Winter a warm hug,  the harsh cold. soothing peace against the windy chill. snow falls faintly outside the frosted window, i am safe here. fingers defrost as the stove heats up. mmm. soup.   

Silence, the loudest sound of all So loud that a pin could be heard dropping Silence, the place where secrets unravel Where your deepest fears comes true   Silence where nothing rejects...

It’s happening again. The shouting, the screams it feels like a daily occurrence. We go a week – maybe two – without issue, but it never lasts. Not before happening again, before...

My heart is bleeding Putrid black ink All over the pages Which used to be  A pearly, plain white Now marked with life And glittered with stories Revealing agony Mixed with love But...

If the walls were marred with blood Silence rings a guilty sound Or maybe it just means you’ve found Something farther from this world   If the scene was blanketed with prejudice Silence...

My teeth tighten, locking my jaw shut, my nose scrunches, allowing the rage to reverberate I shudder, My libs trembling, My mind reeling, My hand reaches for the strands That stick to my head, Pulling. Yelling. Screaming. My...

do you think I can have one more kiss? I’ll find closure on your lips and I’ll go It’s the little moments that break my heart When you hug me so tight, kiss me so slow I’m trying to move...

The threads of the Indian village  Across the borders, across the world Will forever be ingrained in my memory:   The threads of the sun’s rays as it peeks above the village gutta With...

Monster creeping in my dreams Makes no sound yet drags me in Silent night and silent day It is screaming all the way    Monster creeping in my dreams Heeds no touch yet freezes...

You told me my eyes Were the color of your go-to coffee order At your favorite café. So I said Your eyes reminded me of stormy skies, My favorite weather.  We shared merely a moment  And...

Stability Papercuts and cardboard boxes The musk of a foreign home I remember reminscing and regretting, Losing friends I never had. Like every grain of a blank canvas I painstakingly colored,...

I know that we only live tonight And sure, maybe tomorrow is a maybe A theoretical hypothetical possibility But is it too much to ask to fight You say you’ve given up Not because it’s hard because...