The Escape Salad

Cutting onions, diced.Slicing through tomatoes.I look out of the kitchen.She is on the dinning table,flipping a book.Blanching broccoli.Tossing the chickpeas in.I hear the fan speed fasten.Years change but habits don’t.I…

The Bench

Introduction to the poem: In the midst of chaos and conflict, where the cries of war echo through the streets of Israel and Rafah, a city in the Gaza Strip,…

Hephaestus

You were born into softness and mist in a castle atop the clouds. Disgust would have been the first emotion you knew. It would have been written into the cold…

The Stage

Nothing less of a scene; a stage is praised,As the red velvet is raised,"Do your parts and depart"Is the command in a voice parched. Not only by their tounge but…

The Man Tries

The sun spinsThe man sins The flower wiltsThe bird tilts The cry yearnsThe child learns The wave splashesThe wind lashes The clouds pourThe echoes roar The time racesThe spirit chases…

You are a Poet

You wonder who you are,budding through the kith and kinof Rumi's words and blossominto what comes next.You sneak into Kafka's lettersand find yourselfin Milena's lap.You sleep in the canopyof Plath's…

My Grief, Flows Like a River

My grief,Flows like a river. Today,The rapids are churning a chaos of deep dark sadness. Rocks of anger,Pound away.Stones of loss,Beat unmercifully.Limbs of longing,Grasp and ensnare. To the rocks;I release…

Fractured Grace

All that's left this maudlin shrine, Fractured reflections I claim as mine. Cursed, this purgatory in disbelief, Silence only, no sanity, no peace. Your soul soars high, I burn below.…

Vilomah

Sour Candy sinewOrange tasting bloodIn his soil of sadness heHas grown an incense bud He burns like incenseSpreads like incenseIncense is his form.His mighty topless towerHas toppled down in a…

Great Sea

To the land of Sea My dearest have shunned me.Relieve me, deliver meFrom this different faithO great sea,Let your holy salt season the bitters of my lifeI am weary of…