I know I can edit my past for I’m the mistress of my own cinematic adventures While I abuse /produce/ /infuse// blank pages /with slightly pointless verses/// All for these naked cuts carving impressions hiding intentions —laying half-wet paper out to dry—. * I know I can edit my past for I’m the mistress of my own cinematic adventures While I abuse /produce/ /infuse// blank pages /with slightly pointless verses/// carving impressions hiding intentions fading […]
* She lost her eyes she lost her smile she lost her face / And, in Lebanon, she lost her voice too / Yet deep inside she kept shouting — strengthening her stance embodying her fears engraving her verses crushing silence with her words / Subtly filling that empty space with loud songs / * * He was stingy with kisses — those knowing lips / Burying those screams — odd entourages — indelibly leaving […]
unwritten poems a lowercase feast a naked draft lacking r h y m i n g wisdom f l o a l t i i n n e g s a subtle feeling of r e m i n i s c e n c e one she barely cares about— immersed as she seems in undressed a p a t h y * a l i t h e creature starkly pictured through mindless […]
You seduced my blank p a g e s w i t h a purple stare Your s c o r e agile —with bare lines, fragile— and a smoky flair * Paper trails going a m i s s during o u r morning walks While we kept silent O, u n s p o k e n mysteries— […]
Under the sea all somber rites b l u e l i n e s that twist and gunshot cries Those birds that sing this autumn night all b e a m i n g g o l d all dancing bright These c a r e f u l thoughts your vinyl lips their eerie looks those birds in flight Spreading wings that sail - fair air - this perfect d r e a […]
I. She once stopped imagining w h a t - i f s and e m b e l l i s h i n g her sleepless nights with troublesome i n n u e n d o e s / Untamed she grew and f e r t i l e dreams she inhabited * For it felt wilder to dance fox-like than to grow white h a i r s / II. […]
Willfully silent and opaquely beautiful Like a love affair that fades wordlessly, A two-act word play just hinted at. A fateful page the reader doesn’t want to turn —Lest it blankly shine, so devoid of meaning— A blurry sentence smudged on the mirror —If only they could read it out— Drafts left behind while I was still in transit, Silent tunes I hum to myself, Unwritten plays I, by heart, remember, —And will not dare […]
Last night I travelled to the dream libraries of our childhood summers A pastel-coloured palette, cotton candy, and liquorice o n m y l i p s I imagined fantasy birds, fell in love with new words, And savoured mesmerising s o u n d s * Last night I travelled to the dream libraries of our childhood summers Nina sings to herself while I rub my eyes— still too sleepy A sandy, crisp, and […]
Tender fire Loving, grand, Witless fables— Vacuous S o u n d s Damn his hunger For fast food Callow words And easy D e a l i n g s When all I fancied Was slow-cooked, Spicy lines, And complex M e a n i n g s ! * Wide, wide, windows, Lavish bloom, Pompous, charming, Prosaic, B l a n d Damn his hunger For fast food Callow words And easy D […]
He smiles as I write these words A twist of lemon, some bitter tonic— flowing through thirsty veins * I smile as he draws a pair of eyes The ones that brighten the darkest days of our nocturne souls * Chilly air swirls into our empty space While I get rid of commas, full stops— irreverent aftertastes * It all ends with a styled, stained letter and a twist of lemon— As it gently infuses […]