if you want it,
stretch out your arm,
grasp it with your fingers.
don’t wait others to do it for you.
1.7.2024
Tag: time
Black cat
a black cat appeared.
its amorphous darkness
morphed into a sinkhole.
I grasped at it without avail.
So I stared at it
as it stared back.
It bowed,
dissipating into warm night air.
1.4.2024
Friend
it’s quiet, but not heavy.
a clear light blue sky,
and bright airy sun ray
leans into my navy shadow room.
I part my lips to say:
“I know you are here
even if I cannot see you now.
Thank you for all you did for me.
Thank you for believing in me.
Thank you for staying with me.”
and I closed my eyes.
12.28.2023
Adult
we must proclaim
there’s no shame in doing
what we eventually agree
is important to be done in each other’s lives.
yet we believe
and we move forward.
12.25.2023
End
it’s almost the end
all the regrets and glories
be laid down into the earth
and let us rejoice this moment.
12.24.2023
Sickness
when the soul hesitates
the body bears the stress.
rest when such time arrives.
12.23.2023
Fishing
don’t nibble on that hook
it will catch you right away
and bring you down to lower place
where you’ll have to work all day.
no way you’ll want such thing.
get out of those scenarios.
be free.
Close
sometimes stars align
sometimes they miss each other
even though they dearly wanted to.
too bad when it does or doesn’t
we live with the consequences
no regret,
be strong.
12.21.2023
Steady
slowly, a soft and sweet foam rolls
it’s mellow to touch and dreamlike.
but what I recall in my memories:
those dust-covered, strewn-about
messiness, chaotic mess, and lump
I wonder how long the sweetness,
the softness last.
12.19.2023
Hidden
what’s hidden in your heart?
surely, you won’t see what me beneath mine.
years of suffering after naive decisions
hardened my heart so much
it won’t budge to your tricks.
still, it yearns for the day
when innocence was prevalent
where trust flowed.
12.18.2023
Ralph with Coffee 
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