Wabi-Sabi

Cynical much?

2017-12-22T01:36:00.003-08:00

You don't know when you began grieving,

When you became a cynic,

How you forgot what made you happy,

While thinking of what didn't.

I love you thirty-two and a third times

2017-12-22T01:34:00.001-08:00

...When the phone rings, I put it to my I know she’s used up all her words, so I slowly whisper I love you thirty-two and a third times. After that, we just sit on the line and listen to each other breathe.

Are your demons socially acceptable? Don't you care!

2017-12-22T01:30:00.001-08:00

You are your own home

2017-12-22T01:29:00.005-08:00

Time to redefine masculinity?

2017-03-26T23:53:00.001-07:00

Dear Men,

It all began from home once when you saw your family with drooped shoulders as you welcomed your baby sister into the world - because she was "not very fair", when she was told she couldn't ride a bike as you boasted of your new ride in your neighborhood, when you were taught to be aggressive and not hold back when another kid from the block dares to punch you - but not to shed a tear, EVER!

The stories you heard and the movies you saw taught you that objectifying women as things is completely natural - "You're the best thing I've ever laid my eyes upon and I won't let you away from my sight."

Probably every billboard taught you women need to be flawless for "your consumption" and you need to be rugged - dare you look "feminine" for that's an insult to your manhood.

When a classmate was labeled an opportunist just because she scored better and snubbed the advances of your hormonally-charged friends, you really wanted to help but didn't know what to do - because it was "none of your business".

Maybe it should have been.

In your first job, you were the stud of every meeting and your partner in most of your projects was a "sweetie" who supported your expertise!

Something really shrunk in your chest, maybe it was your pride ... you realized you can burst this bubble - of conditioning!

Then on, whenever your "friends" called you a girl to provoke you and you proudly wore that label, asking what makes “girl” an insult, you really grew up.

When your friends labeled a book lover as gay for not being "athletic" enough & you stood up not only for him but for the respect that each sexual orientation deserves, you redefined masculinity.

The world needs you - it needs you to use the "voice" you have to stand up against the gender bias - start from your friend circle, as you may already have. Expand the circle, talk about why there has to be an "ideal" shape to human form, what power really means and why men have to beat themselves up for earning lesser than women.

Thank you!

The Magnolia

2017-03-26T23:14:00.003-07:00

The magnolia bloomed again, you think,

as you peek outside the window.
Alas, it's your wife's perfume, yet again.
Once, spring used to be real.

Pen down words that are raw, for raw is beautiful. And the rest? Mere illusion.

Pink or Blue - It's not a colorful thought!

2017-03-26T23:11:00.002-07:00

I wonder if it wasn't for gender, how would friendship be, how would the notion of romance be, how would we be? His and her is drilled in our head by school, media and even families, so it's difficult to imagine any role at home, workplace or among friends that isn't influenced by how a person should act, feel, love basis their gender!

Isn't it time for families to teach children to feel loved rather than how to love, to speak up rather than thinking twice before saying a word because they are the "weaker sex" or be the only one to raise their voice and finger of course at home for being the "man of the house"?

Shouldn't everyone be allowed to be sensitive because we are creatures that feel, and mind you, not from the heart but the mind - another stereotype. Should I go with my heart against the "norms" or should I listen to my mind? Really? Your heart pumps blood and yes till it does, you'll live but it's your brain that makes you absorb, remember and even stand up for what you believe in, so let's begin by letting it be!

What do you think?

The walls

2016-05-10T03:56:00.001-07:00

Will a day come when the walls will be so high that we can't see the sun and the moon?

Who is a man?

2016-05-10T03:46:00.002-07:00

Who is a man, dad? The one who is strong enough to take control, Son. Really! I will grow up to be a man like mom one day.

Imagine

2016-05-10T03:43:00.002-07:00

We think stars are to be wished on, night to be tiptoed through, day to be run from. World is just a piece of our imagination.

Dear dandelion

2016-05-10T03:41:00.001-07:00

Hold on, dear dandelion. I know you don't belong here. Just wait for the wind before you let go, my brave one.

Growing up?

2016-05-10T03:37:00.001-07:00

We grow up and forget what we should hold on to, remembering only everything bitter. That's how we destroy ourselves.

The room

2016-05-10T03:34:00.001-07:00

The room in our head, the corner we fill with flowers but weeds too. Sometimes they wither and die. Sunlight still finds a way in.

The rush

2016-05-10T03:32:00.002-07:00

Does rushing through life give us more moments and does taking a pause cost us some precious time.

Bittersweet

2016-05-10T03:30:00.001-07:00

...we blend it with milk and savor it slowly, forgetting it's the bitter grains that have added character to it.

Light a candle?

2016-05-10T03:27:00.002-07:00

Do you light a candle to cast a shadow or create a shadow so someone can light a candle?

Leap of Faith

2015-04-10T00:09:00.001-07:00

Taking a leap of faith into nowhere,

I rise up

with wings I never knew of.

Starlight

2015-04-10T00:05:00.002-07:00

It has been dark in here

for a while.

Give me a reason

to open my eyes

so I know starlight.

Drifted away

2015-04-10T00:02:00.001-07:00

Let us find comfort in being strangers

till we find ourselves again.

Pass me by the way time has,

Ruthless.

Once Upon a Summer

2015-04-09T23:58:00.002-07:00

...and one rainy day,

they stopped looking eye to eye

hoping they will be able to see

like once upon a summer.

We Travel

2015-04-09T23:55:00.001-07:00

...and then we travel

to escape from ourselves

for a while,

a reason,

a season.

The Storm in Me

2015-04-09T23:53:00.001-07:00

After consuming my fire,
you fill me again to the brim
and stir up a storm
from my ashes.

My Hemisphere

2015-04-09T23:52:00.001-07:00

The higher the top of the world,
the steeper the fall.
I ponder.
Meanwhile,
I tread the edge of my hemisphere.

Spirit

2015-04-09T23:50:00.002-07:00

...and once I gathered courage,

my weary spirit roared

I am the wonder of the galaxy,

the power of a falling star.

Eclipse

2015-04-09T23:47:00.001-07:00

Sometimes it was the moon

Sometimes the sky was to blame

An eclipse of egos

and the galaxy knew balance.