Category: self-knowledge

• Time Underwater

  I wish we had more time together Things would look so different underwaterWhen you consider all the waysThis tale could unfurl Can you imagine a different world? One structured byThe raw materialsOf hope, love and truthWhere people can see Beyond their fears Where things unsaid aren’tMade to degradeWhere words and their shadesDon’t obscure but create […]

  February 14, 2022

  acceptance, Gender roles, life, Love, Quiet, Relationship, self-knowledge, vulnerable

• Who Are You?

  This poem is about my father who passed away from pancreatic cancer in 2015. He died within 6 weeks of his diagnosis. After announcing his condition through email, he refused to see anyone for two whole weeks. He was a very independent and proud man who wanted to take care of business before letting people in. This poem captures the last moments I had with him and how I’ve tried to negotiate my relationship with him over the years, especially towards the end of his life, and even in the here and now.

  February 6, 2022

  abuse, acceptance, anger, Approval, childhood, Childhood trauma, communication, Family dynamics, Gender roles, Grief, Healing, inconvenient truths, Love, Marriage, memories, Morality, Relationship, self-knowledge, soul, speaking up, story-telling, Time, vulnerable

• Wet Market

  I remember it well,Trailing behind youSuffocating inThe heat and stench,As slopping waterMingled with the bloodOf freshly gutted fishSplashed against myFlip-flops andOnto my feet and ankles I hated it,Like a fish out of water,I languished in the recessesWhile you bargained like a magpieWith the feisty womenAnd crusty old menBehind the standsOf fresh meat and vegetables You […]

  January 23, 2022

  self-knowledge