I wish I know
what I was put
into this Earth
to unfold
like a bee
is always searching
for honey
like the sea
wishes her mermaids
would never leave
maybe human are both
the bee and the honey
the sky and the sea
some of us can ride on the giant waves
but our hearts only beat the same way.
t.l.
(I should stop asking questions and just do.)
I wish I knew how it felt
to be trapped and caged
to have your babies taken away
to see your friends disappear day by day
I wish I knew how it felt
to be “saved” by human
but you never saw the Sun again
I wish I knew how it felt
to be watched, and wired
and be tested on, and died
I wish I knew how it felt
to be force fed
and eaten like a luxury
what am I, a chopped liver?
called myself an animal lover
but still, I take your lives
instead of saving them.
t.l.
would you jump
if you know the water is shallow
would you do it
if the waves will swallow
the idea of who you are
you wanted to stand tall
pushing people away
building walls after walls
do you recall
the last time someone
begged you to stay
at the end this was all hollow
all these sadness, all these rage
you’re better off dancing solo
“leave me alone, come back please”
you jumped from this mountain
to another, hoping to see
those rare flowers
to deem yourself worthy.
t.l.
(make your own mind up)
Are you a writer
write something then
send me a poem
then maybe we can be friends
Are you a writer
where is your book
are you working
or hiding from everyone’s look
Are you a writer?
do you make money
out of these pointless lines
bring home the honey
or stop wasting your life
Are you a writer
a poet, a mind wanderer
do you write because you need to
or do you write because
nobody can stop you
Are you a writer
or are you only human
who tries to make this world
a little brighter?
t.l.
the Sun is setting
burning the cloudless blue sky
leaving its reddish marks
are you leaving
can’t you wait one more night
until that train embarks
can’t you see how much you shine
how you sparkle, and the lights
were embarrassed to be around you
have pride in what you do
take mine if you want that too
don’t end it, don’t go quietly
let us be proud with you.
t.l.
For all the people who struggle with your sexuality. For all the lost souls who have decided to leave this Earth. We are stronger together. It’s hard now but it will get better.
they said,
we are too different
to be together
like oil and water
but the Moon and the Sun
can look at each other
at twilight,
when you fall and I rise,
when you shine
and I ignite.
t.l.
the problematic side
of an empathetic knight
is that you keep trying
to save others
and keep forgetting
that you needed rescuing too.
t.l.
when you die
who would cry in silence
and who would smile
behind those curtains
who would try
to picture you still alive
who would deny
your own very existence
who would sign
and move on with their life
who would wonder why
and pray for you every night
who would come
to say goodbye
who would remember
all the lies
who would say
I’m glad she died
who would hope
you’d come back
as a butterfly.
t.l.
you’re a piece of white paper
born naive and transparent
you could create your own character
one day you’re the cinnamon bun
and the next a psychopathic nun
you’re a piece of white paper
people thought you came from
those bamboos near the river
they tried to soak you in ink
drain you out, make you wither
paper-thin but sharp like a knife
your skin is made from a hemlock twig
they burned you down in the forest fire
but you will rise once again
in the afterlife.
t.l.
deaths are upon us
everything dies
for new things to arrive
our graves give life
to the flowers and the trees
to the air that we breathe
to the fishes in the sea
we can’t deny death
nor death can take us away
from who we are
and what we want to say
Asian, Latino, Black
why all these attacks?
since when do colours
have rankings and grades
aren’t we all the shades
in the Sun’s electromagnetic waves.
t.l.
stop the hate crime now.
Tsunami of Words 