A Lover for all Season

Harsh winter season zoomed in and My dried pale skin thirst for you and I am here longing for your embrace my Philippines. My cold trembling hands need your warm touch. Spring unveil and welcomes you with my cheeks blushing in pink and yet, No…

The Parking Lot

Just a shitty old field with logs in it I guess people wanted to park there it certainly was no park. Old telephone poles littered about. Never paid much attention to it. New parking lot New train stop New lamp posts New asphalt perfect. I…

Dr. Seuss Choices

You have brain on your head You have heart on your breast You have hands to shake You have feet for marching You can turn yourself around and Your brain will tell you Your heart will feel Your hands will lead to Dr. Seuss Choices…

Poem 3 – Bruised

Bruised and battered Surrounded by love I tried to repair All that I could With no clear path And miles away It’s easy to feel You’re a castaway But this is my purpose This is my plan I am more than Just a madman I’m…

Poem 2 – Yearnings

The distance between us is far and bare I’ve anchored my feelings, nothing more than a stare I wish I could break the shackles I’d take on the fighters and win any battle I’d listen to what ignites your fires I’d revive from your love,…

Photo: Shala Lang

Poem 1 – Element

Hide it Throw dirt Ignore it It’s done Back in the earth Where it came from The wind Speaks Asking Why I don’t want to answer I don’t want to lie Burning Wood The fires Alight As darkness descends I feel the cool night I…

Thinking of a metaphor

Thinking of a metaphor As the sea awaits the shore, But the winds carried a storm So I just wrote “grapes are sour”   Thinking of a metaphor As the wound cherish the sore But the heartbeat left the body So I just wrote “…

To Reopen a Wound (Hour 4)

So often does he never mean to play the fool, But he can only build what will come from such simple hands. And his failure is found often, and too often found cruel, For it is only in this pattern that he finally understands. Pursued…