Poems

In the end, it is all about the identity. Isn’t it?The sheer want to be seen as someone whodeeply cares, takes risks, and dares to… Read More »In the End

I was four when a cousin of a cousinheld me tight when nobody was around.I felt suffocated, felt something was off.I couldn’t understand what was… Read More »#MeToo

I’ve come a long way forth,I’ve been feeling a lot lighter.The confrontation with realityhas helped me mend and heal.The embrace of this life ‘as is,’comforts… Read More »Do I Have the Permission to Feel Hurt?

My love for you has always been alivein highs, in lows, in deep reflections,in celebrations and also in mournings,it has given me strength to be,… Read More »My Love for You

There are some daysI cut open my feelings,put them on my palmsand observe them. There are some daysI acknowledge existenceI feel thankful to livebut I… Read More »Some Days

I don’t want to be just seen as a body that luresI don’t want to be just seen as an object of lust;I don’t want… Read More »An Object of Lust?

Indifference. Amazement. Denial. Mourning. Acceptance.After coming to terms with myself as I traveled from these states,one after another, I knew life could not continue to… Read More »The Journey of Love Continues

It’s me,it’s how I see, someone as a friend or, as an enemy.

If you truly love somebody, set them free and let them benot because you’re doing them a favor, no intentions to savornot to make them… Read More »What Love Is

There have been times when this angst withinsurpassed all the reasons to continue beingThere have been times when this angst withinkilled all the hopes of… Read More »A Thank You Note to Today