Friday 29 March 2019

ask not


what stuff am i made of
you might ask
and there’d be no answer
to that

we’re not made of stuff
we are who we are
we become who we become
evolving
as we change

(impermanent)

except 
for the bones
and blood
and all other organs
that you and i
both
are made of
biologically 

(also impermanent)

everything else
shaped
by what we experience
which may not be
for me 
what it is 
for you

ask not
 




Thursday 28 March 2019

you assume


did you ask what’s wrong
what happened
no, you didn’t
you chose to assume
because that’s what you do well
assume
like you knew everybody’s life
their truth on your fingertips
and the irony
your own truth missed
because you were too busy prying
into others’ business

even when you said you were concerned
you weren’t
you were curious
your thirst had to be quenched
and once you learned the actual truth
what did you do
you turned the other way
because your objective had been met
all you needed was to know
just to know
so that you could gossip

it didn’t matter to you
it didn’t bother you
that she had been suffering
in the silence of her room
with no courage
to tell anyone
and then she told
the wrong person

you

Wednesday 27 March 2019

doesn't bore me, bores me


no, it doesn’t bore me
this reading page after page
article after article
book after book
it’s exciting!

but, yes, it bored me
that reading page after page
textbook after textbook
memorizing words, sentences
it was dull…

it was always about being obedient


it was always about being obedient
and as obedience took over her life
gradually
un-invited
un-welcome
it wasn’t her life she was living
not anymore
she was somebody else

and then it became two lives
two contrasting lives
in one body
she must’ve looked weird
to those watchful judging eyes
she must’ve walked funny
being pulled apart
from herself

even when the autumn air
was filled
with the fragrance
of love
she felt the harsh winter
freeze
her heart and bones
two lives becoming one lifeless being