Some blisters on my feet,
extra kilos everywhere.
An empty bank account,
a thesis finally signed,
a few new scars on the heart.

A crumpled handkerchief from the days
I couldn’t tell sweat from tears.

You have the luck of the Irish—
Life grants your every wish.

Balanced, always landing on your feet.
Jupiter-kissed, earthed on a Thursday.
Warm as a summer Sunday,
a sprinkle of sharp wit.

A proudly ruminating nature
A heart-shaped tattoo on your sleeve

I guess your moon aligning with my sun
Is why you left me such an impression.
Am I enlisting your perks,
or writing a confession?

I can’t seem to find the words to describe
how your eyes squint when you smile—
to you, a quirk of genetic design,
to me, a proof—a striking sign:

Lady Luck herself,
has finally taken my side!

The wound is forming a scab.
New-knit memories are healing it back.
The wound will scar,
so it could be skin again.
To feel, to be caressed—
by the sun,
by your touch,
by the rain..

The wound will be skin again.
To be scratched and ripped away.
The wound will bleed—
but it will be skin again.
Healed by a newly-formed scab,
woven from fresh threads of recollections
and bedtime-story yarns.

I heard an expert say
missing someone
is simply an act of love—
So often woven
into unhealed pain
and heart-sores.

I thought of the night
I vowed to engrave
your laughter in my soul.
Kept safe as a personal vinyl,
sometimes replayed—
because I kept my word.

Sometimes with watery eyes,
Sometimes with contained sighs,
Sometimes with deceitful what-ifs,

Sometimes in late shifts,
Sometimes in mood swings,
Sometimes in life’s sweet plot-twists,

but always—always—
thinking of you.

At the edge of your sheets
I take off my sweater;
my sorrows and earrings
get stuck in it.

They're both still there,
under your bed.
It's no problem if,
with kisses, you drain me.

But stay close
to the erratic rhythm
of my heartbeats