Aspect
Five poems worthy of being shared with you
a stranger in this home
i miss the old days when i could
swim in peace without the disturbance
of strangers in my home
i awake early famished from my slumber
eager to waddle to the shore and dive in
to search for some breakfast
but i am too late.
the strangers are already here
throwing their wire into
my favorite breakfast buffet
plucking out my meals to have for themselves.
what am i to do?
avoiding these strangers indeed is a must
i’ve lost too many friends to the wire
i think i’ve lost count
it’s a shame, really, it is
but a parent will risk anything
to find food for their kids
so off i go speeding through the water
like a black and white missile
gathering the scraps the strangers left for us
today i was a lucky one
and made it back home
tomorrow? who knows
but today my belly is full
i just have one hope and that is
these strangers leave us alone
you’re not as dead to me as i am to you
for all you know i could be dust
gathered in a small box buried beneath the grass
eventually forgotten in a crowd
of those of the same fate
but that’s what you wanted
therefore it is so
this is where i will remain
in the vast field of forgotten memories
hoping one day i will be brought back into
the warmth your light
but until then the soil is my home
the mole crickets and beetle grubs my neighbors
this is where i will remain
stranded beneath this greensward
mingling among the other poor souls
dreaming of our redemption
november
i happened to
wake up early.
a bright sun glowing through
a tiny sliver
in my drawn shades.
this is a rare feat
so i decided
a hot cup of coffee was
necessary
i took a sip
then another
then another
before i knew it i
was heading back to the pot
to fill the mug again
my brain avoiding thoughts
of the work day
that lies ahead
i took a sip
then another
then another
before i knew it i
was heading back to the pot
to fill the mug again
the cycle repeats
day after day
when will it end
when will it end
an open letter to the past (2018)
is it okay to still think of you from time to time?
there were so many good days yet
so many bad
so many late nights whispering
our dreams and the futures we planned
if only you knew i failed at them all
the person you knew is not the person i am
i have become so much more than you can imagine
i know it’s my fault we cannot see
the people we have become
i’m sure you’re successful and free from your prison
walking tall, strong-willed as ever,
not taking shit from anyone whatsoever,
a great partner to someone much better.
when i think of this i can’t help but feel joy
because you finally got what you deserved
where do we go
when it’s all gone
when it turns to ash
when the monuments we create
begin to collapse
when the animals and trees
are nowhere to be seen
the end of the world
this must mean
all of the warnings
all of the signs
all of the governments
stuck in the past.
one world is all we have
one chance is all we get
now is our time
let’s make it last.
