Short Repackaged Poems

Sometimes love just isn’t enough,
as destiny calls within

Orphaning passion, emotions untether,
lost to Cupid’s whim

Never requited, alone and denied,
the search begins anew

Feelings repackaged and searching for more
—to do what love can’t do 

(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2020)...

Read More

Change in me
Resolute
Change me
Definite
Change.
Make my mind more quiet
I need not a thousand possibilities
For every question
Give me strength
Not to unravel 
At the slightest glance
Assure me of my value
To all et al
I shall not diminish before your very eyes
This coming year
Authentic always
No more reimagined and repackaged
Change
Less...

Read More

What houses the atmosphere of long ago 
in the space we knew so well
now - replaced by what - other thing
recycled air now consumed by others - repackaged
emboldened with more tireless times
bumping into puffs of air we ingested in that place
tearing down of walls combine not with erasure of essence
lingering there and in my heart
so little - so large
as to straighten my back once again
with the whole of it...

Read More

Color me tears

 

These tears have been recycled-

not an environment saving measure,

they have been repackaged, rebranded,

recycled, reused but not reduced.

Not purified-they contain same organic

and inorganic substances.

My recycled  - reused  tears

which continue  to flow-

from the day of the birthday suit ,to the end.

These gentle  tears migrate  like  bottles in a  depot,

Unrestrained, uncontained but never reduced...

Read More