What world have we left for you, sweet child of mine? Devastated old growth stands, fragmented animal habitat Rising oceans, and melting permafrost; Is your precocious nature going to help humanity Through untold extinctions? I’m sorry I couldn’t do more, And I’m sorry those who…

After dark, I stroll Stretching boneless mountains roll under deflated clouds and pallid stars I teetered, whirled far when a speeding car whizzed by me, light trailing the last blues of dusk fading spirits whisper beside me tickle blindingly just a branch of spruce then…

Late Night Thoughts -Tanka Poem By: LuvMiFreely (Hour 20) The moon welcomes me My black hoodie zipped uptight Night breeze blows freely Destination is unknown  Going where my soul leads me

Self Portrait   A dreamer by the day, And visualizer by the night… Qualified MBA had a blue collar job, But quit off that, with my ethics very much in the sight… Entered family business, to be support of the dad, To rejuvenate and enhance…

floating in water this inconstant vista of lights in the distance   © 2021 S Phua

Walking at night without a sound, Stepping so lightly Over the cool ground. What do I see looking up at me? Two little peepers Darting faster than I could see. Around the corner I go Until up under my nose A firefly buzzed setting it…

If My Body Were a Game of Operation   Racing Thoughts – Remove the race car from my mind and give a motherfucker a rest   Too-Small Skull – Try and grasp the bone and force it through a passage that is designed for you…

Passing beneath Honied streetlight Trusting the moon the sweeten the night

POEM 20 Pulling my sweater closer as I round the trail around Sherwood Mall on an unusually frigid, June night. The sky is deep purple with a slice of silver moon. The constellations are pinpoints decorating the night. My footfalls echo into the distance and…

Rose petal skirts, Rose water shirts, Loose and rippling, Pink and masculine Wrap around their twists And leaps, light as light. There are no sparks, No magic dust, but How else their flight, Their elegant powerful, Raw beautiful, Arcane intertwinings? Feats of strength, Ineffable trust,…