Don’t Look Up

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it’s a good movie, they said
sure, I’ll watch it on Netflix
will it be a documentary instead?
no, surely it’ll be one of those funny flicks

I watched, all but one question remains:
were those movie makers on crack cocaine?
how cruelly honestly showed their passion;
I wonder whether they’re geniuses or madmen
1.2.2021

Window

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in awe, I stared upward
remotely familiar memories
long-gone, but I wondered,
remembering veiled stories:

a flash of smile, a gentle touch;
popping balloons at climax,
awashed shame and such;
a lonesome requiem at flashback

in silence, I stared up high;
white, misty cloud filled the sky
calmly, I counted the dreams
reluctantly, letting tears stream.

1.1.2022

Resolution

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keep your head held high
even as your fellow men blame you
keep striking that red hot iron ore
of your dream and your ambition
even if it dissipates like a sandcastle
no matter how dearly you loved that woman
who turned you down like a squashed bug
believe that there will be one who see you as you are.
no matter how many woman reject you
believe that there will be the one who accepts your hand.
no matter how foolish your actions of the past were
forgive yourself and accept yourself
learn and rise. never forget to rise again.

12.30.2021

Review – Dostoevsky’s Double

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In a lazy summer of 2015, I picked up on a book in a yard sale in front of a house where I lived. It was not my house, but it was one that I loved. Feeling somewhat directionless, I picked up the book, The Double, written by Dostoevsky.

In the book, I found an old piece of paper, hand-written by two writers, strangers to each other, addressing to the other. A writer asked, should their lives be consumed by love so important, yet so ephemeral.

A note shared by two strangers wrought with passionate attraction to each other. This, all the more, made the book more interesting subject to read. Has this book by Dostoevsky been the catalyst between these individuals? Intrigued, instead of procrastinating reading this one along with the rest of the books, I made a resolution to read at least one of the novels in the book to see what drew these two strangers together.

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Shedding

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have you no fear of loneliness?
then perhaps, people shedding is your thing.
shedding away people who don’t
see you as you are,
or do see you as you are,
and choose to severe ties anyways

like a meteor shedding away
impure addendums in stratosphere
gliding ever faster, with an ease,
exploding every second with peace

live your life the way you can
let the stars collide
be that as it may turn into a star
or a black hole engulfing all

12.29.2021

Numb

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feeling numb in a plastic bubble
staring out into the world
one pinched the wall
peeling away the shield

rushed in were emotions:
love, passion, and freedom;
city lights and the aurora;
magic filled the air
as one held reins to affair

but also came in fatigue and pain
from battles cries and sacrifices of attrition
beauties missed and promises broken
daggers in heart, tears in shadows
sweat soaked neck, dried blood on hand

but all in all,
one lived
and one died many times.
had one not jumped,
one would not have known.

12.28.2021

Destiny

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I am running towards you, my dear
through dry and clear
sky of Sahara desert,
through blizzards
of Northeastern

I am fighting, debating,
crying, running,
trying to get to you
as soon as possible

so please wait for me
I am coming for you
from the past to the future
against all of the odds

12.15.2021

Imagine

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can we just pause this world
imagine a world without
a stronger man and a weaker man
and just picture where
we can just talk about the art
of living?

can we push aside this anxiety
and shame of stupidity
and for once, ask the question
what are we all doing here?

so I say, my brother
we hold this glass to
yellow street light
and talk of this woman
we’ll drink to.

12.12.2021