Friday, July 14, 2017

Hopeless romantic

why do I feel he reads 
these secret pages 
of my mind sometimes

I may not say it aloud
but I feel his presence
leaving a trace once in a while

I think I'm just too 
intoxicated in his love 
to see him everywhere

with each passing day 
he's growing on me 
I'm not sure if he is aware

although I know that the moon 
of my earth won't go anywhere 

but once broken, usually fragile
my little heart is always scared

bad poetry, poor rhymes, I've become 
a hopeless romantic, please bear

disappearing sense of belonging

On my recent visit to my home, my mom quietly took out my engagement and reception photo albums and showed them to my sister-in-law. I was w...