who have touched your face

thousands of times

who have been under the candlelight

weeping eyes

in this dark room

cold cold stone

how to lie still

watching the world behind

at the corner of my eyes

peeling through shields of pride

I am timid to abide the ride

eternity on the thin chord of light

-May, 2023

Blame,

my clumsy feet.

Flapping wings,

beating heart,

in my hand.

Fading,

in my short hold of your time.

-August 2021

The storm comes near.

Cicadas sing through the rain.

Three weeks of life.

-August 2021

I didn’t expect the rain

pouring

we made a shed

got the fire on

and made some tea

sitting close to each other

and reading each other’s life in the water

like how we used to look at the moon and stars

in the pitch dark night

asking endless questions with no answers

when we were young

that was a long time ago

-Oct 2022

sun, roots,

seed, family,

grow

lift, push,

break

free

heat, fluid

blood in the vein

flow

swallow this silence

the bitterness of the sweetness

togetherness

— June 2, 2019

Bowl after bowl now

life continues as it goes.

exactly how it tastes.

-Spring 2022