Racist.
Sexist.
Dentist.
Humanist.
What is this void
You are so desperate
To fill?

Forced to grow up
Before I knew
Who I'd become.

Forced to
Start healing
Before I was
Done hurting.

Forced to
Start teaching
Before I was
Done learning.

Expectation be damned,
Death to all deadlines —
From now on it's at my pace
Or not at all.

It is said
You either love or hate me.
Yet, I cannot seem to
Find but those who feel
The latter.

I survived twenty-twenty
And all I got
Was quarantined.

For all we know
Even eternity
Might be temporary.

Admire the beauty,
As you walk the ever
Treacherous paths
Towards ever strange horizons —
Life is the journey.

Please,
Let's compare notes —
Has the world
Gone crazy,
Or is it
Me?

Heated words
Cannot warm
Cold relations.

Release the reins —
See how that goes,
Experience how it feels.
You'll soon learn
The world will keep on turning.

In time's river
Tradition is an anchor.

The first rule
About boxing day is
We do not talk
About boxing day.

On the single day of Christmas
My true love gave to me
The only thing I really need —
Affection.

On the eve of
Our feast of gluttony and greed,
Let's show some kindness
To those in need.

Cliche is a language.

With sufficient context
There are no winners.

I often wish
That I still suffered
Loneliness.

Without coping mechanisms
All we swallow
Festers.