Value of a Man

Title – Value of a Man Until twenty-three,
I lived in a college world
where a man’s value was measured
by style, intelligence,
personality, and looks. 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...
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...
Lazy Ass – Haraam-Khorni Ke

Title – Lazy Ass – Haraam-Khorni Ke Life is a traveler’s endless road-
no name needed, only stride.
The moment you halt,
the path turns sheer, a mountain face.
You cannot cling to rocks forever. Read more from here...
Jealousy of Snakes

Title - Jealousy of Snakes I neither beg nor brag,
nor hope,
nor pray,
nor dream-
I am a godless being. Read more from here...
Original

Title - Original In between the two points of reference-
from humiliation to respect
in my own eyes-
that’s who I am.
That’s the weight. Read more from here...
Document of Character

Title – Document of Character I planted the seeds myself long ago-
trees and plants that rise in my dreams at night,
or appear on paths when I walk alone,
hints the universe sends to speak to me.
The same universe shines for everyone, Read more from here...
Entitlement (The Old Man and the Sea)

Title – Entitlement (The Old Man and the Sea) If even I don’t know, then who does?
This is my claim: direct experience towers over academic titles.
Put her where I stand-
tell me what she would see.
Or would she disintegrate instantly, Read more from here...
