Archive for the ‘personal’ Category

The Crossing

Is it time to cross yet? Or should I wait a little longer? It’s never a good time, I bet. It’s easier to just linger. As I watch myself fades To a ghastly shadow My former spirit dissipates Into an eerie glow. Though the other side seems far-flung It is actually just an earshot The [...]

Essential Pleasures

Soft droning voice from the library centralized air-conditioning unit sounded like a lullaby that was so familiar once upon a time. It was especially hard trying to keep awake as I just had my lunch. I was reading a book titled “Essential Pleasures” which is essentially a collection of poems compiled by Robert Pinsky. In [...]

Rainy Day

This was a poem I wrote not long after the first one, also around Mar 2001. I was walking home and it started to drizzle. I slowed down my pace and enjoyed the rain. Luckily, I did not catch a cold. Watching the gentle tears, Falling from the heavens above. Landing on my eyes and [...]