Wrong or Right?
Is it wrong to wear my dress above my knees? Or is it right to be bold? If the latter is right why is the former wrong? And if the former is right, why is the latter wrong? Is it wrong to fear the…
Love Only Kills a Poor Boy
The boy shivered when I kissed him, He said love does not kill Death does And death comes in many ways. That night was his last on god-swollen foot, He was burnt By his own father. My mother never hated me Until that night When…
Lake As Meditation
Below the spoken world, In scales and brilliance The blade-like fish Shimmer In the water’s sky. I look down At the relaxed voice Of the lake Holding morning’s light Then again holding change. The sunrise as lamp And shadows from birds Damp in the ripples…
Prison
How often do I forget that I’m in prison,Bound and in chains,By a devouring monster,That eats up anything good it sees. The monster hates change,The monster doesn’t reason.All the monster wants is what it visions. How often do I forget that I’m in prison,That I’m…
Count of my Breath
I have been through mazes and hurt multiple times; The men I trusted Breaking me apart, The wrist’s been cut; And the bleeding hasn’t stopped. This path isn’t expanding, But I am making way to the oncoming, Back’s been patted And my thick hair’s plucked,…
Bewilderment
Walk, Road ahead, The leering hyenas waiting, To taste a piece of meat, They are thirsty, Rolling tongues, I can see. A nasty stare, At my body, I feel so dirty. Taking a step, I walk back, Are they coming for me? Fear, Strikes my…
