Just Poems

Insecure

Her testimonial. 

Insecurity

Yes, that is what you bring to me.

I love you

But it does not seem to matter.

Pair of Shorts

Two poems

trees in the distance
can seem like a wall
the bricks around your heart
begin to fall

SHE THINKS I THINK A LOT

She thinks I think a lot.

Delusions of an insomniac morning

Inert, the Gulmohur blooms are.
Delusions of an insomniac morning.
The clouds part to let my…

Cliche

It doesn’t rain here.
It doesn’t even rain inside.
We wait, we keep on waiting.
Clouds come, and they go too.
We have taught ourselves not to be…

Pheia, Aksum, Cappadocia and the Mauryas

The wind doesn’t tell me anything.
Doesn’t whisper in my ears, tales of the distant past…

The Mirror

A Poem

The Mirror escaped.
It left while we prayed
In the middle of service, while the Pastor spoke:

Seattle

How to begin

twin-sized bunk beds lined the walls
scratchy, thin sheets
called me to the city
where one needle…

Indecisive

Drew Foster

Up or down, left or right

He never could decide.

Everyday that he woke

More pride inside would die