Category Archives: Poetry

Hot and Spicy and Fresh

It’s whiteHot whiteUsually hard yet powdery I put one in my mouth.Feel the sharpness prickle:Don’t chew! Let it lingerOn my tongueSaliva dissolves it slowly… Hot! Hot! Hot! I cannotresista little nibble. Justatthe edge… It shatters!I try not to droolTeethy succulence. Freshness flies through my sinusesMy mouth happy and freeMy tongue searches for morsels, For anotherContinue reading “Hot and Spicy and Fresh”

Limerick

There once was. a boy from Brisbane Who went to Japan on a whim Twenty years later His life a global pandemic ate up And now he survives on grit and sheer determination.

Seed

There’s nothing leftthis empty heart with nothing left tomake a startwith and nothing leftover. Nothing left for high hopes or tall orderswhich fall on deafears. Down I go down inside this empty cheston minimal power no energy for the rest of rebuildingrekindling and renewingan old life which definitelydied.A hardened shell, a huskbut not emptya hard shell around somethingunformedContinue reading “Seed”

Kintsugi

All jagged edgesbroken shardstrace your finger there Along roughplaces which connectedhewn apart Gather them all uptogetherlay them flat in place On the table-topgolden glueready to repair Piece-by-piecerebuilding the formadding love What was all shatteredwhole againready-made, again.

Snakes & Ladders

In the game of lifewe move forward, we move back,take a step forward, slip a step backin this game of life. Can’t predict the future:where we go, tomorrow never knowsstriving to make a path, we growin this game of life. From birth, some have a ladderfrom their cradle to the last spoton the board. TheyContinue reading “Snakes & Ladders”

Congealing

Disparate elements coalescing back to source.

Dawn and Dusk

Reorienting to self
Locus of control
Internally oriented.

Autonomous

Looking for you somewhere No answer, no echo in my head Now the single of a pair. I chose a different path; I dare To step forward without our thread Looking for you somewhere It’s only me wandering fair My duty, my choice, and constant dread Now the single of a pair Awakened from theContinue reading “Autonomous”