The colors that were once present Faded to gray With an air that almost suffocates A thick, physical smog In the midst of noon Shadowing children’s footsteps Wavering are the hearts of youth In cloudy thoughts They only seek comfort Warm figures are nowhere to be found Wading through, Invisible to others To find hope … Continue reading The Lost Children
Beyond Us
In a white space He reaches for nothing In fetal position The world below him shifts He has only ever found apathy For the clouds he cannot touch Entropy will never be met That of a frailty belonging To Err To Human Everything has been taken away A prison Made up of air He cannot … Continue reading Beyond Us
Leap of Faith
There are parts missing To this bridge Oak wood planks Molding and worn A dark brown rope Twisted a hundred times over Thinning visibly with each day Hazardously pontifying A dubious connection Thousands have attempted to cross But as fate would have it, Most have fallen Most have sunken And most have lost For such … Continue reading Leap of Faith
Misplaced
A child No more than 2 feet Weaving through tall grasses Alone He pulls through further and further But to no avail Frightened, cold, frail And uncertain Blinded by the weeds His eyes wet Cheeks turn pink In a cumbersome field Nowhere Just a boy Outside, by himself The skies offer no guidance The earth … Continue reading Misplaced
To Grasp Joy
He stares longingly A patch of thin hair Wrinkles beneath her nose Cheeks, cherry-red She’s restless Climbing invisible walls Squeaking and smiling At disappearing hands A purple nest Giants about Yet, she shows no fear She grabs his thumb As to say, “I’m stronger than you know.” Her gaze did not waiver Not for hours … Continue reading To Grasp Joy
I can’t swim
Submerged in thoughts “Where will I go?” “Can I move forward?” “What if I fail?” Quandaries on each impact Each breath Dammed tremors Yet, still seeping into my ears No oar, no paddle Palms smearing away Nonetheless, doubts Pacing along the edge Seeking comfort, seeking an alibi For not diving deeper The chlorine dulls my … Continue reading I can’t swim
Little Moments
Between skeletons And cold figures Expired affections and tumultuous fortunes There’s a sliver A golden nugget The sweetest cherry Bite-sized, Twinkling in the dark Only a single nibble Escaping perpetuity Sparks and synapses Bursts of fantasy Warmth, the addiction To Joy Until the gray strikes once more And the world dawns upon us Until then, … Continue reading Little Moments
The Truest Freedom
Puffy little clouds Cotton balls and bunny tails Drifting past us every second Unwavering, pushing on The wind lifts them And the sun shines above These puffy little clouds A kingdom Man can only dream of A kingdom Man favors true The purest treasure of Puffy little clouds Below them A brown and green and … Continue reading The Truest Freedom
An old, broken down apartment
Thai chili pepper plants Leaking puddles beneath them Under a stairwell where I scraped my knee a thousand times I hung fireworks for Lunar New Year I ate ice cream my sister bought me after we argued A spray-painted address Beside a crumbling pipe And broken beer bottles below A child running around Attacking pigeons … Continue reading An old, broken down apartment
Leaving with a Smile
A gray figure Surrounded by pitch black The Dark Faceless, his head tilts downwards He leans, further and further ahead A single drop of rain He sinks into the abyss before him Down the river he goes Away from the Dark Where he begins to see again Angelic shines The multicolored bubbles Of yesterday’s sky … Continue reading Leaving with a Smile
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