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110 · May 21
Baggage
Dianali May 21
Someday I’ll finish unpacking.
It’s going to take time, though—
I have too many memories.
108 · Apr 10
Architect
Dianali Apr 10
A word after more words,
Creates other dimensions.
Changing entire generations,
A whole new structure,
Built for different intentions.
Persuading,
Emotional expression,
trickier purposes —
Like old plain manipulation.
Of an individual,
Or perhaps a huge nation.
So take precautions.
As this is a cautionary tale.
Since you are building,
Each line of yours
can either shape or break.
After all,
Here,
we all are
What In my mind
I like to call:
“The World’s oldest Architects”
108 · Apr 6
Sundays
Dianali Apr 6
Sundays are made for God and for poetry.
For they both can see us fully through.
106 · Jan 2021
Reality check
Dianali Jan 2021
You inspired me to arise,
to improve,
to survive.
I owe you nothing,
and
        everything
                           I have.
101 · May 25
Heart weather
Dianali May 25
Cruelest sensation
Rain needles on my skin—
Still warm from
that last ray of sunshine
94 · Apr 6
Nomad/Nómada
Dianali Apr 6
Maybe I'll be an eternal nomad,
Since my only home is in your arms.

A lo mejor sere una eterna nómada,
porque mi único hogar esta en tus brazos.
Originally wrote this in Spanish, my mother tongue; a little cheesy, I know
Dianali 7d
At the edge of your sheets
I take off my sweater;
my sorrows and earrings
get stuck in it.

They're both still there,
under your bed.
It's no problem if,
with kisses, you drain me.

But stay close
to the erratic rhythm
of my heartbeats
74 · Apr 17
Old friend
Dianali Apr 17
I thought you seem familiar—

I don’t know if remember you,

From another lifetime,

Where you also let me down—


                                        Just  gentler.
40 · May 21
Animals
Dianali May 21
Our laughter echoed in the forest.
Chill wind tangling my hair.
Good insulation in my chest.  
Knowing glances.
Someone who cares.
Such a brief moment—
In the air, fog mixed with fate.
Humans are social animals.
Today I was reminded,
—in the sweetest of ways.
34 · Jun 14
Black Ribbon
Dianali Jun 14
I’d love a cheat day
In my calendar—
Let my years-patched dignity,
For a single day,
be torn again.

I wish I could tell you
I wrote a poem for you—
A cheesy gift
for your thirtieth—
I know.

You are still breathing.
Yet I pin to my chest
A neat, felt
black ribbon—
To commemorate
your loss.
30 · Jun 13
Inheritance
Dianali Jun 13
What am I—
if not a seed
of a tree
of romantic branches,
Who taught those before me
How everyone and everything
Hums with daydreaming and glee ?

Another generation passes;
a family heirloom to me handed—
Vintage, well-preserved:
rose-coloured, polarised glasses
Hopecore is in my veins :)
30 · May 26
Engineering
Dianali May 26
Parallel lines once—
Somehow converging
At such an improbable intersection
No equation calculated the outcome
If x was the distance,
God turned engineer—
Solving the crossing,
Integrating us.
28 · Jun 5
String Theory
Dianali Jun 5
If my body were strings—
Dancing to pure vibration
Granting the possibility
of lively, touchable matter,
Matter itself would hinge
on the sweet tremor of your name.

It sure felt the rip—
Heart out my ribs—
when your voice went silent.

Still,
in love-frequencies,
such filaments rejoice:
knotting and tangling
replaying us through
Several hidden dimensions—

Or whatever modern physics
keeps hinting at it.


I lost my focus—dreaming a quantum leap

Believe me:
Such threads tense at every thought
of their plausible alignments:
A bunch of them making
Your ancestors’ atoms colliding!
Just so one day
— for my own personal desire—
one random entanglement
could finally produce—
the loveliest colour
your eyes would have.
Yeah Modern Physics
15 · Jun 6
Q2
Dianali Jun 6
Q2
April.. you were a sweet reminder
of the joyous oath of spring—
Slowly but surely,
coaxed the cold to give in..
I have this theory:
Yours are the days
love nests to begin.
Call it cliché, that’s the way it must be
Scented your days are with blossom;
Roses and hope in bloom and in glee!

My, my, May!
you were so good to me!
You may as well be
my favourite of the three!
Your daylight hugs feel so sincere;
Quick-witted, heart-warmth breeze;
Birdsongs are echoes of
Family laughs and cheers—
May, please— I’m on my knees!
Like a lover that’s bright,
And made just for me—
The rest of the year I’ll be craving your heat!

A little dramatic,
But June, don’t despair!
Handle your grace
and sun-varnished grass trace,
Don’t be shy—bring lilac skies;
Let’s walk in warm sand,
I’ve got you by the hand.
No doubt at all, but pure delight,
You are already opening
beautifully right !
6 · Jun 6
Mouthwash
Dianali Jun 6
I’d like your taste to linger
A little longer on my lips—
Citrusy-bright,  caramel-rich acacia honey;
You fizz, umami.
  A hint of cashews— yes, I’m nuts for your being!
So sweet, sugary, cavity-worthy—Guilt-free.
A flavour I should let just fade out..
For the inevitable,
minty and cold reality
scheduled to rinse it
Everything delicious is temporary.

— The End —