Category: Poems

  • My Mom is a handywoman
    She sewed baby gloves from fabric scraps while carrying my little sister in her womb
    She restored a rusty wood frame to an antique cabinet
    She turned our little space nest
    safe
    comfy
    loved

    My Mom is a mighty woman
    And I am a spoiled kid
    As well as an overthinking chick
    Whenever I got beaten as a kick
    Only Mom can pick me up like the way she raised me fit
    Only Mom can fix my broken dash
    Only Mom can realize my vulnerable unreal passions
    Only Mom can aid
    Only Mom can handle my mess
    By saying, I got you.

    Mom is home, where we all want to come
     back
    So do I, and so do you.

    • Initial: July 08, 2023
  • It may take a lifetime to build just to be crushed in a second
    devote, develop, dissolve
    there’s no more trace
    of passion

    Then it sure takes a long time to heal
    to deal with distrust
    to yield with denial
    to
    _____move
    ______________on

    Yet some never got that luck
    to mend a torn gut
    to return to an undamaged faith
    to be ready for another date
    with whatever it is
    simply as it could be
    happiness

    • Initial: June 15, 2023
  • Silently intense
    Crawl onto the slope
    Conquer the whole coral reef
    Paddle the fish out of the seaweed
    Bury the shells under the intimate white sand
    Stir up the hidden deep sea
    Drastically

    Thy blue thoughts
    take off in a blink
    smoldering
    crush those souls evermore

    As submarine waves on the ocean floor.

    • Initial: May 12, 2023
  • Nowadays,
    Skin can be dyed
    Hair can be faded
    Gender is dynamic
    Values are adjusted – over time
    Even the genome is proven not to stay the same

    Addresses can be changed, of course, but the way home is one
    Where there are parents
    There are blood
    There are brothers and neighbors.
    There are root
    Where they bury one’s placenta and cut the umbilical cord
    Where embrace their child’s first step
    Motherland, unchanged
    Yesterday
    Today
    And forever.

    • Initial: April 07, 2023
  • A little bird told me that,
    Birds cannot raise their wings without constantly beating
    Birds cannot be far away without airflow reinforcing
    Birds cannot travel for a long time without the weather urging migration
    Birds cannot accelerate without prey or being chased.

    Another little bird also told me that,
    Birds can nest for hours to rest
    And they can fast for days before a fest
    Or stand on the branch with their bony shanks
    Hibernate until fully charged.

    Another little crazy bird also told me that,
    Roosting, nesting, flying – “two” anytime, anywhere
    By releasing while resting, they would be involved in what was unleashed
    But they can freely excrete wherever they want from the wind
    In the middle of the infinite Pacific Ocean, the eternal jasmine rice field, or a bustling city never sleeps.
    There is joy in stalking objects down there
    If the bird flies, the globe spins, the target moves, and the waste is on point
    It is not just fate
    But if the target stays, a good shot probably happens
    It is not any fun.

    As birds’ joys,
    If we stand in one place, sh!t is on our heads often
    Move!
    Spread those unseen wings, and race away from normality
    Follow any weirdo endeavor that excited
    Whether we go, ride a bike, or fly a projectile
    A mile per hour or thousands per second doesn’t matter
    As long as we widen the variable of being pass(iv)ed
    Let’s narrow the possibility of reaching the unexplored
    After a good hibernation.

    Keep moving, humans, a little bird says.
    I fancy hunting you run, a little bird says.

    • Initial: February 24, 2023
    • Edited: March 10, 2023
  • When I was young, I was taught not to pick flowers
    I assumed it was because flowering isn’t for kids
    Growing up, I thought it was because of being mannerly

    I used to believe that money could buy those beauties, which would make me happy
    But when I was at the peak of sorrow, even if I had ten bouquets, I wasn’t sure I would be fresher

    You know,
    Humans were born after all universes
    Flowers don’t bloom for us
    They mature for themselves
    Then we have to smile on our own, with flowers or not.

    • Initial: January 20, 2023
  • Dry yellow leaves invade the patio
    Light goes through the bare branches
    Even if it’s sunshiny, it ain’t hot
    The whispering wind delivers early winter cold
    from the north to this far southeast coast

    Letting…
    Green grass fade so fast
    Ducklings snuggle up to their momma’s wings
    The bus station over there is crowded no more

    Growing up…
    One cannot be covered forever
    Cold folks, they might be hiding somewhere
    preparing for their own spring leaves
    like the tree in front of me.

    • Initial: December 16, 2022
  • When I had one piece of grey hair, I rushed to dye it chestnut brown
    When I had two, I got my hair golden highlighted
    When there were 10, I asked people to pull them all out
    It’s more than 100 right now
    I leave it like that

    So

    No need to be panic when you are about to have a new hair color
    No need to be afraid when you will have another version of yourself
    When your hair is lighter, the marks of time on your skin and eyes are darker
    Your impact on this world will be more assertive
    The story about your life will be more vibrant
    The love you receive is more passionate

    There’s nothing like greying hair, but we then have everything in abundance.
    The rainbow of our life is clearer when memory fades.

    • Initial: November 18, 2022
  • 24 hours, wake and sleep between two reversed time zones
    Two roles
    Two lives
    Two responsibilities

    Whether it’s the moon or the sun, there’s light.
    No matter which side of the mirror, there’s a perfect reflection
    Although diverse in form, space, time, and social status, they share the same values.
    Dedicated, wholehearted
    No matter which being I am, still me

    I even think I’m sleepwalking.
    One of the presences is in a dream.
    If yes, it must be the most extended fantasy in the world
    Ultimately, there will be a time to wake up
    And I will have to open my eyes in 365 days.

    I'm myself, no matter whether it's Mickey or Ánh.
    • Initial: August 16, 2022
  • My New Year’s Eve has never been so cold as this
    Florida, the sunshine state, 3 degrees Celsius, I huddled on the cold floor
    Vacation has been a luxury for me for the past 15 years, yet here, I had a reluctant vacation
    because everyone rests,
    no internet connection
    no shipment
    no restaurant
    Was it like this for every newcomer?
    maybe
    So, I won’t cry anymore, I have to adapt
    Expensive, everything needs money
    I convert currency every time I go to the supermarket
    Could I buy anything? Of course, from the smallest.
    (The) only thing I must do is set a budget
    Afford or not depends on the ingenuity of spending.
    and of course, don’t take a ride!
    Half of my time is spent waiting for the bus
    A strange feeling, because I have never used a bus in my life
    Cup-cakes here are so sweet, but I sweat in the winter.

    You know what? Even if I could pay for an entire glass, I couldn’t find it full.

    • Initial: July 29, 2022