If I could paint the sky,If I made it rain so plants would grow,If I commanded seasons “Change,” If the winds obeyed my voice? Nothing in those ifs of minecould match the beauty of this.Nothing I imagine can be minewithout infringing on this. For […]
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Bursting Beakers
Have you ever discovered someone who wouldn’t fit neatly in a box?Maybe they filled them all the way and just couldn’t be contained;Irrupting from their shell like a volcano, bouncing off the walls. She would always surprise me as if to tell me “Just […]
Confessions from an Aberration
She sat alone accompanied by bound friends reading from one,and waited upon by a cup filled with caffeine’s intoxication.Her eyes found mine in a flick, and spoke a barred-up welcome,Then came the sideways huff as if to dismiss an aberration. I was not real, my […]
Magic Shag Carpets and Stale Chocolate Music
When I close my eyes, I can picture grandma’s living room.It was a room of shag carpets, trinkets, and clocks,A sagging sofa accented with a llama skin throw and guarded by a gramophone.That sanctuary of stability, anchoring memories, changeless by so many years. Grandpa’s […]
Dumbstruck Redo
If I could go back to when I first met her,I wouldn’t stamp and stammer sifting through my thoughts,I wouldn’t discuss the weather like my mind couldn’t fathom something other,I wouldn’t stare that way with nothing else to say while my heart and blood […]
That World I left behind.
A world of mango trees,where parrots fly and scream.Markets filled with ripe bananas,giant jicamas,savory papayas,or baskets of guavas,with a mix of art and all forms of necessity.A world of child hood friends,Andrew, Joel, Junior, Ben.A life bubble in the midst of the jungle,where all […]
A Heart Shaped Shoe
We met in that enchanting way in palace corridors spying the other. Our eyes locked and then the world faded as all thoughts of others dimmed to sputters. Awestruck, we danced a careful ballet, hesitant, neither sure the steps of summer. Resigning hope of […]
Ode to Chocolate
What is the point of chocolate? In madness do we question what for, Or study it and say: why does this exist?No, we surrender to savory bliss;Oh, we delight in its earthy flavor!Once consumed and in our bellies lay,caffeine, sugars, creams brighten day, Then […]
Cupid’s Parenthesis
Parenthesis Curved containers Punctuation drawing emphasis Bowed frames demanding considerations Swaying in the slightest breeze, beckons me to see Twins dance in the star light under crescent moons A single noble peak overshadows sculpted furrows Gusty gales rise from mirth’s fount eagerly amused Bright […]
Mournful Man Minus Mate
Look and see; a tree stands alone atop a hillOne soldier nationless, wandering absent motoNowhere bound goose, silhouetted by the moonExamine a sock with other lost, no longer fit to useLeft in a drawer untouched, like a lock missing keysInert is the book with […]
From giddy girl to beautiful butterfly
I once met a girl and wondered on her skill I once met a girl and she seemed so reserved I once met a girl dressed modest yet frill A girl tender as a child, giggled and squirmed She spoke to me with a […]
Tangled Threads, Mangled Hearts
Oh how strange are the threads of communication between men and their opposites? The dance of life entangles and entwines them in a web of confusion. At some point when the cords are wrapped around us, we stop and wonder at the cause of […]
Silver Mist in Eternity
“Serenity” whispers the silver creek as it slides by. Clear waters slowly twirl beneath the glassy ripples. Twigs bob and twist, yielding to the gentle flow. Brush, trees, rocks, and ferns, reflected by the journey. Where from, where to, from highest heights to deepest […]
The Presence of a Cheerful Person
On meeting you and seeing you,A spark of light burning bright,Eyes dancing with the rays,Could this be genuine joy? Something in the smile.Something in the squint.As if a secret tickled thoughts,Cherished but shining out. What dull finish could resist?What monotony wouldn’t fade?A force and […]
