Take It

Title - Take It Ale le le le.
Take it, take it, take it.
Oops-take it, take it, take it.
Aww, sweet-
someone’s sister—take mine too. Read more from here...
Integrity

Title – Integrity Earthworms,
slow grace upon the soil,
rose as venom-winged cobras-
scales aglow, fangs unveiled.
While I- Read more from here...
Wounded World’s Collective Hypocrisy

Title - Wounded World's Collective Hypocrisy Wake up, you didn't lose yourself in public,
you lost your innocence in silence,
the crowd might cheer you up,
like all the sheep going on vacation just for fun.
But you didn't lose yourself Read more from here...
Classic Inversion

Title - Classic Inversion I have no script,
money unsteady,
the hero dodging every promised date,
the heroine laying down her moral gates-
no skin, Read more from here...
I am No Whore

Title - I am No Whore I am no whore-
let no question ever rise.
This is honor's sacred fire,
not claimed in another's name,
let no question rise. Read more from here...
Proof

Title - Proof I kept torturing myself-
a revenge for which
I did not allow myself to live,
or to ask for the right to be human.
What happened, happened. Read more from here...
Self-respect

Title - Self-respect A saint received an imaginary god.
A monk found impermanent peace.
A lover gained fleeting love.
Academics and intellectuals earned money.
An artist forged lasting artifacts. Read more from here...
Bravery, Courage, and Alignment

Title – Bravery, Courage, and Alignment Bravery is inbuilt, by default.
Courage is forged through necessity.
I needed neither to be human.
I am not shutting down defense mechanisms,
nor defending them like some poor creature Read more from here...
I Am Me

Title – I Am Me I am not this, not that, not even that either.
Look closely: necessity has forced me to become everything,
testing the depths of this nothingness.
I am all of the above-and still nothing at all.
Life did not choose isolation for decades; Read more from here...
Against All Odds

Title - Against All Odds Daredevils sing anthems of rehearsed risks-
hollow chests, borrowed courage echoing thin.
True strength arrives untaught:
the Himalayas, faced with no knowledge of the climb,
do-or-die on sheer, unforgiving stone. Read more from here...
