(2013)
Wrote this after commuting to school one foggy day.
The darkest of nights It is on these nights I turn To these keys, clicking Fervently beyond reason Behind safely shadowed doors
Red and orange glitter Dancing delicately high Above winding paths Falling to the great grey streams Falling for grace, or duty?
The spotlight glares down Bright, bright, sight, sight My cloak swiftly surrounds White, White, Swish, Swish, The fabric shell billows but stays
Just for a moment To glimpse from dusty pages A single white flash Tenuous seconds follow Until a roaring reply
Once my beating heart Matched steel drum lines to-to-toe Teaching metronomes But now my beat has fallen Into syncopated depths
Distractions of youth Parade like bright spring flowers Always on the mind Entangling my weak heart To the land of mud and ice
To etch a love song No earthy ink can suffice Only color drawn From such a naive heart-well Could paint even an inkling
The mind of a girl That swirling vertex of bright Is unreachable So we put up these steel walls When we could have built a bridge!
Tiny flashing lights Figures entwine together Closer and closer ‘closer than ever’ they say Beside our computer screens
To cover the tears Some men will drown their sorrows Some just run away Some even will board their hearths To me? A path of rom-com
To puddle one’s words Few are willing to admit Myself least of all To fall and land upon earth Closer to Earth than before?
Self-expressional Crooked poster on the wall Self-intentional Will you shatter, will you fall? Who will fix your frame of old?
Twelve in numbered spin Once reaching double digits Feel the crisp brisk sweeps Sudden gentle remainders Subtle breath of orange array
Howling and wailing Like the vast October winds Delightful to find Many who share the same chord Sing till frogs jump in our throat…
Ask me who he is A tall tree and branches keen words drop; leaves shaken I try to collect them all But forget them by the stream
