back then, I felt light my eyes closed at night that year to dream felt so right I was a bird and kite not fear. either way, my flight was more than this height. oh, dear. Ruddapoet

We know to weave our dreams Branching off from that one tree So it can survive our weight Hold us out like a torch to the sky If we go off this trail We know to pick up from here again Through roots that travel deep And know how to survive the drought Over the […]

I do not forget how we grew, every alphabet described a person. people pretended ‘p’ personified pretense. in poor places, preachers committed sins in rich mountains, butterflies were bees. there were abnormal days in dates where the whole week made us weak due to scars from seeing a rainbow. stealing was the same as sarcasm […]

from this drop of water, I hope to quench my thirst, to keep some for the road, to kiss my desires à bientôt. this museum is a walking one, it’s a home with no sofa, it’s a library with no shelves, it’s a golfer without a stick. I watched you hastily leave because of the […]

These prayer mats are filters since heaven is below It sieves the frivolities and lets the prayer through So when this crying laughter comes crashing down on it like a child learning to walk, like a heavy man’s stumble, like rain, It will sieve it as joy, as the prayer of a man who has […]

Everyone loves to hold me to quench their thirst. I am long and can stretch within your family. I’ve witnessed the many generations holding meetings in my oval. the women who pout their mouths for their first kiss. I am a lineage, a holder, a link, support. always used like the word ‘use’. In my […]

If I get thinking about where I am, It is difficult not to exchange notes. For though we were told it is utterly unwise to compare ourselves with ourselves; Who will be in the middle of a ladder and will not look up- wards or down to observe where they are headed? or look backward […]

You don’t know anyone from his bodily frame Until he has the commanding finances To fund his demons or toys If we empower the video camera on our thoughts The devil will be ashamed to watch. The scariest man on earth stares back at me every time I see a mirror. That puts me in […]

Fire, not a thing out of place, fire Hearts are really burning Like the bush burning of Moses calling, like All are now aflame See, close your eyes and look again, see Smell the boiling coffee You , can you feel the scotch of burning skin, you Just open your eyes. Bose.

The call of nature Can make you crave a suture When you are on a bus That promises a ride to the future Cross your legs Precisely the left over the right If you are male, Do the opposite Or put a cap on it. Funny! A cap on a cap Assuming everyone is wearing […]