Silva Mee

Silva Mee Mar 2023

disapproval

hopeless
he said
watching her
paint

she felt
his disapproving
gaze
and froze

Silva Mee Mar 2023

micro poem 88

waiting
sorrow
longing

Silva Mee Mar 2023

labels

why do you
attach
all these labels
to me?

foreign
middle-aged
cis
childless
divorced
heterosexual
jobless
dreamer

is it to conveniently
exclude or include me
whenever it suits you?

Silva Mee Mar 2023

off-the-wall

that is
an off-the-wall idea
he laughs
and leaves
the room
unaware
that his comment
encourages her
to continue

Silva Mee Mar 2023

joy

she looked
at me
with joy
knowing
that she
had finally
become
invincible

Silva Mee Nov 2022

strength

she sits
on the bench
quietly
so that nobody
can see
her despair
as she wonders
if she still has the strength
to pick herself up
after yet another
disappointing
failure

Silva Mee Sep 2022

haiku 54

yellow leaves and morning fog
days are getting short
desire to slow down