Kenedy Ell: Favorites

Jun 2014 Kenedy Ell

pluie d'été

forgive me
i am afraid of honesty

pale
and white
transparent
like the lace
entwined in my hair
wrapped around
your fingers

'love me'
i say i do
without saying anything
and shadows
fall
on the floral pattern
that you move up from my knees

preceding
your hungry lips

you swear to be
a conisseur
and say that taste
of vanilla
and lilies
are proof alone
of my innocence

how is it possible
Fading Light,
that your words
are honest
to you
and a lie to me

Jun 2014 Kenedy Ell

Poison

Jun 2014 Kenedy Ell

Jeopardised Plain Jane

Poison

The most effective way to poison
is to shoot straight through the heart
and
Cupid has been doing a fine job so far.

#love #poison #cynicism

Jun 2014 Kenedy Ell

Y.

Jun 2014 Kenedy Ell

Aurelio

Y.

That perfect letter, The wishbone,
fork in the road, empty wineglass.
The question we ask over and over.

T.11.I

Jun 2014 Kenedy Ell

11:48 AM

Jun 2014 Kenedy Ell

Aurelio

11:48 AM

11:48 am and I’m thinking about how good
we were at pretending.
masters of the art, me and you.
you with your light laugh and fickle friends,
pretending you know what it’s like to be loved.
and me on your lawn, picking at grass,
pretending I can’t feel.
I left because I’m good at leaving and
you ignored because you’re good at ignoring.
no one can throw stones, we did what we knew best.
we did what we knew best.

T.11.I

Jun 2014 Kenedy Ell

Someday

Jun 2014 Kenedy Ell

Aurelio

Someday

I don't mind seeing
the season change

spring
summer
autumn
fall

on my own
as long as i can feel
your palm pressed on my cheek,
hear you say my name,
and hold you close
when the perfect sunrise comes.

T.11.I

Camotes, Cebu City. Circa 2014

#fall #summer #spring #autumn #ldr

Jun 2014 Kenedy Ell

Dust

Jun 2014 Kenedy Ell

Aurelio

Dust

I used to think I could catch dust motes
with my bare hands.

I would dance around in the sunbeams of my childhood,
watching my hands whip through the slow
drifting constellations of dead skin.

I swore, if I just moved fast enough,
I could cup the colorless specks in my hands.

You were never really mine,
I just thought I held you in a sunlit moment.

T.11.I

Jun 2014 Kenedy Ell

Thief

Jun 2014 Kenedy Ell

Aurelio

Thief

Hello there, too, mister
I see you more like a stranger
Just stop it right there,
don't even try to win my heart,
I tell you, it's deadlocked already,
don't you even dare.

I won't open it
for you --- you will just come,
and take the pieces of me with you
without my permission,
and vanish eventually
just like a thief in the night
who comes and steals
and then run away.

T.11.I