I deserved better. better than those crumbs better than the lies you fed me about work at the epicenter of lock-down I deserved an explanation for her late-night calls and her gleaming smirk when little did I know you two still talked I deserved better than a one-day notice and…

On cloudy as on a starry night, eyes open wide the mystery, no more a secret, of formation of the clouds intrigues me as much as the far, far bright specks of light in the sky Night so calm, breeze so warm, the almost audible sound of homebodies nestling in…

I get the tradition. Believe me, I get the tradition. The want and the need to “become one” when you’re in love; the excitement of the “forever” promise when a couple says, “I do.” The search for the perfect dress that comes after for some women… I get it all. …

You’re just there. Like a random person sitting across the bar, staring for hours but not engaging, only difference is you and I are no strangers. But the fruit must be pleasant to the eye because you keep coming back like bees to a hive. Still I can’t help but…

My neighbors go quiet every so often. And on occasions, they’re as loud as a Saturday market. I can tell they’re a couple (unless their idea of a casual relationship also means living together). Their instability is loud. …

The day I found out perfection couldn’t be achieved, I knew I had one thing and one thing only left to be: unapologetically human. Flawed to the core. Shamelessly vulnerable. Breakable. Of all this, I find the latter is the hardest thing to be. You’re breakable from the moment you’re…

Different from what I’m used to But I could get used to your fingertips touching mine reaching across the table like the cheesy movies do Wrap my hair around them shape every coil, every twirl pick up a bottle on the way make dinner for two Dust off the red suspender light up the jasmine candle watch it flicker to the gentle beat of your chest, I surrender Grapes and tea in the morning and no sugar or honey needed ’cause when I taste it off your lips it’ll be already sweetened

When you want to punish yourself for poor decisions you made, before you knew they were bad, give yourself a break. Remember that there was a moment in time when you thought it was right. And even if you always knew it was wrong, but continued to go on because…

I’ve learned that anyone you care about can make you shatter into pieces. I’ve learned that heartbreak doesn’t always have a sad face. I’ve learned that “it’ll pass” or “ man up” / “ woman up “ won’t help the healing process. I’ve learned that society believes in rebounds and…