Leave me unseen again
Canvas that can speak well, eloquent See me paint a voice words splashing to blur, a charmer’s mime see me, my deprecated star I still make love, high on a skyrocketing way See me, my anthropomorphic God diluted in…
Fragrant and Amaranthine
One day I will come back from outer space, by a red cloud and bring giant’s picture scroll. My lines of lightning songs will flutter gold greetings of a prehistoric giant city The mountains that have been sleeping for hundreds and millions…
Stains of Blood
Paint me with ignorance, Because I love that pain I get. I’m addicted to it as much, As I am addicted to you. You’re always forgiven. Paint me with hatred, And I would still look, Into those brown eyes,…
The Last of Lines
I stand there by the old man that held my hand as I walked down the coast, The old man that never hesitated to put a grumpy face toward me as I run away in haste. I stand there by…
Small Gifts
The barometer is dropping, skies filled with scudding clouds Which gather into towers, bottoms dark as funeral shrouds Winds, that once were calm, now cause the flags to stand out straight And whip the water into waves with faces dark…
Withering Red Rose
I was a fine red rose with roots not so deep and thorns not so sharp, built of store-bought seeds and the water that the hose would feed. I was not tendered and I was delicate. When winter would come,…
Digging up feelings for a non living thing.
All the other things breathe, All the other things speak. There are quite a few, A few millions. Which can neither talk, Nor think. I highly doubt if they can think. I’ve always been amazed at my crayons,…
The Traveller
All throughout shrewd sea winds courted us Gangs of raucous avians swim through the rain Loud aching cries of pain echo As the luminous sea fog erodes in skeins With the rising of watery suns Bluntly formless stone…
Holding back
Caught me by my wrist, held it tight, a halt from climbing up those stairs, that felt like eternity. Watched me stand and stare, as everyone walked ahead of me, looking at me pitifully, and then snickering later on. One…
Staring at the Sun
The sun will purify my sight. My eyes will be like falling stars. The blue of the sky will be white. The palm trees will disappear. My eyes will mirror the darkness. I won’t contemplate sunsets. I will look good…
The Feathered Friend
The tethered broken Winged Hawk Perched in my ashen Soul, Tired of being enslaved In the heart of laden. When the unicorn sings the tune of peace, the feathered friend pretends To have the wings of falcon’s. Flying high…
I am the war she talks about
We don’t talk about our dark days. Of all earth’s lush night plant life, you choose to call the girl with war in her mouth and bullets for dialect by a flower’s name. I am your love language with petals…
Say Her Name Also
Say her name Burned to death for speaking out Placing seeds of doubt Telling it like it is Say her name Burned alive for speaking her mind She lives among you The silenced and ostracised We decry the burning of…
The Largest Hands on Earth
If I possessed the largest hands on earth I would cup the sea in each hand and I would take a great gulp. All the fires in my heart would be extinguished. I would like to think the largest hands…
This and That
Oh, everyone should go to the mall In search of the stores that have THIS THIS is the latest, THIS is so in So many stores packed with the newest THIS. Clothing, watches, shoes, socks, You must have THIS suit,…
Broken Doll
They gathered up all the pieces of her Collected all of the broken bits of – Her Doll They fed her soothing syrups Injected calming medicines (She waited helplessly A long time seemingly For surgery) He sliced her arms open…