when I revisit the cozy corners of
abandoned minds a sweet little
memory slips through the crevice
like unsettled bluebottles on
stagnant midnights they carry
the weight of being fiercely young
and slow dancing in empty
classrooms bathed in green generator
lights my heart does not race like
it used to death to growing pains,
the buckled knees crying I am
a patron saint of making memories
on hidden staircases in plain sight,
I cease to breathe muffled flames
kissing gas stoves into oblivion
doe-eyed you so stinging I think I
have almost forgotten you and the
gaping space leaves no room for
sorrow some baggages are best left
unclaimed you feel a lot like driving
in the middle of Dubai skyscrapers
clinging to lost limbs so untouchable
so extravagant so worlds apart
when the twilight in bold inky skies
will pull tethered moonlight into this
empty ocean I will sink all toes
in chilly sands I will listen to the
wind and I will set old bones
on fire
Footnotes
if there is two of you inside that paper body; tear it apart. it is monsoon season, make paper boats. float that infant skin. whisper prayers. will for it to stay. watch the water swallow your yellow boots. sing to me of your mistakes.
frickin heck i had this bookmarked for such a long time I'M SO SORRY. i always feel like i've not enough expertise to properly comment on your work. a lot of your pieces have this wonderfully vague and sorrowful feel. your imagery fits perfectly to tone, and it's muted in a way that feels like something abandoned. this is probably the most poetic thing i've read, and i always find myself coming back to you. the way you've woven together all these "literally detached" pieces of memories (perhaps?) is absolutely breathtaking, and you're able to create something completely unique from them. footnotes are delightful and complements the piece so well. lovely work! <3333
this piece feels exactly like how it feels to get off an airplane into some city's airport so late at night that all the restaurants and gift shops are closed, and looking out the window at the city and feeling so melancholy and nostalgic and dream-like and lonely all at once. that's what it reminded me of as i read this. i just adore this so much, it's so lyrical and fantastically written!
"some baggages are best left
unclaimed you feel a lot like driving
in the middle of Dubai skyscrapers
clinging to lost limbs" god there's something so beautifully reminiscent and real about your prose. this piece, it's like memories but intertwined with the sort of big picture declarations that are such a joy to read. also the footnotes being this beautiful is a downright crime.
Oh my gosh, every line in this piece is just bursting with meaning. The entire poem is so perfectly and beautifully crafted. I couldn't quote a favorite line without quoting the whole thing :)
"so worlds apart / when the twilight in bold inky skies / will pull tethered moonlight into this / empty ocean" Oh wow I love these lines, and this entire poem is just wonderful. And the footnotes! Beautiful.
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chrysanthemums&ink
frickin heck i had this bookmarked for such a long time I'M SO SORRY. i always feel like i've not enough expertise to properly comment on your work. a lot of your pieces have this wonderfully vague and sorrowful feel. your imagery fits perfectly to tone, and it's muted in a way that feels like something abandoned. this is probably the most poetic thing i've read, and i always find myself coming back to you. the way you've woven together all these "literally detached" pieces of memories (perhaps?) is absolutely breathtaking, and you're able to create something completely unique from them. footnotes are delightful and complements the piece so well. lovely work! <3333
rainandsonder
this piece feels exactly like how it feels to get off an airplane into some city's airport so late at night that all the restaurants and gift shops are closed, and looking out the window at the city and feeling so melancholy and nostalgic and dream-like and lonely all at once. that's what it reminded me of as i read this. i just adore this so much, it's so lyrical and fantastically written!
outoftheblue
"some baggages are best left
unclaimed you feel a lot like driving
in the middle of Dubai skyscrapers
clinging to lost limbs" god there's something so beautifully reminiscent and real about your prose. this piece, it's like memories but intertwined with the sort of big picture declarations that are such a joy to read. also the footnotes being this beautiful is a downright crime.
Century Friend
Oh my gosh, every line in this piece is just bursting with meaning. The entire poem is so perfectly and beautifully crafted. I couldn't quote a favorite line without quoting the whole thing :)
EliathRose
Ugh, even the footnotes are poetic. This is so beautiful!
Chase Gillespie
Great poem, people can look at it in so many different ways that makes it so great!
keep it up!
Ahsan Nizaam
WOW!!! Just wow. 'I am
a patron saint of making memories
on hidden staircase'
This is what synched to me the most
mia_:)
so good! also, i have never seen someone write such deep footnotes! i am in love with your work!!!!! :D
ek503
"so worlds apart / when the twilight in bold inky skies / will pull tethered moonlight into this / empty ocean" Oh wow I love these lines, and this entire poem is just wonderful. And the footnotes! Beautiful.