On these lonesome coal-stained nights,
when the air of silence and thick stench
of latent indecision, lingers all around,
threatening to upset her equilibrium, Continue reading
Tag: Poem
On Losing My Language
Each time an aunty at a party asks me ba wo ni?
The real answer is a lodge in my throat.
I reply the way I know how; I am good aunty. Continue reading
Love After Love
The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each will smile at the other’s welcome, Continue reading
Growing Pains
For the days
when your waistline
feels more like
a coastline, Continue reading
Memories
Today I wished I had the perfect photographic memory, or better still, a more extensive vocabulary to capture the very essence of you. Continue reading
If You Let Me
In the stillness of the night.
In that moment when lonely orphans star-gaze and dream of what
could have been, would have been, should have been memories
formed yesterday, today or tomorrow Continue reading
Teenage Angst
Time
It’s raining hours on my minutes
while I wish it would just shower seconds. Continue reading
Breathless
The minute I heard He called you home,
my arms hung like a wall clock at 5.35,
every appendage saluting the floor
while disconsolate eyes spat bitterness
from the flooded alcoves of my soul. Continue reading
Throwback Thursday
You move me,
shift my equilibrium
like weights on a scale
you tip the balance
and upturn my spirit. Continue reading
