I’ve never really, really shared the truth of
How much I miss you when you’re absent
Because it couldn’t ever fit the length of a text:
The space needed is the size of an encyclopedia
Category Archives: poetry
The Altar
My hands are full of
Yarn and needles
Needles and yarn
I don’t even know
How to knit
I’m learning, though
In case your feet get cold
If You Knew My Girl
If you knew my girl
you’d never have to
fake a smile.
If you heard her speak
you’d swear she was singing
a hymn.
If you watched
her dance you’d forget
to blink.
Just reading a poem
about her might make
you swoon.
If you knew my girl
you would fall and
never land.
I still can’t land
Underthought
I must’ve written
A million poems
To show you were wrong.
After finishing this one
I concluded I was.
Heartstrings
If you’re ever interested
In hearing the sound
Of a broken heart
Just spend one moment
Around me without her
Seminal Tears
It’s been 7 years and 4 days since my eyes last watered my cheeks
There’s a very simple reason why I’m suddenly bringing this up
Warm Chills (Song Lyrics)
[Verse 1]
I get so cold
When you don’t leave on the light, babe
I get so cold
When you do not say good night, babe
You’re only right
Cause you can’t admit you’re wrong, babe
We only fight
Cause of sexual frustration
[Pre-Chorus]
Warm me up, warm me up
Warm me up right now
I’ll warm you up, I’ll warm you up
I’ll warm you up somehow
[Chorus]
Don’t need these cold chills
Every day that you are away
Don’t need these cold chills
But I felt them hard yesterday
I want some warm chills
Heat me, pour me in your rain
I want some warm chills
Lay me down and walk over me, babe
I need those warm chills
Right now and every single day
I need those warms chills
You’re the only one who gives them, babe
[Verse 2]
I get so cold
When you do not show your face, babe
I get so cold
When you tell me that you’re sleeping
I get so cold, I get so cold
When I’m alone, when I’m alone
[Pre-Chorus]
Warm me up, warm me up
Warm me up right now
I’ll warm you up, I’ll warm you up
I’ll warm you up somehow
[Chorus]
Don’t need these cold chills
Every day that you are away
Don’t need these cold chills
But I felt them hard yesterday
I want some warm chills
Heat me, pour me in your rain
I want some warm chills
Lay me down and walk over me, babe
I need those warm chills
Right now and every single day
I need those warms chills
You’re the only one who gives them, babe
[Ad Lib]
You’re the only one who gives them, babe
The only one who gives that way
The only one …
The only one that makes me stay
A Reflection On Apologies
Why do you run before
my apologies have a chance
to bloom?
Is my sorry
not the color of a rose?
Does it not smell of
regret, sorrow, remorse?
Would a different word,
a softer word,
thaw the forgiveness in your eyes?
Je t’aime
Te amo
Ich liebe dich
Я люблю тебя
میں تم سے پیار کرتا ہوں
Imagine
Can you imagine
holding the world
in your hands?
Can you really?
Then imagine it now
the world in the palm of your hands
spinning on its axis.
I want you to imagine it.
Close your eyes.
Think on it.
Block out everything else.
Focus. Focus. Focus.
Don’t read on until
You found it—feel it.
Now that you’re there:
You know how
I feel every time
I hold her.
Bridges (A Semi-Visual Poem)
I would cross
Each one of these
Without fear
To reach you:
Tell me you’d
Do the same
Even if you were
Pregnant with fear.