Dark was my life
with clouds deterring
the stars until you
shone as the moon.

what i love about poetry

poetry doesn't talk
or converse

it yells, screams
simmers, caresses
electrifies, vivifies
soars, carries, raps
pampers, wraps
dreams, dances
laments, soothes
embraces, catapoults
the truth, the
zoetic gold
of the heart

even if tainted, alloyed,
buried, misshapen,
domesticated,
melted, newly formed

the gold,
if you dare

read it,
if you dare

wear it
unveils the
24 karat
jewelry of the
human heart

We live in a small world,
Yet I only see you in my dreams,
We stare at the same stars,
Yet we are far away.
We have never met,
Yet I miss you more and more everyday.
Lonely nights made me question myself,
Are you real or are you just in my mind?

No matter what happens
always keep love in your heart
You will be okay

honey
drips
out
of
your
words,

you melt
all my walls
down
and sugar coat
this heart
of mine

i draw flowers and spirals
up and down my arm and they
casually
ask if i want
tattoos.
as if permanence
isn't
terrifying.

Days on days; my hometown harboured
concrete cradles cast for me.
Children growing tall like ships
alone and listing out to sea.