The Journey Home
On travel, culture, and the strange comfort of your own bed — a poem about how even the trip home tells its own story.
The journal
Every poem, in order
147 pieces. Most recent first. New work appears at the top.
Courage to Be Kind
On legacy, kindness, and a mother's wisdom — that what people remember isn't what you said or did, but how you made them feel.
Namaste
On change, looking inward, and the quiet honor in greeting yourself the way you would a friend.
We Carry a Torch
Written on a bridge in Florence, watching the Arno pass below — a meditation on what we carry forward and what we leave behind.
Are You Listening?
A haiku on the quiet wisdom of the body — and the cost of ignoring it.
Frozen in Time
On old photographs, forgotten lives, and the strange tenderness of remembering people you've outgrown.
I Knew It Was You
A haiku on recognition — the moment you meet someone and feel certain you've already known them somewhere before.
Swimming in Someone Else's Seas
On the cost of people-pleasing — and the slow work of learning to swim in the seas that are actually yours.
I Wish I Could See
On the human ache to know — what's coming, what it all means, and whether knowing would change anything at all.
Still Scared to Crumble
Three lines for the 3am questions — and the small honesty of admitting we're still scared anyway.
Look Into My Eyes
On contradictions, self-doubt, and the long practice of becoming someone you'd be proud to be.
Nightmares Are Dreams
On the hard feelings — and the small, weirdly hopeful reminder that nightmares end the same way dreams do.
We're Not So Different
On the small, brave act of being honest with a stranger — and the recognition that comes back.
A Presence in the Present: A Poem on Mindfulness
A reflective poem on mindfulness and presence — for the rare moment when the past and future fall away, and there is only now.
I Believe in Fate: A Poem on Free Will and Destiny
A reflective poem on the paradox of free will and destiny — and the quiet hope that, if it's all written, the writing is kind.
I Had a Good Day: A Poem on Joy and Grief at Once
A poem on holding joy and grief at the same time — the quiet truth that your good day and someone else's worst exist in the same moment.
Walking by the Sea: A Poem on Solitude and Peace
A reflective poem on solitude and the ocean — the particular peace of walking by the sea alone, and how that stillness can feel like company.
Two Years of Daily Meditation: What It Changed
On two years of daily meditation — what it changed, what it didn't, and the quiet practice of accepting what comes.
Spreading Peace: A Rap Poem on Peace and Noise
A short rap poem on peace, poetry, and breathing through the noise — six bars that exhale slow and hit harder than they look.
Spiritual Downpour: A Poem on Rain and Letting Go
A reflective poem on rain and letting go — the strange grace of a storm that arrives exactly when you needed permission to fall apart.
Simple Things: A Poem on Gratitude and Regret
On the regret that arrives only after the simple things are gone — and the chance, if we get it, to do them differently.
Rhymes and Beats: A Short Rap Poem in Four Lines
A short rap poem in four lines — tight, percussive, and gone before you've finished registering the rhyme. One bar. One shot.
Until I Met You: A Short Love Poem in Three Lines
A short love poem in three lines — for the person who quietly rewrote everything you thought you knew about love.
Symbolic Bars: A Self-Deprecating Rap Poem
A short self-deprecating rap poem — six lines that own the bit, name-drop Vonnegut, and find the lyrical in the terrible. Swing anyway.
The Pull of the Universe: A Poem on Destiny
A reflective poem on destiny and the ocean — on unrepeating waves, the quiet pull toward what's meant for you, and the beauty of not knowing what comes next.
If the World Was Ending: A Short Reflective Poem
A short reflective poem in four lines — one question about how your life ends, and whoever shows up in your mind first is the answer.
Your Own Beat: A Poem on Individuality and Courage
On the modern weight of being constantly watched — and the courage it still takes to march to your own beat.
To My Dear Friend: A Poem About Losing Someone You Love
A poem about losing a dear friend — a letter in verse that honors their spirit, keeps their lessons close, and holds the love that doesn't leave.
Nothing Permanent: A Haiku on Impermanence and Freedom
A haiku on impermanence and freedom — three lines for the lesson that nothing is permanent, and the release that quietly follows when you stop holding on.
I Met a Man: A Poem on Hidden Talent
A reflective poem on hidden talent — for the painters who don't paint, the writers who don't write, and the gifts nobody's thought to name yet.
Feelings Need Nourishment: A Short Reflective Poem
A short reflective poem on emotional nourishment — four lines about the forest inside us, and knowing when to act and when to pause.
Running Is My Self-Reflection: A Poem on Mindfulness
A reflective running poem on mindfulness, courage, and daily practice — the habit we take for granted, and the one we won't always have.
Dust Off the Boots: A Poem on Starting Over
A reflective poem on starting over — returning to the path you already know is good for you, even after the drift, even after the rabbit hole.
Once I'm in the Zone: A Rap Poem on Flow State
A rap poem on flow state — when the writing stops needing oxygen and starts breathing for you. From one of those nights when it all clicks.
They Don't Even Know: A Poem on Empathy and Care
A reflective poem on empathy and secondhand pain — the weight you absorb when you love someone, and the private cost they never see you carry.
Off My Chest: A Meta-Poem on Why Poetry Exists
A meta-poem on why poetry exists — for the thoughts that won't fit in normal sentences, and the quiet relief of finally finding the right form.
Every Day Is a New Beginning: A Morning Poem
A reflective morning poem on new beginnings — the quiet truth that you don't have to wait for January. The journey is already underway.
Take a Breath: A Poem on Slowing Down
A list poem on slowing down and paying attention — small acts of care written as instructions for the days when life moves faster than we can notice.
I Keep Failing: A Poem on Resilience and Fear
A poem on resilience and the fear of failing — the exhausted, honest version of getting back up, and the quiet dread that one day you might not.
Bond Impossible to Break: A Soulmate Love Poem
A soulmate love poem on the bond that needs no argument — the kind of love that feels like a deep breath, fate, and physics all at once.
Where Time Stands Still: A Poem on Longing and Love
A reflective poem on longing and love — the ache for a texture life once had, and a quiet ask to be swept somewhere that still believes in beginning.
Even If You Forget My Name: A Poem on Legacy
A reflective poem on legacy — the difference between being remembered and being felt, and the version of a life worth quietly working toward.
Algorithmic Identity: A Poem on Social Media and Self
A reflective poem on algorithmic identity and social media — on being shaped by the feed, and the slow erosion of decency it's costing all of us.
Many Soulmates: A Short Poem on Love and Connection
A short poem that reframes the word soulmate — not as singular and finite, but as something we're allowed to find again, and again.
Romantic at Heart: A Poem on Presence and Dreaming
A reflective poem on the romantic's curse — dreaming so vividly that real life goes blurry, and the quiet work of finding presence in the present.
Consistently Inconsistent: A Poem on Creative Habits
A reflective poem on creative habits and consistency — the loops we keep running, and the quiet commitment to keep coming back to the work.
Anticipations Heavy: A Meta-Poem on Writing and Sadness
A meta-poem on writing and sadness — the strange truth that creativity arrives when something's wrong, and what that costs a writer at peace.
Silence Is the Killer: A Poem on Corporate Conformity
A poem on corporate conformity and the hollow gloss of ambition — when nothing said is quite a lie, but nothing said is true either.
If You Had My Eyes: A Poem on Self-Worth
A reflective poem on self-worth and body image — for anyone who's lost the argument with the mirror, and needs a reminder that it lies.
The Sound of Rain: A Poem on Time and Storms
A reflective poem on time and how it stretches and compresses — and the storms that briefly make you forget there was anything else at all.
We Only Get One Shot: A Poem on Childhood and Loss
A reflective poem on childhood wonder and the quiet loss that follows — for the boy who fell in the woods and the man still reaching for that sky.
Each Season: A Poem on Growth and Letting Go
A reflective poem on growth, cycles, and letting go — for the lessons we keep circling back to, and the quiet courage it takes to release them.
That Anger, That Pain: A Poem on Grief and Loss
A reflective poem on anger and grief — tracing the feeling underneath the noise, and the child's voice quietly asking where they went.
Nothing Really Matters: A Poem on Meaning and Life
A reflective poem on meaning and meaninglessness — the strange paradox of knowing nothing lasts, and the deep human capacity to love and hope anyway.
I'll See You Later: A Haiku on Drifting Friendships
A haiku on the friendships that drift without a proper goodbye — the open door, the honest pause, and the quiet grace of 'I'll see you later.'
Writing Helps Calm Me: A Haiku on the Peace of the Page
A haiku on writing as calm — three lines for the peace that therapy, running, and meditation couldn't quite reach. The page just receives.
Trends and Themes: A Poem on Life's Patterns
A reflective poem on life's recurring patterns — the lessons that keep showing up in new disguises, and the quiet practice of learning to embrace them.
Love in Spring: A Short Love Poem in Four Lines
A short love poem in four lines — for the kind of love that rewrites your calendar and changes the way you see every season after.
Under Water: A Poem on Stillness and Healing
A short poem on the stillness of being submerged — the healing quiet found under water, and the small relief of surfacing back into the world.
Warm Tea and Yoga: A Haiku on Simple Rituals
A haiku on the small rituals that carry us through low-grade dread — breath, warmth, movement, and the wisdom of keeping it simple.
The Sight of Trees: A Nature Poem on Forest Peace
A nature poem on the particular peace that arrives in a forest — and the quiet wish to one day share it with someone you love.
She Moved Me: A Poem on Love and Loss
A love and loss poem for the people who leave the room but never quite leave you — and the quiet ways they keep shaping who you become.
Beauty Abound: A Haiku on Finding Beauty in Chaos
A haiku on finding beauty in chaos — three lines for the days when the noise is loudest, and the beauty is still there, quietly waiting.
Oh Oliver: A Poem for the Family Dog
A poem for the family dog — for Oliver, who keeps walking into the room and quietly rearranging the whole day around himself.
Good Days: A Haiku on Gratitude and Flow
A haiku on gratitude and the good days that arrive quietly — three lines for the moments worth noticing while they're still happening.
Presently Dreaming: A Haiku on Living in the Now
A haiku on living in the now — three lines that fold the future into the present, and find them already touching. Read it twice.
Are We Really Listening? A Poem on Connection
A reflective poem on listening and human connection — the small lies we trade when answering 'how are you,' and the harder act of actually hearing each other.
Meu Amor: A Love Poem About Home and Each Other
A love poem set over coffee — a map on the wall, the whole world to explore, and the quiet decision that the who matters more than the where.
Age of Information: A Poem on the Internet Age
A reflective poem on the internet age — the irony of knowing everything and understanding less, and the quiet part each of us plays in it.
Running Helps Me Breathe: A Poem on Self-Love
A poem on running, self-love, and the body's quiet wisdom — on putting one foot in front of the other until you finally feel at home in yourself.
A Writer Who Doesn't Write: A Poem on Lost Creativity
A reflective poem on the grief of unused creative gifts — the pile of laters, the untouched piano, and the writing that keeps waiting for the right time.
I Hope I Can Be Proud: A Reflective Poem on Self-Worth
A reflective poem on self-worth and growth — the quiet wish to like who you become, and to have left something good in someone else along the way.
What Depths We Have: A Haiku on Human Empathy
A haiku on human empathy written in Florence — on the strange privilege of feeling deeply for fictional people, and what that capacity says about us.
Is Art Not a Part of Us? A Poem on Art and Identity
A reflective poem on art and identity — the stories, songs, and films that don't decorate life but become part of the fiber of who we are.
Always Beginning Anew: A Poem on Contradictions
A reflective poem on the contradictions of being human — that two true things can live in the same chest, and both of them can be right.
Embrace the Storm: A Poem on Loneliness and Feeling
A reflective poem on loneliness and the feelings we all share — and the quiet permission to stop asking if you're the only one who feels this way.
Time Is a Vessel: A Poem on Time and Meaning
A reflective poem on time as both gift and thief — the cruelty of it, the grace of it, and the quiet hope that it adds up to something.
Some Days: A List Poem About the Texture of Life
A list poem about the texture of an ordinary life — the strong days, the tired ones, and the small surprise of waking up to a new day.
Take Your Time, Kid: A Poem on Anxiety and the Inner Voice
A reflective poem on anxiety and the inner voice — the calm self and the racing one, and the quiet grace of letting the past stay where it belongs.
Two Souls: A Love Poem on Staying Near Each Other
A love poem on the depth that surprises you — and the quiet, repeated promise to show up for the person who carries your pain as their own.
It's Friday: A Poem About Strangers in the Rain
A poem about a rainy Friday and one fleeting moment — a stranger's eyes through a windshield, and the quiet weight that small encounter leaves behind.
Not a War I Intend to Lose: A Poem on Mental Resilience
A poem on mental resilience and persistent thoughts — the honest, unglamorous fight inside your own head, and the stubborn refusal to lose it.
In Your Corner: A Love Poem for the People I Keep
A love poem written as a letter in verse — for the people I carry with me, even the ones I haven't talked to in a while.
Until I Can't: A Short Reflective Poem on Privilege
A short reflective poem on perseverance and privilege — three lines that hold two truths at once, and a quiet reminder to count what you can still do.
Silence Is My Solitude: A Poem on Quiet and Peace
A reflective poem on silence and solitude — for the quiet that gets mistaken for sadness, and the small peace of choosing to let it be misread.
Eu Ainda Choro: A Bilingual Haiku on Love and Grief
A bilingual haiku in Portuguese and English — three lines on the heart that holds love and grief in the same hand, and why that capacity matters.
Did We Have the Choice? A Poem on Free Will and Fate
A reflective poem on free will and fate — tumbling down the rabbit hole of cause and effect, and the unsettling question of whether we ever really chose any of it.
Drenched in Sweat: A Poem About Nightmares and Fear
A reflective poem about nightmares and fear — the 3am dream that shows you what you've been carrying, and the small choice of what to do next.
Addicted to Validation: A Poem on Seeking Approval
A reflective poem on the quiet addiction of seeking approval — and the long, honest road of learning to trust what you already know inside.
Olhando no Mar: A Bilingual Love Haiku
A bilingual love haiku written first in Portuguese, then in English — on seeing a dream in the sea, and the quiet act of translating feeling.
I Don't Belong Anywhere: A Poem on Loneliness
A short poem on loneliness and belonging — four lines for the strange ache of feeling connected to many people and at home in none of them.
I Have Just Begun: A Haiku on Beginner's Mind
A haiku on beginner's mind and the humility of lifelong learning — three lines for anyone still figuring out the self, one day at a time.
Delicate Soul: A Poem on Feeling Everything Deeply
A poem for the deeply feeling soul — every emotion at full volume, every word absorbed. A quiet ask to be handled with care.
Imagine Yourself a Pilot: A Poem on Resilience
An extended metaphor poem on resilience and navigating life's storms — when the only path forward is the one you chart through turbulence.
Poor Girl I Thought: A Poem on Empathy and Assumption
A reflective poem on empathy and assumption — a street-corner moment observed from afar, and the quiet hope of having read it all wrong.
Live Presently: A Haiku on Mindfulness and the Moment
Three lines for the moment that's still happening — before it becomes the memory you wish you'd been more in.
It Doesn't Take Much: A Poem on Childhood and Wonder
A reflective poem on childhood wonder and the small things kids still know — and what it costs us, as adults, to remember them.
A Sliver of Light: A Poem on Hope and Resilience
A reflective poem on hope and resilience — for the seasons that go on too long, and the small sliver of light that shows up anyway.
Connect with My Dad: A Poem About Music and Family
A poem about reconnecting with a father through music — finding the keys, finding the song, and finding your way back before it's too late.
You Get What You Need: A Haiku on Dad Wisdom
A haiku on dad wisdom and the slow gift of getting what you need — three lines that take years to understand, and a lifetime to appreciate.
Slaves to Unchanging Identities: A Poem on Self
A reflective poem on identity and self-reinvention — the chains we build from who we used to be, and the storm that finally washes them off.
A Spiral: A Poem on Love and Emotional Cycles
A poem on the love that doubles as a wound — the emotional cycle that pulls you back in, repeating, until it becomes the spiral itself.
Where We Need to Go: A Poem on Growing Apart
A poem on growing apart from someone you love — when the want is mutual but the pace isn't, and neither answer feels right.
Know the Difference: A Poem on Love vs. Obsession
A reflective poem on love vs. obsession — the hard-earned skill of telling real love from the things that wear its name, and what it costs to learn.
What It Means to Be Human: A Poem on Giving
A reflective poem on giving when you didn't feel like it — and the quiet surprise of what an unselfish gesture shows you about yourself.
Loving So Deeply: A Haiku on Recognizing Love
A haiku on the rarest kind of love — the kind that feels like recognition, not introduction. Three lines for a feeling that defies explanation.
Hello Old Friend: A Poem on Rediscovering Yourself
A reflective poem on rediscovering yourself — the parts you thought were gone, and the quiet joy of finding they were always still in there.
Divided Yet Interconnected: A Poem on Modern Isolation
A reflective poem on modern isolation and human connection — the strange paradox of being more reachable than ever and yet further apart.
I'm Glad You Did What You Had To: A Self-Compassion Poem
A reflective poem on self-compassion and healing — the words you'd want to hear looking back, and how to start saying them to yourself now.
Awakening from Suffering: A Poem on Healing
A reflective poem on healing and resilience — the slow climb out of suffering, and the hard-won lessons that make the struggle worth something.
Maybe, Somehow: A Poem on Almost and Letting Go
A reflective poem on the grief of almost — the half-finished things, the ones that didn't quite, and the small stubborn root that won't let go.
I Like Your Weird: A Love Poem for the Specific
A love poem about the specific, personal kind of love — written for one person, but true for anyone who's ever genuinely been seen and cherished.
If I Loved Myself Sooner: A Self-Love Poem
A short self-love poem on the life that might have been — and the quiet reminder that the only place self-love is still available is right now.
Why Now, Why Me: A Poem on Fear of Being Loved
A poem for anyone who's been hurt enough to distrust real love — naming the defense we build, and the strange fear that arrives when someone finally means it.
It's My Mental: A Poem on Hidden Pain
A short poem on hidden pain and mental health — for the ones who keep delivering, performing, and winning while the inside is quietly collapsing.
Begin Anew: A Short Morning Poem in Four Lines
A short morning poem in four lines — sunlight, love, fear, and the quiet moment when a new day finally feels like enough.
Respect, Connect: A Short Poem on Human Connection
A short poem on belonging, respect, and human connection — boiled down to the simplest vocabulary, and the two words we keep returning to.
I've Got Myself to Lean On: A Gratitude Poem
A gratitude poem on the highs and lows that quietly shape you — and the self-trust that grows when you finally see they were always on the same team.
Truly Being Free: A Reflective Poem on Time and Purpose
A reflective poem on time, purpose, and freedom — asking the questions you usually save for milestone birthdays, through the candle and the hourglass.
Be Kind to Yourself: A Haiku on Ego and Peace
A short haiku on ego, peace, and self-compassion — three lines for the days when the kind voice inside is the one worth listening to.
Faith Is Hard to Keep: A Haiku on Doubt
A haiku on faith and doubt — three lines for the days when belief asks more of you than the day has, and not-knowing is the whole point.
Cynically Optimistic: A Poem on Hope and Resilience
A reflective poem on holding hope and cynicism at once — forgiving without forgetting, and learning to trust the small voice inside.
Footsteps of Jesus: A Short Poem on Faith and Practice
A short poem on the gap between faith and action — four sharp lines on what it really means to follow what you claim to believe.
We've Become One: A Beach Poem on Losing the Self
A nature poem written on a beach at night — on sand, stars, and the quiet dissolution of self when the world and you stop feeling separate.
Stand Tall: A Poem on Resilience and Life's Journey
A reflective poem on resilience — sitting with life's storms and calm seas alike, and finding the one quiet instruction that holds across all of it.
The Dam Is Breaking: A Poem on Healing and Awakening
A poem on healing after years of self-doubt — the long sleep of being your own worst enemy, and the slow, patient awakening that follows.
A Love Sublime: A Short Love Poem in Four Lines
A short love poem in four lines — the smallest possible draft of a wedding vow, distilling everything that matters into dancing and laughter.
Warms My Soul: A Poem on Why I Write
A short poem on why I write — and why I can't not. On the writing that arrives without warning, and the only honest reason to keep going.
Forms Like a Nuke Bomb: A Rap Bar Poem
A rap bar poem built on internal rhyme, stacked references, and pure cadence — five lines that hit fast and land hard.
Take Care of Yourself: A Short Self-Care Poem
A short self-care poem on the exhausting habit of fending for yourself — and the quiet permission to finally let your guard down.
Past This Life: A Haiku on Eternal Love
A haiku on love that outlasts time itself — three lines for the kind of devotion that stretches past this life and into whatever comes next.
Love Supreme: A Poem on Fear and Self-Worth
A poem on the long shadow of being told you weren't enough — and the quiet, stubborn part that still dares to believe in love.
Sometimes I Like Him: A Poem on Self-Perception
A short reflective poem on self-perception — the version of you in the mirror is never quite the same twice, and the relationship to him shifts too.
When to Change Your Route: A Poem on Stagnation
A reflective poem on stagnation and the courage to change — for anyone who's felt the quiet unease of a life that's stopped growing.
Cosmic Connection: A Love Poem on Intuition
A love poem on the intuition that defies explanation — and the quiet wisdom of trusting what you feel over what you can prove.
Without You by My Side: A Love and Loss Poem
Four short stanzas on the love that turns the impossible possible — and the ache of absence that quietly turns everything to nothing.
I Think That's What Love Is — A Short Love Poem
A short love poem on the quiet shift that happens when someone else's joy and pain become yours too — plain, exact, and true.
Perfectly Imperfect: A Poem on Self-Acceptance
A reflective poem on self-acceptance — the if-only list we all carry, and the quiet permission to be exactly the messy version we are.
Glimpse of Peace: A Dream Poem on Longing
A reflective poem on the dreams that arrive like messages and dissolve before you can read them — and the longing they leave behind.
Distant Lands: A Travel Haiku on Finding Peace
A travel haiku on finding peace by going far enough to feel small again — three lines for the perspective that wandering quietly restores.
Do We Ever Choose? A Haiku on Free Will
A haiku on free will and the questions we can't answer — and why sitting with not-knowing might be the most honest thing we do.
Speak Freely: A Poem on Words Left Unsaid
A poem on the words left unsaid — for the people we lost before we finished, and the ones we still have time to say it to.
All of Us Need Love: A List Poem
A list poem on the many ways we carry pain — and the universal need for love that quietly lives underneath all of it.
Two Complete Strangers: A Poem on Human Connection
A poem about the fleeting moments when two strangers share a glance — and the quiet proof that human connection lives in the briefest exchanges.
Deal with Fate: A Poem on Choice and Consequence
A reflective poem on fate, choice, and consequence — sitting with the 3am questions that have no easy answer, and making peace with the asking.
Seldom Speaking: A Poem on Noise and Disconnection
A poem about digital noise, disconnection, and the quiet act of refusing to be swept along — for anyone who feels the contradiction of being endlessly connected but rarely heard.
The Meaning of Life: A Haiku Answer
A haiku on the meaning of life — three lines that skip the philosophy and land somewhere truer: meaning isn't found, it's made.