That Kind Of Fire
It was the first form. It was everybody’s first time. It was a crazy time. Girls had formed into women in their heads, and...
Voices of Many
You are the voice of many,
The voice of dead emotions,
To the live burning desires.
From thirsty leaves,
To the ocean filled with condolence.
You know more about...
Confidante
They whisper as I walk in them, few promises
in their weaves, pleats sashay along the way
as I walk that extra mile to get further...
Men and Women
A man and a woman are spades,
Two coins of a currency,
And so when they asked me to choose,
For I could only love one or...
Cold Baptism
Steps... I have struggled taking steps
One foot in front the other, that’s how you make the steps, but where are they taking me?
What was...
The King Would Send His Men
In another time, in another life, they would call those embers, eyes.
Eyes that spoke in bold italics,
brimming with kohl
kohl that wore silence,
bore songs like...
Semi-Permeability
I was awake while you were drowning
me: in bed
you: the adjacent bathroom
I wanted to move but didn’t
I wanted to yell but couldn’t
I listened to...
I Want You To Know
You once asked what my greatest fear was. I think
I fobbed you off. It was one of those truth and dare
games we would play...
Transcribing
I smoke my cigars, in the wind,
Hoping to run into her,
Her eyes and her breasts;
Everything of her.
Hoping to blend into her,
Survive her,
Transcribe her,
I move...
April Fools
ISI JI! THAT redundant, annoying, purple-coloured head of a yam tuber! Despite how much my siblings and I hated it, it found its way...