Today I witnessed death.

The bus I was on ran over something with a blunt thud. I’d felt it’s skull crush beneath me. I heard the screams. I sensed the terror. I stood there dangling to the handle, frozen. But I didn’t look. I cannot explain what took over me. Was it fear? Was it acceptance? I knew there was nothing that…

It was 3:00 am. The moon seeped in through the copper coloured shades like several sheets of ivory paper. He woke up with a sudden jolt from a deep slumber; an uneasy feeling swirled within his chest. It was as though he’d left something behind…like he’d detached a portion of himself in an…

In the realm of the birds,

My legs are grabbed,

Yanked to the floor,

Our weight pulling us further to the core;

Where the world is true

And the pain is real.

Tell me about the sun

And how he kissed your skin

Tell me how he shone through your wounds

and spread that glitter within.

Tell me about the storm in your mind

With every breeze that came by,

a tiny petal would drop and fly;

across the golden fields it’d float

eager to land, like a secret note