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An empty oyster,
I fool the visitor,
as he opens the shell,
eyes alight in hunger,
in hopes of f..
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Written during a period of depression. Excerpt: With my legs thrashing about/ Eyes unwavering as I watch the/ Waves, a lover’s ache.
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A woeful poem. Depressing. Excerpt:Life has ceased, death has not arrived,
and I am in a constant limbo between the two, a child in a divorce.
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Muddled thoughts, metaphorical suffocation and existential gloom must be vented--- thus this poem. Excerpt: Lost in the perpetual/cryptogram/ never to..
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A short story concerning enticement, greed, power, deception and poverty. Excerpt: A sickly smiled materialized on her heavenly face, an offence to ch..
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My parents immigrated to Canada from Afghanistan. This poem is for them and the family members I wish I could have met.
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Written during a period of melancholia. Excerpt:thirsty eyes are watching/ piercing the echoing darkness/ the pebble is descending/ the ragged face is..
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Written during a bout of existential depression Excerpt: A dove I was born, but you have made me an unsightly crow. I try to sing euphonious tunes, bu..
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Started as a diary entry, turned into a poem. Excerpt: Morbid thoughts are now somehow velvet lace/ making graveyards look like gardens.
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Poem written whilst feeling nostalgic about childhood. Excerpt: elusive childhood skips before me, dancing with rain beneath a dark sky/cerise balloon..
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