There is always someone who arrives when the day gives up. They bring no sun, only a star, a flame small enough to teach the darkness that it does not...Read more

I love you so much, I would climb through the dark for you past the river styx and shadows and the fates, with their sharp smiles and the echoes of my...Read more

I miss raising my kids with my sister, Children drop offs at moms house, To do something we probably shouldn't. I miss the comfort at the end of the ...Read more

Your garden is shaded. Flowers untouched by rain refuse to wither, growing in the heart of barren land, their buds still choosing to bloom. Your ship...Read more

wake up running. it does not matter where so long as it is away, keep your hands busy as they've learned to be. every box checked is only another beg...Read more

No one gives a damn about a poem until they need a poem — Omotara James. No one writes a poem because they want ...Read more

when I say love I open my hands instead of my mouth. love is something I offer you like a lit match or a seed pressed into your palm for the garden b...Read more

When I say love, you are my poetry. I cherish you from the very first draft, written with my favorite pen. Dear to my heart, close inside my pocket, l...Read more

When I say, "love," What do you hear? When I say, "I love you," Is it just a middle syllable Like a metronome beat, Semantic satiation? Or do you fe...Read more

A normal day ascended with a quiet, unparalleled thought. Dead-centered I stood, facing the linear panel of glass, Just showing off the deadly wither...Read more

We were heading from somewhere to anywhere. While passing along the roadside, I saw many unique plants. It was a nursery owned by an aged man, shelte...Read more

I did not choose this shape, but it is mine. the river moves slowly, softening what it loves until it is smooth. have patience. it will take years of...Read more

The Shepard is here, So we don't have to worry. Maybe, if it was in His nature to leave, Then we would have a reason, To worry that is, But it's not, ...Read more

Great fortune will follow you. You will eat the heart of a horse in winter. You won’t have to pray twice. Every mountain will unclench its jaw...Read more

Get used to being carried everywhere. Sunlight and rain are both your companions. Sometimes you'll be forgotten. Sometimes you'll become the one every...Read more

A dried well sits along a sugarcane mill, on a stretch of land encompassing three dialects. You see kids rolling tires and tubes, medieval games in ...Read more

It began with a wonder, A desire, An unrequited love, The pursuit of something; Perhaps— A longing to be heard, To emerge From the surging torrent, T...Read more

I am not meant to be consumed in sips. Swallow me whole.

Suppose fate misplaced us, you and I, both miserable, holding on, yet never close enough to become each other's pulse. Young, foolish, and unbearably...Read more

Krystian Dyu If you have (golden shackles) and the (golden key) to those shackles, and even if that key is also the key to the (golden door), then yo...Read more