poetry collection · 25 pieces
poems i didn’t know
where else to put
Some things become clearer in lines. Others stay beautifully unresolved.
25 poems found
01
an ordinary dayordinary is what we call the things we have not lost yet.
one day
02your own timelineyou were never late to your own life.
one day
03choose the lifereadiness was never the prerequisite. choice was.
one day
04the person was youthe love you waited for was quietly building itself inside you.
one day
05another flight homeit was never the vacation. it was the feeling.
one day
06the streets you missedyou flew back for the parts of yourself you left there.
one day
07the last time in one roomlife rarely announces its last times in advance.
one day
08the life you wanted to leavenot regret—just grief for something irreplaceable.
one day
09the photograph you forgotlook up more often while the moment is still happening.
one day
10What Iffor the futures built at 3 a.m.
becoming
11Reliefwhen the finish line felt more like an exhale.
becoming
12Funny Howon changing the definition of success.
growing up
13Still So Full of Lovefor the soft heart that refused to harden.
love
14Hard to Deal Withan explanation, not an excuse.
healing
15You Will Tell This Storyyou are mid sentence, not the period.
hope
16No Last Conversationsometimes their absence already said it all.
friendship
17The Backgroundfor the observer waiting to be seen.
loneliness
18When Silence Speaks Louderfor the endings that never offered an explanation.
friendship
19Between Worldswritten somewhere between two versions of home.
home
20Where Are You From?for every answer that needed a footnote.
home
21Lost in Translationfor the words that live between dictionaries.
home
22The Path They Builtfor the dreams built from somebody else’s sacrifice.
becoming
234790 Daysfor the future that should have had more days.
love
24Wedding Seasonon timelines, expectations and being whole.
love
25Contradictionsholding two true things at once.
love