Brave

brave

are the flowers

that are ripped

shattered

cut

so tiny

and still remain

unapologetically kind.

to those lovers I did not love

to those with sad eyes

for which I no longer daydream

to the mouths that were once dry

and now are as thus they shall be

to the whispers I did not hear

and the touch, either warm or cold

to the heartbeats that were only fear

to Love, and its reputation to uphold

regret not! for the heart has

its own cunning curves;

and a moment is but a moment:

be it joy, be it lust.

and weep, yes, if you may

for the unwritten verses

for there is a time to say

and there is a time to shut

you see, friend, the world

is a pulsating force

and hence, there is no choice

other than pulsate and come and go

though exquisite song we were

so it is written, so it shall be done

for a bird must fly free, that is for sure

and one cannot love 

a love that is not their own.

second thoughts

I’m too afraid to write you a poem. Far more than heights, far more than spiders. It is not a fear I’m willing to avoid, to leap, to jump or to kill. I will not step over this walking shadow of expectations. I will not pray this ghost away.

I will pray for him to stay.

Because as long as I feel a thousand of possibilities and insecurities shivering down my spine, my verses will hang unwritten. Floating over this colorful – but bright – abyss between not good enough and not feeling at all.

I’m savoring this uncertainty.

I’m treasuring every signal I might’ve misread, for that has been teaching me how to stay afloat when the ocean is far too much troubled.

I’m embracing the wholeness of myself.

luv me tinder

It starts with a click, a buzz, a bell, a guitar riff;

and there you are, frozen in time

right above a punch line

smiling back at me.

Every pixel of my body shivers.

And then you like my profile pic,

but I

like to play it safe

and I

never send a heart emoji
on a first date.

I’m not that instagram kind of boy!

But if you check out my tumblr, I

know?

you’ll definitely fall in love!

Unlike the others you matched

my thoughts

cannot be contained

in one tweet,

Look at all…

those books I’ve read,

Look at all…

those things I hate!

Let’s buy a trailer and live in the woods!

I’ll take my Netflix account

And you can take the internet supplies.

Oh, and we can get that liquid happiness

On a supermarket nearby!

And though they’ve put
our names in their cans,

We might

never

take a sip.

But let’s cut the crap, we are a match! We are a match! and we only got 140 characters; so let’s make the most of our eternity week.

It starts with a click.