Because I'm yours

Why can't I say that I'm in love?

I wanna shout it from the rooftop

I wish that it could be like that

Why can't we be like that?

Because I'm yours

Why can't we be like that?

Wish we could be like that