too easily this letter became a note
the lighter didn't so much as flicker
just a hiss of air
on my desk there's mix-matched earrings and a few bobby pins
thrown there
halfheartedly half asleep half a set of jewels
two hands two eyes two ears two mouths
one bitten and bleeding
the other carved into a sharp crescent
Mar 7, 2016
Mar 7, 2016 at 11:21 PM UTC
our relationship is biennial:
we speak, for a while.
my tongue is barren muscle -
and throughout saturday it toyed with your name.
since it has tightened in my mouth, lay itself flat
and made enough room to fit a small book.
my mouth is mine but we were born on different days of the week -
my mouth is younger.
my words are older.
still, i light up when i see the foxglove swallow the bumblebee,
i will stand in gardens and ask to borrow the sky.
even when there was a cover of smoke, fog and haze
as a consequence of growing up with my brothers under my wing
i have learnt to be close-mouthed,
it doesn't stop me from being with you.
your lips have never touched for more than a second but i admire what you have to say,
even for a short period of time.
Feb 24, 2016
Feb 24, 2016 at 12:56 PM UTC