Poetry
Selected published poems. My work has appeared in Collide-oscope (Heart on Our Sleeves Press) and Four Tulips, where I was a finalist in the Fantastic Mischief Writing Contest.
Padma
Once every couple nights
I witness fairies dance
Dusting dreams of lotus leaves
and monsoon moons of past
I never thought to offer them
tobacco nuts a few
They punish me with memories
of home I never knew
Village prayers, goats which scurry
off in bordered lands
They wash away with present tides
like footprints in the sand
Once every couple nights
these nymphs let me atone
They see me grieve my grandma's grave
this angel stone, alone.
Moly
Tides of salt and searing, leave them to the ocean,
Cast aside those battles once won
Let me be your succor, your everlasting siren,
Keeping you afloat with my song.
O, this warrior you were, calloused of souls,
Stops you from smelling the rose of today.
Scrape off these scabs, taste of this dew,
Promising I shall not lead you astray.
Toss adrift your armaments, toss your arms around me.
Graze your nails on sun-daughter skin.
Silks and satins plenty, woven in my fresh loom,
goblets brimming cold wine and gin.
We the Witch and Warrior, endlessly debating
Tricks and twists to treat us until the apocalypse
Enrapturing each other, locks of hair entangled,
Lovers hiding in the eclipse.
Still, why do your scarréd cheeks, turn to the sea,
Memories drowned of your home faraway?
Years pass you by, time still does turn,
Join me in hand, our own fantasy.
O, why do your wizened hands, claw at your chest,
Wounding the flesh yet to heal nowadays?
All that I've done, am I not enough?
Spells and salts, my divine, swept away.
Witness my pharmaka, herbs and spice of heaven,
Magic here to make you stay for all eternity.
Yet such coercion cuts me, I seek your heart unchallenged.
Leave me now, return to the sea.