We make separate dinners
side by side
on the same stove every night
Carefully navigating through
our pots and pans
It’s amazing how flawlessly
our utensils never come in each other’s way
I can smell the aroma of your dish
You can hear the sizzle of mine
We use the same ingredients from different packets
The pile of dishes is always bigger than it should be
it’s funny they get washed together, though
At least at the end of the day there is a clean kitchen
Who knew?
We could co-exist like that
Even today
When my skin tingles
The voice in my mind gets
too loud or too silent
My heart boards the turbo train
and threatens to get off track
I look for you
Miles of time
Sore truths
Salt lines dried out
Smiling old memories
A closure too late
Hanging between us
Even today
I look for you
Tonight as you blow the candle
light one in your heart
of love and laughter
courage and warmth
flickering compassion
let it catch fire
in the years to come
let it be
your Bright, filling the dark
let a lonely soul
stand in your glow
shower
burn out
light one, again
Try gentle today
watch grim lips light up
curve a little
No longer vexed
by the sand tickling our naked feet
we sit by the beach
throwing stones over the stretched waters
forgetting the ones that drowned
rejoicing the ones that skipped
one, two, three or seven times
making the best of the moonlight
Wherever you go
leave behind a trail of
Light; lambent, kind
Sitting in corner
consuming carbohydrates; filling up the
stomach of shame
Have I had
my share of failures
to expect
a win?
BitterSweet 