Tag: poem

  • Seen, heard, written all over

    Seen, heard, written all over

    My eyes close on a good day and a verse writes itself, turn on the water in the shower and by the end I’ve written a page But tonight, under the dull stars nearing March, my mind as cluttered as the sky can only hear words get stuck as my eyelids touch my under-eye Mistrust…

  • Embrace the storyteller within

    On a cloudy as on a starry night, eyes open wide the mystery, no more a secret, of formation of the clouds intrigues me as much as the far, far bright specks of light in the sky Night so calm, breeze so warm, the almost audible sound of homebodies nestling in their couch, a distant…

  • One Long Sad Song
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    One Long Sad Song

    This post is a bit different. Consider it a music meme. So, my Spotify’s most frequently recommended playlist for me is called Sad Hour, and that’s okay — I’m an emotional being and I’ll always honor that. But that’s beside the point. I just wanted to post my “mashed song” because I liked it that much!…

  • My Tree: Inside the Heartwood
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    My Tree: Inside the Heartwood

    Like a genealogical tree, I tried to map my attachment history and came back with a treasure chest, only that instead of gold it was filled with regrets, things I already knew; truths that are hard to digest. On a twig, I saw a reason to trace back to larger boughs. And when I reached…

  • Danger in a Stranger

    Danger in a Stranger

    I can’t seem to move past the praise, Past the chase, past the pretty lies I was too blind to decode in your embrace How you want me, but you don’t How there’s no one like me but they all are when you need some I can’t seem to find solace in water alone Or…