Mercy
Understanding my deceits did not come easy. You tried to tell me. You cried, you cursed. You tried silence and sweetness, even bribing me with food (your bipimbap was delicious). […]
Understanding my deceits did not come easy. You tried to tell me. You cried, you cursed. You tried silence and sweetness, even bribing me with food (your bipimbap was delicious). […]
She breaks the whiteto fragments of eternal hues,never caringif they match the draperies of absent suns;she ceased to care about horizonsto gaze above for verticalsto climb,escape from the gilded cageof […]
The cages that we buildwith screenswith updates, likes and chatswith never sitting down to eatdiscuss or face a friend. We watch the stories, reelsof people eatingbrewing, bakingsometimes making stuffbelieving it’s […]
When you live and thriveto find your way, survive,you cannot cope for mileswithout a stranger’s smile;when in misery aloneyour heart will turn to stoneand in sorrow wither downso beam your […]
Once, believing in dawnas sunrisekissing pinkness in the cloudsclose to never and foreveris this dooman extinction of use? Less light when nearto winter solsticeas inkspilled we stumbleensnaredin lugubrious gloomsleepless and […]
Writing about living in two places (and times)
Poems & Stories from The Author Stew
practising for a whole life
haikai poetry matters
Running in the slow lane
The view from here ... Or here!
“Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.” — Albert Einstein
chronicling my quarter life crisis