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

02

your own timelineyou were never late to your own life.

one day

03

choose the lifereadiness was never the prerequisite. choice was.

one day

04

the person was youthe love you waited for was quietly building itself inside you.

one day

05

another flight homeit was never the vacation. it was the feeling.

one day

06

the streets you missedyou flew back for the parts of yourself you left there.

one day

07

the last time in one roomlife rarely announces its last times in advance.

one day

08

the life you wanted to leavenot regret—just grief for something irreplaceable.

one day

09

the photograph you forgotlook up more often while the moment is still happening.

one day

10

What Iffor the futures built at 3 a.m.

becoming

11

Reliefwhen the finish line felt more like an exhale.

becoming

12

Funny Howon changing the definition of success.

growing up

13

Still So Full of Lovefor the soft heart that refused to harden.

love

14

Hard to Deal Withan explanation, not an excuse.

healing

15

You Will Tell This Storyyou are mid sentence, not the period.

hope

16

No Last Conversationsometimes their absence already said it all.

friendship

17

The Backgroundfor the observer waiting to be seen.

loneliness

18

When Silence Speaks Louderfor the endings that never offered an explanation.

friendship

19

Between Worldswritten somewhere between two versions of home.

home

20

Where Are You From?for every answer that needed a footnote.

home

21

Lost in Translationfor the words that live between dictionaries.

home

22

The Path They Builtfor the dreams built from somebody else’s sacrifice.

becoming

23

4790 Daysfor the future that should have had more days.

love

24

Wedding Seasonon timelines, expectations and being whole.

love

25

Contradictionsholding two true things at once.

love