Category Archives: Poetry

How do I reconcile The darkness under the lamp How do I offer The holy water murky with mud Do I notice My cup is broken, many times over Can I tell My hands are not always steady Do I weigh my soul In a balance, against my actions Do the sins Weigh heavy, andContinue reading “Forgiven”

Smeared in ashes But embers inside Sharp and jagged veil Hides symmetry always Thunder and rain clouds Over a calm ocean My drunken whirling Shrouds my stillness My words encase My silent surrender My appearance a beggar And my essence – You

I am the sum of many parts And each part made of more You can only break what you see That is all, and no more But keep breaking and you see Each jagged part is whole For star dust remains unbroken Even shattered to the core

Everything must break To let the light shine through The body The mind The heart For only when shattered Can I be star dust again

You look up at me And smile I see my reflection in your eyes I know I will for sure Live on forever in you

And I smile As I whisper to myself— Today

May I express my gratitude For where else and with who else Can I be myself And get to ask unashamedly Again and again Do you love me And you smile, and tell me Over and over Every time Yes

Nothing like a long dark night To make me see the world upright To make me see I am perfectly fine The silence of stars is not their crime

It is only when I see myself Reflected in your calm That I can fall in love With my fire and my storm

If words are wine Pour me some more If silence is golden I want drunken uproar If these steps go to heaven Let the wise men go I just want to sit here Pour me some more