Where narrow streets once knew my youth
From classroom halls to field trips where laughter played,
A collection of memories were made.
In Brentwood's heart, my roots began to grow,
A place...
…through blurred vision
of vivid memories
today seems as if
the stars collide
with each other
it brings us back
to a time where
laughing and jumping
is as innocent and...
A woman I once admired, now you make me falter.
The love you said you had left like spring’s first rainfall.
No matter what I’ve done, you’ll always shoo me away.
You said you’d want the...
You were there and now you’re not.
We had gone for promises to strangers;
Why would I trust you to know you’d walk away once again?
The thought of finding someone new haunts me,
Yet your...
My eyes looked at you for the love I once cherished,
but once again perished like December’s first snow
Your eyes and mine told different tales,
Yet our tales never got a once upon a time.
You...
I gave you a chance, yet you threw it away.
I gave up my life for you, but you still didn’t care.
Those text messages of our love became the night you gave up.
The laughter and memories we once...
I ask myself why do I write poems about him?
Most of the poems are the truth that stuck in my mind like a vault.
A vault wishing none of it came out of my mouth.
Every time I pick up a pencil...
What is love?
Love shows affection, joy, and admiration.
Love isn’t always finding someone forever.
Love is with people that make you laugh, happy, cry on a shoulder, be yourself, and life-long...
Back then I loved listening to the tuned that made me happy and carefree.
But now when I listen, I envision the memories leaving me with hidden sorrows.
Now the words of the tunes broke me more than...
I replay that night
Like a punishment I don’t know how to stop.
The night that made my heart drop,
The night I whispered,
“Damn… he did it again,”
Like I was surprised
Even though...
They said the Div did not knock, that it only took and left without a trace; everyone in town knew what the taps against the roof meant for their families and children. Saboor knew this, the way he knew...
The wind at the top of the mountain felt way sharper than expected from anywhere else. Canada.
The Olympic slope on the mountains with sharp winds of snow, carrying the roar of thousands of...