Brevity #8: Silence, Word

With words
you woo me.

With words
you break me.

With silence
you crush me.

In silence
—I'll vanish.

Brevity #7: Space

You came
occupied my place.
Turning things
upside down.

You came
filled an empty corner.
Bringing warmth
alongside chaos.

You left
vacated a room.
Leaving foot marks
fingerprints allover.

You left
emptied your spot.
I sleep diagonally
to fill in the space.

Brevity #6: Patience

Sometimes you make me feel high.
Most times you make me feel low.

At times, things feel right.
Other times, things are so wrong.

Your caress fills me with joy.
Yet your abandon left me crushed.

I am struggling to love
your imperfections perfectly.

Wondering, along the way,
How long will my patience stretch.


"Nobody's perfect," said a friend.
True, but if I feel like some pieces don't fall into place, should I ignore it? Nobody will change, so I must learn to accept --or simply walk away. 

Brevity #5: The Dark Sea

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved,
in secret, between the shadow and the soul.


In this time of uncertainties, the storm that is in my heart and my mind, Neruda's words came like a lighthouse. Guiding me to a land, away from the doubts.

But the land which awaits, will it be a lush and beautiful one or a dry and barren one? How would I know? There is never a certainty.

"How can you predict the future?" my friend said. We cannot, I am aware of that. All I know, all I am certain of, is that I have fallen into the dark sea.

Swallow me.
Don't toss me.


I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where.

Brevity #4: Breath

As we lay
here
in the dark.

I watched your chest
rose and fell
with every breath.

It felt like
watching a clock
ticking, by the second.

Inhale.
Tick.
Exhale.
Tock.

Every movement
a reminder
of your leaving.