The heart beats well at night

It is only at night that we realize that the clouds were never as dark as they seemed.

What’s wrong

Nothing, just hate this weather I know.

It’s a clear sky

I know.

What you thinking of?

Look

Where

Here, give me your finger

Do you see that?

The stars?

Yea. Orion’s Belt

I thought that was Orion’s Belt

Does it matter

Not at all.

Obehi Akpengbe

A poem inspired by a loved one who I lost a while ago. I realize that the small things that used to make me upset were trivial and now I sometimes find myself wanting to go back to when my biggest problems were “my big brother chewing too loud” and “another boring math class”.

other poetry

A correct way to look at a sculpture - yvette shu
Desperation of the night - britney lu
dreaming of rainy day phonecalls - sophia ma
going home - emma liu
masterpiece (a message to the critic) - Caitlin Delgado
so can you say it - santino llorens
so we danced - emma liu
the “death“ of a black “man” - Santino llorens
the gingko tree - 216.66 (Pai Sinpatanasakul)
the hunger of the ground - santino llorens
then I saw a wonder - dr. cantwell
this is not a quiet voice - priscilla centeno
times gone by - Vienna (Jackie Shugert)
WE WERE PROMISED GREATNESS - 光头强
you remind me of a jazz song - kenny clay