poetry
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Honoring the me that I have shed
I cup my hands around the me that I have shed thank you, I whisper because you were there when I needed you and though you may not serve me now you were there when I needed you you were still good you are still a part of who I am and for that, I…
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I can’t stop and smell the goddamn flowers cause I’m severely allergic to them
I’ve always been thinking of the next thing The next change that is coming The next end that is upon me. And now that I am trying to sit with myself in the present I feel rather uncomfortable. I see it in the way that maybe I’m walking in a park And I stop to…
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Marvel at the universe with me
And I will share my world with you
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For my own sake
I must stop expecting people to understand fire when their eyes see it.
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Courage
This word has been on my heart lately.
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Emerge
When your soul is in the deep sea And you feel the upward current And the shell you were once in gets loose Let it go. You will shed this version of yourself And your inner self will break free. As you keep shedding And you keep swimming upwards You may leave those who love…
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The more languages you know
The funnier the world gets. Each language has its own humor, and the more languages you know, the more places you get to laugh. You also acquire more curse words.
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The hands that used to grab me
Cannot reach me any more.
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My roots are too strong
You can never pull me out of the ground Sway me as you will Scorch me with fire Drown me with water But you will never reach the bottom of my roots.
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Peanut butter cookies
Press the fork onto the dough Only twice, no more than that. My grandma is beside me She made the batter I sneak in a lick She pretends not to notice. I press the fork onto the dough Only twice, no more than that Yet, I do it three times She pretends not to notice.…
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You are not a mess
People just gotta learn to care for you right
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There’s something about nature
That, when you embrace nature And you see the truth of it You must face your own.
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seeing the tears of asian elderly people
absolutely crushes me. I have never seen either my grandma or great grandma cry. It takes a lot to make them crack. people have been romanticizing the idea of kintsugi- yes it is considered a beautiful form of Japanese art where broken pieces of pottery are put together with gold. It is a symbol of…