Tag: Gray

• December 30, 2023

  Riddles

  With my mind I try to unravel The questions I never cared to address? Holes that led to nowhere? Inquisitive faces that point to unsolved riddles You hide from me Running reluctantly but moving further and further away none the less Your brown hair is shinning like brink red fire in the sunshine A chair…
• February 9, 2023

  Lack of Trying 

  On gray days When sun rays can’t seem to reach me  I get sad from a lack of trying  Then denying  And whining  As I hear the call of my ambitions  Echoing through the distance  My pride responds back,  I’m tired, I can’t do that  It’s too hard, it’ll never work  If I try, I…
• September 21, 2022

  Part 2: Smoking Words

  I drag on the words that you utter like a chain smoker pulling on a lit cigarette. Blowing circles in midair that send loose lips spiraling into a distant sea. Your vowels are ashed on the cusp of me. But I take the burns and watch the gray matter fall knowing that the pain makes…
• July 11, 2022

  A Thank You to My Readers

  I’m just gonna get it off my chest… My grandmother died last week. This is the third death I experienced in 10 months. First, my Father then my Auntie now this. So I stopped writing for a little over a week. I needed time to think. I needed time to take it all in. Ultimately,…