joaquin

joaquin 3d

halfway

i do not love halfway
i love you like a warm blanket
on a cold night

joaquin May 12

mundane

i am reminded of you
in the overlooked
in the mundane

in the gentle banging
of our laundry machine
noisily washing our clothes

in the tapping of water
on last night’s dinnerware
that you forgot to wash

in the uneven warmth
of our bed’s duvets
as you’ve rolled yourself up in it

you are part of the world
and thus the mundane world
is now made beautiful

everything reminds me of you
so much so that if you were to disappear
everything would cease to exist

*

joaquin May 7

☀️

come
lay down with me
the sun is coming up

we’ll swallow its rays
and have sunlight flowing
from our fingertips

joaquin May 3

videocall

you sound lovely today
through the phone speakers

you’re as beautiful as ever
in choppy 240p video quality

…

oh, to reach through the screen
and play with your hair

to dive into my monitor
so my head could rest on your lap

such distance, so cruel
the governor of desire

joaquin May 3

in silence

i never understood
how love in silence
is any less
than love that is loud

so you mean to tell me
you think less of the fact
that you alone get to see
this lovely version of me?

for your eyes only.

joaquin May 1

eyes

oh to be gazed upon
with such lovely eyes

starry eyes that will whisper
things that you’ll do to me

soulful eyes that radiate passion
that scream uncontested devotion

eyes that desire nothing but me
and me and me and me and me

or were you staring at something behind me?

sorry, I got in your way

joaquin Apr 29

snacking

i’d crack open
all the sunflower seeds
in the world for you

but what if
you were allergic
to sunflower seeds

are all my efforts in vain simply because they were in a language you can’t understand?

also what do I do with all these sunflower seeds