14 Feb

14. Hope

Tell me your story a thousand times Tell it to me exactly the same way With the same passion bouncing off the tip of your teeth Repeat all your gestures And I will gaze at them as though it were the first time I see hands   Shed the exact same tear Let it...
11 Feb

Hangover

The sky is not blue today. But it isn’t grey either. There is a dreamlike tint about it. Almost as if I’m looking at it through an Instagram filter. But this is real. None of it feels like it. I’ve been speaking to colleagues all morning. All of the conversations seemed fine. They seem...
05 Feb

Loving You Means Letting You In

Loving you means letting you in, something I’m afraid to do I’ve always been afraid; Of letting the doors open just to have the wind blow in the dirt Of jumping off the cliff because I don’t know if I can swim so well Of screaming because I’m not sure if anyone will hear...
03 Feb

Listen.

Listen It’s when you watch someone closest to you go through death and back that you awaken It’s when you have to put your life on pause for you to realize you haven’t been living It’s when you need an ear the most that the world goes deaf It’s when you scroll through your...
10 Jan

Redundancy

Meaning and value are imposed Upon unsuspecting objects whose existences are ultimately insignificant and otherwise forgettable. Mere objects move in an incalculably small instant from carrying no burden at all to bearing the brunt of all the emotions that exist within one person and, on occasion, between two or more. Their fate is altered...
08 Jan

Noctural Animals

Something keeps you up at night Traumas you spend your time mulling over Musings of your magical memories In the movie of your mind’s eye To which reel do you abide? The orchestra that accompanies your wail A scornful symphony Not even a violin could appease The dread awakened in that darkness Haunted by...