Poems
Poetry is how I communicate what I cannot say out loud. It gives shape to emotions. Through poetry, I’m able to decipher my own thoughts, my own existence, my inner state into something that I can understand and gain clarity from.
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The Value of Pi
This poem revolves around the violence of invisibility. It is the sound of thoughts trapped in a mouth that cannot speak, words which collapse before they can live. Even in this personal silence, there is life, stubborn as always, with ideas and thoughts refusing to vanish completely. I sit among the cuckoo birdslike a branch
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December
In this poem, I explore December. Not the month but the system of rules and expectations that apply each and every year during the jolly season. This poem mainly revolves around how we deal with family and obligation while keeping our interior lives to ourselves. Poetry becomes the only outlet, the only way of survival.
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Rafflesia
This was the poem that inspired me to get more involved with poetry. It was written one and a half years ago, when my grandfather died. The Rafflesia, a parasitic flower, is often nicknamed the corpse flower, it lacks roots, leaves and stems and lives entirely within its unwilling host vine. a Rafflesia in my
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Vestige
This poem explores a form of love that exists without possession, conflict, or physical demand. It is based on my personal understanding of a love built on admiration and complete understanding of eachother, a love that remains gentle throughout and uninjured by jealousy and control. Romantic love today is majorly characterized by intense desire, this
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Fromia
This poem which is dedicated to what it means to exist without desire for another, to remain whole and complete in yourself. Fromia, the starfish genus, becomes a mirror for this state of being, its’ limbs repeating themselves, multiplying, surviving alone. It is about self-contained, about the quiet state of enduring without witness, without need.
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Regina Dido
A poem about the tragic story of Dido, Queen of Carthage. Dido and Aeneas share a passionate affair after Aeneas’s shipwreck, but must part as Aeneas is fated to found Rome, leading Dido to suicide in heartbreak and rage. Her sister encourages the match for Carthage’s benefit, and the affair is consummated in a
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Effacement Etiquette
Effacement Etiquette is a poem about learning how to disappear correctly. It talks about the discipline of self-erasure and how politeness and the desire not to burden others can shape the way we exist. It explores alienation, giving too much of oneself away, the tension between presence and absence, where the line between surviving and
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Oculi Clarias
This poem is my quiet love letter, it is an ode to pure devotion without desire. I wrote it to honor someone whose presence and love I cherish deeply. It is a poem about witnessing, about care, about a love that is patient, tender, and entirely alive. I have loved youas I loved Latin names,scrawled