smoke, tears, memories, lies, bridges

in response to the quote from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead

“We cross our bridges when we come to them and burn them behind us, with nothing to show for our progress except a memory of…

gentleman

the girl who’s
half his age or more
glimpsed timidly at him
in silent awe-surrender
she looked at how he ordered
a cup of tea with 
milk and sugar
she wished she walked 
past by or stood in queue 
to smell his skin or
listen closely
to what he said 
and how he said it
dreams…

seed fern

she’s molded like a piece of clay
into a slender vase 
imperfect bony almost anatomical
she speaks and talks of 
wordsworth or tolstoy or something else
maybe of stars and astronomical
she says she chokes the wind
and dreams of misty spot of gold
perhaps it’s poetry she speaks
i can’t discern
she then stands…

on elon musk

nature so fragile
people talk of climate change
and at the same time
the excitement of the metropolis
like quit the village
come make yourself a person
you are a nobody if not 
for higher education
and then there’s elon musk
the guys who’s thought
to save the earth
yet spends the taxpayers money
like a…

brooch

When I saw Marina for the first time,
She was standing breathless underneath the night sky.
Her flannel dress embraced her thinnish frame,
She looked confused despondent and ashamed.

parents

i read a few essays
and then 
i studied a few books
to try to find the answers
for my passions
tastes and inclinations
they call me
weird unnatural perverse
but what i’ve come to realize
is very simple
im more than natural
i am
more natural than all
than all of those
who constantly berate
abuse and throw the…

what does g-d say to you?

what does g-d say to you?
you ever wondered?
you ever checked youtube
to see what other people say
and feel and how they 
take that messages for granted?
are you an atheist? agnostic?
what’s your stance?
where do you stand considering
you have the right to stand 
and speak your mind…

labels

when someone asks you
what you are like or what you like; 
and you, with your sincere honesty
and childish disbelief in human error,
just open up and rip your chest
and say things you’re not supposed 
to say because you’ve been so different 
in all the ways; as though expecting people
to understand and then
they…

child

a child runs through 
a cobbled lane that steams with 
smells of malt and liquor
his father shouts at his mother: 
“you’re insane a sad 
deplorable and wicked”
the child gains the speed and
tries to break away 
escape the scene
he passes buildings 
people rushing by
and monstrous outline of 
sky and sun the falling…

dead sea

i remember when you said 
go a few steps below
the thrill i sensed
while going down
and immersing myself
in all the salt water
underneath a scorching 
sun i felt like burning
you asked do you have 
any cuts or skin problems
and i said many
and you were like
well its gonna burn
and i was thinking 
i would love…