Tag: i love you

there are some souls
who see and feel beyond
their own existence;
interwoven with the earth herself


gifted a sixth sense for the
silent suffering
a heart heavy with the knowledge;
a heart wanting to love
us all the more


we were born from the same spirit,
i think
your words
moved within me like my own


we loved beyond borders
or boundaries
or fear
hearts bloody wide open to each other
to us all
to it all


we shared a connection we did not
always have the words for
i was the parts of your life you
did not live, and
you were mine 


your silences often heavy
i knew
we shared the same light  
because we had the same darkness in us, too

Louie // a.s.m

sometimes my heart takes me
to the walled courtyards of the Old City
to the streets where my նենե (grandmother)
laughed and played
and carved her initials into stone

sometimes it calls me to
sandstone cities
and undulating deserts
where my ancestors fled and
where the mosque’s 
haunting prayers stir
my sleeping soul

sometimes i hear
the melancholy songs of
my mother tongue
and i long to stand on the հող (dirt)
half of my being was formed from,
to dig my toes into my
roots

sometimes i’m drawn towards
places i do not know, but
that i hear calling me

but louder than the voices
echoing in ancient monasteries
and stronger than the force of
my meandering spirit
is the pull to you 

you are where I ache to go back to

you are my home // a.s.m

time has eroded you
from my mind 

(like waves erode a sandy shore)
depositing

you into the delft 
waters of the subconscious 
where you sink

deeper every time
i fall in love with him
a little more.

i’m finally forgetting you // a.s.m 

i never wanted
to need you, 
but i closed my eyes and
unclenched my heart 
and now, when you’re gone,
sometimes
i’m lost. 

you have become a refuge. 
you lead me 
with open palms and 
bare soles
to the patch of 
sun on the asphalt
while the earth crumbles
around me. you sit cross-legged
and teach me how to smile again 
when the muscles in my face
forget.
 
you kiss me, with lips
like warm blankets, and
i am secure
amidst the chaos. 

you engulf me like 
the sea, and
i am drowning in
your serenity.

i never thought drowning could be so peaceful // a.s.m