Posted on
January 10, 2018
This place
A place I relocated to due to circumstance
Relocation is something I'm used to because its DNA runs through my veins
I was conceived in the Philippines and entered the world in Panama City
Every two to four years my father received orders and we relocated to...
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I sit under a bench in the shade
Old San Juan is where I spend most of the day
Listening to parched leaves scrape against the cobblestone
Birds chirping their happiness as bread crumbs fall against their beaks
In the distance, a few benches away, I feel your presence
I...
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Innervision
I am not who I am on the outside
I am not who people see
I am not who I see
The mirror lies to me
It lies to those who surround me
The mirror hides my misery
My sadness
My discontentment and self-pity
Why can I not be free from all that...
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Posted on
January 26, 2017
Temporary Mind Wandering
What is this
This communication we have both been seeking
Searching
Waiting for a reply
Until the morning light
A verbal exchange of past, presents, and futuristic desires
Hungering for a meal that has never before been prepared
Either that or it has simply been ignored
Are you feeling me
‘Cause I...
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Posted on
January 16, 2017
Perfect Cents
If I had a penny for every time you told me you’d never leave me
and I believed you…
If I had a nickel for every time you promised you’d always be there for me
and you weren’t…
If I had a dime for all the times you...
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