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 Jan 15
Always Somewhere
Next to her, so close that our skins would almost reach.
Pouring rain. Flows of red wine like after a volcanic eruption.
Roads left behind for Her, but would she ever love me?

My ink in the conditional tense. Timeless nights.
I want to travel to the North,
Where the sun would not dare to catch me.

Next to the fire, so close that I would burn my skin.
Blue smell of rain. Bitter aftertaste.

I would like to walk again on the side of the road,
Waiting for someone to stop
Put his arm through the window and signal me to get in
Once next to him, let him make me feel the deserted feelings again,
Those almost erased with time and age a little.
As if fossilised.
19 August 2024
English version of « Certains de mes sentiments finissent fossilisés »
 Jan 13
Always Somewhere
I don’t think that people are genuinely happy in their life.

I think that
they're just able to find ways to feel
temporary moments of euphoria.

It’s not inherent.
02 July 2023
 Jan 11
Always Somewhere
i love you over the years
you never get old to my eyes
only i, get wrinkles
Vietnam!
i give you my heart
for a second time.
14 October 2022
 Dec 2024
Always Somewhere
i fell asleep next to a man i
have just known
with whom i
woke up in the midst of the night
skin-to-skin

the stars were diamonds in sky
along my thorax i feel
the night's breath
symphony
his epidermis

a joy that seems infinite
if only
if only
25 December 2024
 Dec 2024
Always Somewhere
Humans were defective machines
        cursed with emotions and consciousness

They survived in sicknesses' shadow
        painful articulations and
        fear of the fatality of death,
        what comes next? they forever wondered

Slaves of an invisible power that was called money
        they liked to claim their freedom.
        yet their planet was a limitless cage

Autodestructive creatures,
        they begged for comfort and relief
        their quest was to please their siblings

Because humans were sensitive and insecure
        especially amongst each other

So they created alternative realities through
        beliefs such as esoterism, religion and astrology

Through many illusions, they were killing themselves
        with toxic food, substances, beverages and lifestyle
        they even had a name for that: suicide

And most of them were devoting their existence
        longing for vain concepts such as happiness and love

It was torturous to be a human
Who they naturally were led to their own extinction
05 November 2022
 Dec 2024
Always Somewhere
We like summer because it's comfortable and easy
Yet, in the fog of early Autumn
Yet, in the dryness of harsh Winter
Yet, in the bloom of Spring
I feel.
06 October 2022
 Dec 2024
Always Somewhere
Anastasia she
got me tipsy
******, afterwards
because Anastasia she
is divorced, tactile & bossy
Anastasia she
is hitting on me
Anastasia she
is twice my age
but Anastasia she
penetrates my safe space
Anastasia she
holds my hand when she could
secretly at the party
Anastasia she
wants me to stay
Anastasia she
lives by the same sea
as me
Anastasia she
knows how to make me feel
uncomfortable i am
Anastasia she
looks for physical contact
an adventure
Anastasia she
is audacious
and i, am done with conquesting
i observe options but remain immobile
Anastasia she
is careless and i was
Anastasia she
wants attention but
Anastasia she
has no idea about me
Anastasia she
has hopes and expectations, like all of us
me especially
Anastasia she
pours me some more semi-sweet red wine
says that's not something we do
by the left hand in russia
but she does
and i really don't mind
Anastasia she
acts politely and elegantly
distinguée
for the reason that i'm french
Anastasia she
talks about her ex-husband
and i like to listen to her past stories
and not even wonder what happened
understand that things have an order
Anastasia she
sees a mirror of confidence in my eyes
and i, see a troublesome situation
but once again Anastasia she
is careless and intoxicated by substances
and Anastasia she
makes my head spin
Anastasia she
talks about the west and my smile
says i'm not funny if i don't smoke
wanna sit next to me
but Anastasia she
is pushed away by the south african girl
and the south african girl she
went through *****
but Anastasia she
doesn't care
because Anastasia she
is very determined
that Anastasia she
is mad when i'm leaving
happy when i text her once i'm home
Anastasia she
sure is enterprising
but i, prefer men who resist me.
at least we have this in common
Anastasia and i
as Anastasia she
likes things and concepts she can't have
25 December 2021
 Dec 2024
Always Somewhere
Are you not tired of seducing,
again and again?

If only a nomad like me had a choice,
sorrowfully I answer

I'm too far gone, how can I belong to someone when,
i don't even belong to a place?


Have you never wanted to cease this nomadic
way of living?

What for? If I stop exploring I just die from
boredom.


What is going to be the point of all of this?
innocently he asks

I pause, then look at him in the eyes and say
to live and to understand why.
27 March 2022
 Dec 2024
Always Somewhere
There is something about being in altitude when it's
dark and I now look at the towers from above.

Am I owning the city in complete loneliness?
The more there's people around, the more I feel this way
Lonely.

So I grab my laptop and open my mailbox
I'm writing you to tell you that it's humid in Manila

That I think of you before the sun rises each day
I also want to tell you that I love you but
        I will not dare
And I see from my high-rise glass window the
planes that are flying away and the ones that have flown away

Suddenly I look at the reflection and appears your face
From there, you seem so
Reachable.

I'm hoping that this night won't end
If I fall asleep I'm too scared that it goes too fast
What we have together.

After all, we might be together for the entirety of both of our lives.

Call me when you wake up.
20 February 2023
 Dec 2024
Always Somewhere
Whiskey in my suite.
Whiskey and classical music
I am naked in my suite.
Having a bath with my whiskey
Ready for my final ablutions

Whiskey in my suite.
Whiskey and classical music
I see the sea by my window
I stand naked by my window
And still, I find time for poetry.
21 May 2022
 Dec 2024
Always Somewhere
Dusk in the city of Busan.
There have been days of torrential rain that
have dominated its streets and hills

I find myself underneath the drenched clouds.
They appear reddish as the sun makes its way through them.

I have been running away but as the night approaches I
Paused in the middle of the chaos
caused by every metropolis

For a second, I thought I was lost but I never was
I thought I was frightened but I was only dazzled

The crickets chirp, they voice out because summer comes to an end
And there is the colour blue that penetrates my mind
To invade it, almost violently

I surrender.
21 September 2022
 Dec 2024
Always Somewhere
How can I be at the edge of the world and still
Have you in my mind.

Will you never leave?
Regardless the river of tears I shed
behind me,
between us.
21 July 2022
 Dec 2024
Always Somewhere
Les deux veulent le meilleur l'une pour l'autre,
mais apparaissent incapables de se l'offrir.

Je demande, pourquoi ?



The two of them want the best for one another,
and yet appear incapable to offer it to each other.

I ask, why?
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