dsouzaman : Writing

A flash of empathy

A flash of empathy

A Poem by dsouzaman


On stage, the performers stood exposed. Boiling emotion steaming through glowing skin and gleaming eyes in bodies otherwise composed. For a moment, th..
On the shortness of life.

On the shortness of life.

A Poem by dsouzaman


I am nothing but dirt and life and sympathy. A lost cause burning luck. Casting a dying light in every direction to find in every inspection something..
The attention and the thinker.

The attention and the thinker.

A Poem by dsouzaman


We’ve taken our thoughtsand strewn them up on wallsto burn permanently in people’s minds.We’ve taken our eyesand mounted them abovet..
To an elusive person.

To an elusive person.

A Poem by dsouzaman


Your mind is a like diamondencrusted, walled city of doom.The financial and cultural capitalwith the trappings of every failed venture and dream.Your ..
Forced action.

Forced action.

A Poem by dsouzaman


A poem about being forced to act with imperfect information.
Waiting for inspritation.

Waiting for inspritation.

A Poem by dsouzaman


A playful, frustrated look at being at the mercy of your inner muse.
Promise

Promise

A Poem by dsouzaman


The idea of heaven, not as a generic paradise, but as a personalized world, shaped equally by your past failures, and successes.