"eyelash run"

i am running
towards the very curvy tip
of today's eyelash
so i may bounce off it
and glide
into tomorrow

"as i let the morning sun in"

i wake up with a faint growl
deep deep deep
in the pit in my chest
not a beat
not a tremor
a slow squeeze
of murmurs
forced out with my gasps

'why
do i have
to wake up
and wake up
and lose you
and lose you
again
and again'

i let go of you
as i let the morning sun in

"honest laugh"

there's something honest
in the way we laugh

a string of melancholy
woven in between giggles

"after dinner"

i like
how
my breath
my hair
my t-shirt
still smell like
Korean food

it means
i ate well

"Haiku on a Cool Evening"

Inky evening
Cool breeze brushes by our hair
French whispers move me

"just to play"

can you understand
the musician
how he wraps his cello on his back
straps skis onto his feet
opens his door to a blizzard
braves the cold for days
pauses on a hill over a snow covered village

can you understand
how he comes all this way
just to play some music
and keep his fingers warm

"another reason why i write poetry"

secrets ache me up

the ones you tell me
quake my insides
my crumbling chest
as much as
the ones i don't tell you

i'll dig a hole
whisper
my words
into a quiet
Earth
hold my breath
close my eyes
and
brush dust
over the hollow ground

why won't i just
whisper
into your ear?

well...
i wouldn't know
where to begin

the only things
that can make me
explode
(whoa oh whoa!)
into a thousand itsy bitsy pieces
are
love
and
rockets

tomorrow's midterm
just happens to be
neither

it ain't no thang

when i'm sad
i tip toe into the kitchen
gently creak open the freezer
and i help myself
to a generous
scoop of ice cream

tonight
i help myself
to two scoops
of ice cream

a cold spoon
slowly warms up
between my lips
i take the cold in
it melts
inside me

i miss
the feeling
of melting

i almost
got hit by a car

me
absent minded
lost in my own
oh so happy
basking in a
chuckle smirk and giggle
a remembrance of a smile
from yesterday

and
silly me
i didn't look
bothways

right behind me
for quick instant
i could hear
an engine of sound and fury
trail off

the thing is
i didn't feel the
least bit rattled

i would have died laughing