Growing up in the era of social networking, you are often asked to provide a “biography” of yourself, ranging from an infinite amount of characters to a mere 140.
Surprisingly, these biographies have always been a challenge of mine. This meaningless, small paragraph about myself has daunted ...
fed up with immorality
i pledge to stop interacting
with anyone my age
but then, i'd be a hypocrite
because i always say
that age is just a number.
would it be okay to justify
hypocrisy with personal experience
or would that classification be
appealing to stereotypes?
as i ask my...
drowsy off of the sudden
shift in consciousness,
i stumble between the sheets
of my bed, struggling to get up
and move on with my day.
i have no refuge or save haven
to run to, no arms of steel
to crush me in an embrace.
i am left reeling on my last film strip,
stained with memories of yo...
make everything you do
a science experiment
and watch your feelings fade,
your curiosity stumble-
what a lovely thing it is
to feel nothing at all
nothing for you
empty, empty, empty...
if beauty is in the eye
of the beholder, then hell,
you've gotta be blind.
i fail to understand
when you tell me
how you feel and conclude
you must have lost your mind.
i suppose i did, too,
somewhere else along the line
and that's what love can do to you,
one of the traits you...
you paint pastel stars
and shade the charcoal sky
but your masterpiece is missing
constellations
universes
galaxies
that we, as humans,
have yet to find...
be your own doctor
you little love hypochondriac
dare to diagnose yourself
with hopeless romanticism
and prescribe falling love
as your treatment method-
instead, choose the homeopathic route
and wait until love finds you
that's the only way it's real
or true anymore anyways
you ...
please tell me how delicious
your deceit is served with
a side of charisma- i'd love
to hear how the notes of deception
harmonize beautifully with your
dripping voice that tastes like
honey and stings like a bee-
explain how you lure
them into your trap,
disregard their innocence and
...
dare to excite those
that do not feel excited
because they are the ones
who need to be saved-
jesus or allah or yahweh
cannot stir the deepest
emotions of creativity
and accepting this fate
is the least we can do
to make art our religion....
i went to the library yesterday
and found a book of your poetry-
on the first page
i was at home and found
comfort in the lowercase,
frankness, and lack of structure
of your prose
no care for conformity
or rhyme scheme-
you see, i thought
i found a book
but really,
i found myself....
just last week it was august
but the minutes felt like may
every second that passed
was the dripping ice-cream of june
and the street was littered with
leaves of autumn-
as i turn around to call you
i find myself in february
while others are still living in september, october, november even...
if i told you i was a liar,
would you still listen
to anything i said?
aware that every noun and
adjective spewing out of
my mouth was a trick-
would you care?
of course i could never lie to you,
you'd say
and with a twitch of my lips
i would smile, say "of course not,"
wi...
everything you have ever read
is only a combination
of twenty-six letters
and all the water you have ever
consumed is the same water your
ancestors raised to their lips
and air is made up of only
two essential components-
but you, my dear,
will never grow old
or monotonous
or boring t...
it is often said
that those who deserve the sun
too often receive the rain
but what if i said,
i adore the rain?
that the droplets of water
upon your tan skin,
beat the heat waves
any day?
i'd much rather have
an umbrella over you and i,
than stand in the shade and hide
do yo...
when i write,
i imagine that
someone wonderful
like fitzgerald or stein
is taking my hand
and guiding the pen-
suffice to say
this is the only way
i can actually take pride
in any of my work...
lack of creativity lately
suffice to the fact that
i haven't been myself-
speaking in circles
and writing just as round
lacking the wit but
not quite the inspiration
lacking myself...
the second harmonic string
of a guitar is 125 hz-
and this is when i tune out-
immerse myself in daydreams
of you knocking on my door
to open the door and see
you standing, smiling-
alive...
to see and to be seen
is what everyone wants-
right?
perhaps that's why
you did what you did,
i guess
a hit, a crash, an attempt
a cry for help that received
nothing
all you wanted was life
didn't you know that
beggars can't be choosers?...
energy is only a term
we use to describe
another thing we don't have
constantly unsatisfied
we are essentially wanting
as humans to have more
lacing ourselves together
with green and paper-
and to think that
the brain named itself...
i went to text you today
wanted to tell you how
my mom was watching
all those ridiculous videos
that we used to love-
and that i missed you
...then i remembered
(i sent it anyway)...
my mind is running
on empty thoughts
sorting, organizing,
trying to find
any remnants of you
like when someone
stays the night
and in the morning
you happen upon their
used gum wrapper
mindlesslly, you toss it-
if only you knew
how much i'd give
for one gum wrapper
of your...
I.
you can come out now!
the prank is over
and i've got to say
this is your best yet
you fooled us all
are you happy now?
come on don't leave us-
waiting
II.
the grand reveal,
it never came
and neither did
an end to my tears
III.
talking to the moon
as if i'm...