Your eyes
are flowers I have
never seen
before.

I don't want to
be your next station,
I want to be your
destination.

Bound
by words
I cannot speak.
Caged
by thoughts
that leave me weak.

What a contradiction it is
to feel too much while
feeling nothing at all.

Yes,
it hurt,
but not so much
for what you did,
but because of your dishonesty.
You ran away with the moon
and blamed it on the sun.
You left me in
the dark.

Never admit defeat
when there's still
time to
win.

"We are here for you, always."
"You can tell us anything, always."
"We are so glad you are in our lives."
"We love you, we care for you."
"We will never leave you."
"We are your friends, always."
Liars.

Cancel culture is
built on the sin of
revenge and not the virtue of
forgiveness.

What is sadder:
to forget or to remember?

It's getting better,
it's getting bad,
it's getting better,
it's getting bad,
it's getting better,
it's getting bad,
it's getting better,
it's getting bad.

I need my solitude
like the sunflowers
need the sun.

What is worse
than missing someone who
does not even think
about you?

No, you can't.
You can't just sweep someone
off their feet and
walk away.

All this thinking,
and for what?
Nothing.

You will never
find the same love
twice.

I will wait for you
where the sunflowers
meet the sun.

I do not
feel loved,
never have and I
would not know what to do
anyway.

Am I over it?
Not really.
Will I survive?
Probably.

You cannot teach
someone how to love you-
you can only find
someone who does.

We can see the galaxies
beyond the Milky Way
the way we can see the pain
beyond our smiles.

I am
devouring myself
once again.

I have dreams
that only you can
make come
true.

This world
doesn't need me-
can't you tell from its silence?
It's deafening.

A series of mistakes
had to happen for you
to become who
you are
today.

and now
because of you
i know i
have a heart

and now
because of you
i wish i
didn’t

Yes,
I accepted it,
but that doesn't mean
it does not make
me sad.

I was born up there,
between the stars and the strange,
between the silence and space.
I was born up there,
alone and afraid and
far from anything we call human.
I was born up there,
as an alien, an outsider, a foreigner,
a small gift sent from the cosmos.
I was born up there,
thrown down to Earth
with nothing but by innocence
to guide me through this
rock I call my home.

Some days the
urge to reach out to
you is stronger than others.
That urge turns to an ache
when I remember how
you cut that line
so very long ago.

Maybe I will never understand
how you took control this heart.
Was it sorcery or something sinister?
No, I suspect it had something to do with
the sweetness of your soul or
your beauty that leave
even the nymphs
in awe.

Maybe I will never understand
how you took control this heart.
Was it sorcery or something sinister?
No, I suspect it had something to do with
the sweetness of your soul or
your beauty that leave
even the nymphs
in awe.

It's never the right time
for us,
and since there is more us-
not now, not ever,
I will cherish 'us'
from our past
and from my dreams.
I will cherish 'us'
with my poetry,
and with the photographs
I still have scattered
in the shadows.

Sometimes
it feels like
the only way forward
is a U-turn
back towards yesterday-
heading for the past.
For it is there
where my heart
doesn't want to leave.

It's cold out
tonight-
I hope you still have
a vacancy left
in your heart
for this weary
soul.

When I think about the adventures,
the laughs, the meals, the memories,
the highs and even the lows,
I am always left with a smile
and heart full of JOY.
No matter the season,
no matter the country,
I will be your friend,
partner and lover in every
adventure, hardship and celebration
we shall face together.
Your life and your soul
is a spark of inspiration and
your smile sets my heart ablaze.
If you continue to warm me,
I will continue by your side
whether it be at home or
a land so far away-
I will continue to support you
and spoil you in every
way that I can.

"Where have you been?"
She asked.
"A little bit here,
a little bit there,
a little bit everywhere."
I said.

heartbreak
after heartbreak-
can you make me
believe that love isn't
this vicious?

Arriving in Vienna
with a broken heart and
no place to place to go.
I wander the empty streets-
it's almost midnight and I
am in search of a distraction.
A bottle of wine later and
some good company by my side,
I think I might be alright.
It's one sleep 'til the new year and
I think I might be alright.

All alone with the
voices in your head.
Now I'm face to face
with the living dead.

We are at our
most vulnerable
when we are in love.
The power to ruin lies
in their hands because
our heart is open.

I'm still waiting
for the return of spring-
where life and love bloom
and the flower
that is you.

Empty night
Fading light
it was raining glass
in the broken part of town
Hollow night
Dying light
The stars comes to pass
And I am going down
Like the moon
Gone too soon
Waiting on the sun
When all is said and done

You walked away
as if it were nothing
whereas I could not even
imagine turning my back.
I don't know if I should
envy or despise
you.

I wrap my heart in
shadow, silence and stone.
Now with so many walls,
I fear parts of me will
never see the
light again.

How do I
reach you when
all I see are the walls
you built around
yourself?

Whenever
you are ready
to let down your guard
and break down the walls,
I promise to pick up
every brick
and rebuild you
as if to rebuild
my home.

To want
and to be wanted
is an all too human condition-
or is it a flaw?
Either way,
it is nothing to
feel shame for.

You didn't recoil from my touch,
you didn't run from my soul,
you just didn't want me
the way I wanted you.

You are not at fault for
anyone’s warped view of you.
Stay true to yourself and
let your truth prevail.

Social media has a
way of warping reality
for good or for worse.
Do not let it make you feel left behind-
the only person you should be
comparing yourself with
is yourself.

I think about about
all the time and energy
I've spent on people who
have walked out of my life and
I wonder what I could have done
for myself instead.