You laughed nervously —
in a code in which I didn’t have the answer,
sealed in a treasure chest on the bottom of the ocean,
you threw the only key away.

I looked for you in the intersections
where honesty and deceit bid farewell,
an unruly couple that fought every day…

She entered your life like a freight train,
Obliterating everything in its path.
I’m not here for a long time, she said,
With her untainted eyes.
Before any assumptions,
Unannounced expectations could arise.
Still, you couldn’t help,
But stare at her elegance,
As if she was the only being.
Her…

If emotions could take form,
What would they look like?
A twisted knot that constantly changes shape?
Would anger envelope the form of a starving wolf?
Ready to attack any unlucky prey?
Would love have an aurora of light
Shifting to different characters in our lives?
How would you describe a panic…

If life was a reel,
your entire existence
would be compressed
to 15 seconds.
Which moments
would you choose?
leave out?
Would you include
only the happy times?
the big life changing epiphanies?
You have to remember,
the sum of your life
is almost never
about the big moments,
but an accumulation of
all the little ones.
Would…

She had a different genre of book in every room
like a part of herself could be found in the texts
of a romantic novel tucked under her pillows,
or the works of renowned social pyscholgoists
sprawled out on her coffee table. …

Why is our generation
so afraid of their emotions?
unable to confess they desire
both intimacy and space?
to express love beyond touches?

We enlist years of our life
to fight for our country,
to endure grueling training,
but when expectations are unmet,
we rush to begin again.

We spitefully…

Have you ever met someone
and instantly saw your future together?
The formation of the wrinkles
in the corner of their eyes,
the passing of unrequited time.

I did not feel that way with you.
When I met you,
I knew you were a moment,
a moment I wanted to suspend…