Tag: Poetry
Love, Sushi and Other Confessions
Sushi Controversy coffee tastes better with rum, and sushi is absolutely not made for my taste
When You First Shatter
When you are born into an illusion, it feels wrong when you first shatter it. You
Termite & Exhale
TW: Death, Suicide, Self-harm You are a termite, You make a fortress around me, Make me
Is it ever enough?
Years of patriarchal trauma and guilt bitterness filling the vessel constantly sinking the feeling of trying
Two Waves
Two waves born; sunlight’s mercy and moonlight’s sin, we were two hearbeats of the turquoise sea.
The Killing of Time
M is for mundane; as much as a Monday could possibly be, this slow dripping of
Blue and Purple
Standing in front of the mirror, she hides with make-up, blue and purple marks on her
Stories Inside
How many of you have unwritten books inside? Did you ever imagine a moment from your
Her Heartbeat is a Palindrome
I am a woman who, Isn’t a woman, Half woman, whole liar, Half poetry, whole halves,
Disciplinary Meeting with HR
Now, the truth tumbles out only during quarterly team parties; as freely as the free alcohol
Cardinals
I am Dostoyevsky’s midnight fever, And Whitman’s lakeside rambles. I am Van Gogh’s washed brush tip,
My Art is a Confession
I confess to South Sudan,where I would meet Ibrahimwho would then tell me about the muralsthat
