poem

A solution cannot comeIf you’re fixated on the problem The problem cannot speak to youIf you’re not curious Curiosity cannot inspire youIf you’re busy being dramatic So how about you chill and playGet busy having fun The problem will follow your leadSo will curiosity of yours And there we goThe three of you dancing A […]

Time alone with myselfA forced holidayLong hours of silenceStaring at the ceilingSuddenlyThere is a holeNot on the ceilingBut insideInside of METhe hole looks likeIt might get biggerBummerDon’t poke it aroundInsteadThink about what you likeWhat I likeThe fresh air on my faceThe sound of the windTravelling through the nightThe lights of the starsDotting the skyWarm bathWarm

Don’t look at meAnd thinkWhat you see isWho I am Don’t be charmedBy superficial thingsReal stories aren’t thereReal treasure is never there Don’t bring upThose preconceived ideasThat never reveal anythingAbout anybody on this planet If you expect me to be flexibleIf you want me to fold myselfInto that black-and-white pictureIf that’s what you want Don’tDon’t

The day arrivesThe day I’ve looked forward toTold everybody how excited I wasPicked out the clothes a week agoPictured the day many timesCouldn’t have been more ready But then whyWhy this sudden reluctanceJust as I’m ready to go outI find excuses to delayAs if I didn’t want to goAs if I dreaded this very moment

The clock rewoundThat’s what happenedWhen I entered the storeI was thirteen again School lunchtimeIn the tiny broadcast roomWith two friendsAbout to go live for the lunchtime program My senior puts the music CD into the playerThe best of something from the 90sThe familiar melody starts from the speakerAnd I sit in front of the mic

It’s timeTime to bid goodbyeTo something so familiarThat I thought I wouldn’t knowA life without it Like an old piece of clothingTatty but comfortableFeels as if part of my skinBut it’s notAnd it doesn’t protect me anymore So, I’m finally readyTo let you goOn this sunny autumn dayAs the geese call andFly to the South

Father, his friend, me, and my little sister. Time flies, doesn’t it?– Yeah, it doesTen years since we first met– That’s rightFeels like yesterday to me What, Dad?Ten years?That’s more than halfOf my entire lifeFeels like a long time! – Daddy, where was I ten years ago?SilenceYou weren’t yet born, SweetheartSilence– That’s a long, long

Today is the dayI start a new journeyPlunging into the Unknown I’ve waited for this momentFor so longI’m sure I’m prepared The whole summer went byQuicklyBut not without fun I felt aliveAs I swayed in the breezeAbsorbing the sunshine on my skin I didn’t forget to chat with othersWe used to be togetherFrom dawn to

One eveningA tent emergesIn the living roomLike a child’s dreamOnly thatNo children live hereOr so I thought Hanging a lampCalling in all the stuffed animalsI walk insideInto the magical caveWhereA forgotten adventure awaitsWith a beating heart Lying downLooking up at the swaying lampOne thought speaks to meThe world is still magicalThe adventure still awaitsYou are

One day on a sidewalkWith my legs heavy from exercisingI sit upon a stretch of concreteMarking the end of someone’s garden It’s been a while since I satNear the ground like thisThe warmth of the afternoon sunTingles my face and bare hands Then I see itA pill bugLazily crossing the sidewalkWith the sunshine on his