the uninvited guest barges in and sits
at the dining table, offering slivers of...

sheath your gaze –
i have no response for your tiger eyes...

time swims non-linearly in a vast ocean.
i bring palms together, and cup the water...

in the city of a thousand suns;
you swell the most at the seams...

Sorrow espaliered across the width of my...
manages to cast light on it. I suppose that...

april, with bloodied fists, heaving breath finds
respite where your clavicle meets your sternum...

i wish i could drape the sky on you tonight,
the sunset – the oranges, the reds, the yellows...

i remember that day vividly;
he looked at the price tag of...

i am, but soft in your hands,
and your hands only...

the world before you is one that’s foreign to...
like an ancient civilization you’ve once heard...

Please don’t gaze upon me with pitiful eyes,
loneliness is parallel to love—there are no...

…the stand mixer broke a while back, so
we resort to kneading the dough by hand...