An ode to those who chased their truth.
Them rolling stones who paved their route.
Some overdosed, some paid their dues.
Fell totem poles and shaped new rules.
left home – alone, no place to move
to open roads – it made some poor.
Some had no homes to take … Continue Reading
Sour Love on a Bleak Day — Day Twenty-Two of NaPoWriMo 2022
There’s a bottle of my mother’s love
Sitting on the kitchen table
It’s gone sour
It’s Sunday morning,
In the piercing comfort of a place
I once would’ve called home,
And the world woke up and walked out on me
The aftermath of July grows right outside my bedroom … Continue Reading
If Sorrow Was a Person – Day Sixteen of NaPoWriMo 2022
I met her for the first time
When I was just a child
She had the longest hair and the saddest eyes
Stayed by my side
Giving me endless solace
When my puppy died.
During school, I eschewed her
You know, what would my friends think
If they saw us … Continue Reading
Childhood’s Departure- Day Nine of NaPoWriMo 2022
Words,
spread across scraps of paper
half-filled diaries
margins of textbooks
Words of encouragement
Words of wisdom
Words dripping in disgust
Words laced in venom
Words for others
Words for myself
Past, present, future.
My younger self was quite the writer.
My younger self was a lot of things.… Continue Reading
Melancholy- Day Eighteen of NaPoWriMo 2021
A heady scent of vanilla,
The quiet whirring of coffee machines
accompanied by a crescendo of soft muttering
fill the place.
A lone white lily, head bowed,
rests in a green glass vase,
The hot chocolate still steaming
Scrawled notes, Littered pens
all set the table.
A cloud … Continue Reading
Free—Day Fifteen of NaPoWriMo 2021
Your arrival to this world is a joyous one,
Playfully laden with burps, pukes, and the occasional tantrum.
The adventurous first steps, the adorable first words;
But for how long does this innocence run?
Nursery rhymes and numbers, modest first steps,
To academia, a stream of tests and grades.
A … Continue Reading
Euphoria—Day Thirteen of NaPoWriMo 2021
Love ballads and soulful melodies played out in my mind,
As his strikingly beauteous brown eyes crossed mine.
There in the middle of the bustling and chaotic street,
I had felt this inexplicable burst of happy retreat.
Euphoria?
And when he twirled me on the dance floor, so effortlessly,
My … Continue Reading
Gravity—Day Twelve of NaPoWriMo 2021
i. When the apple fell from the tree onto Newton’s head
he wondered
what made the apple fall
ii. Did the apple fall onto him
the same way satan offered eve the apple
to tempt, to corrupt
or did it fall onto him
the way eve offered it to adam… Continue Reading
Dissent—Day Eleven of NaPoWriMo 2021
Shout it out,
I know you see it too.
Shout it out,
For this is not a country for you.
It’s tough to point out
When it all began.
Before I knew it,
I heard a scream.
People dragged out of their houses,
Protests interrupted on the stance … Continue Reading