There is a fire in my belly/ And I do not know how to put it out/ How do you extinguish something that lives inside you/ How do you get to the water when you’re the one doing the burning/ I am the Burning Man/ I am what will warm you and I am what will scorch you/ I am not too big nor too small/ And I will always be wary of how much space I occupy/ If I could, I would walk on air/ Not step on any toes/ Become sunshine and practically not exist/ But I am here, and I have been here/ And I have walked on surfaces soft enough they’ve molded themselves around the shape of my feet/ And I have walked ..read more

I dream of falling. I’m greedy for weightlessness, Even if it is just for a second. I dream of stepping off of places so high They tower over you. I want to look down and see How the sunsets see us- Tiny blobs of something That does not resemble us. To take a step and experience  All of that bright blue sky. To feel the air beneath the feet The feet riding all of that air. Feet so jealous of lungs  For getting to do this all the time. I want to fall, with all of my heart. To feel the heart drop to the stomach As I jump out of the airplane, Try to meet the earth; Try to clutch at all ..read more

so maybe there will be no coming of age. maybe there will be no moment, signifying glory; hell, maybe there will be no glory. maybe we’ll simply be two people who were here and then weren’t. the gods will not line up moments for us to scavenger hunt our purpose; maybe we will not have a purpose. or a god for that matter.  in one moment you’re driving home and you’re singing loud with your best friend; in another you get mistaken for a man with your helmet on, the bulky death bike and then you get out of a ticket when the policeman sees your face and you come home in giggles. in another mo ..read more

The internet is done connecting us.  If you’re reading this you already have the information about the entire world and beyond at your fingertips.  As far as the human timeline goes, this is the most connected we have ever been. Everything beyond this point is a frantic effort to see what else can we do, what more can we imagine and successfully bring into existence. The technological revolution is happening now, it is not a near distant object of the future anymore.  And we get front row seats to see the shift occur- to have witnessed the coming of smartphones and now to be abl ..read more

Abruptly ablaze an appetite arose and Blasts bloomed bright blue. Bastard Chaos comes: Coaxes cosmos consuming catastrophes, Deceiving damaged dead. Dead dreaming dastardly discomfort; Dreaming damned devil’s delirium, Enter enraged,  Eventually envious. Eruptions enticed Fires: Forlorn flames flooded Gods’ gates. Gallant garbles Hushed Heaven’s hoax. Imposter idols imploded: Impunity improvised, Incinerated inheritance. Justice jinxed Kindness. Killed  Legacies leaped ledges, Let life leave. Man moved mountains, Mountains maneuvered mania, Married malice. Man misconceived miracles ..read more

How do you forget All the things you couldn’t be; Could never become? How do you Forgive yourself For all the things you became? The Earth will one day Recognize me as its own, Embrace my body: Birth to dust, I mean death. But we don’t really die; Child of the Universe, A conscious reorganization of atoms, You are chaos, yes, But so wonderful. I love you. I will slither out of my own ashes When the fire is done devouring me For the very last time; Like a Phoenix,  I’ll burst into flames once again. So fuck you. I will laugh  In the face of flames For thinking they could end me; Fire ..read more

To acknowledge the Monster is to say It is here, That it has been here all along; It is to stand in the dark with a terrible thing Hoping it does not devour you. To be hopeful is to be terrified Of anything otherwise; It is to hold on To withering threads of optimism As the likelihood of the unfavourable Gets the guillotine ready for your head. To scream Monster is to say Here stands a terrible thing That scares me; You cannot simply Take the elephant out of the room And throw it under the bus, You know? To be scared is to admit You have something to be scared of And something to be scared for ..read more

Kabir walked after death, Walked his own body to a grave. Flowers bloomed and plucked themselves Out of their homes, Placed themselves in the middle Of life and a walk to the grave To let a man leave in peace. Kashi born, He walked with the conviction He had in his knowledge, Challenged the Orthodoxes, Challenged the convention; Kashi born guaranteed a place in heavens He gave it all up, Got himself cremated and burried at the same time, Got himself fights throughout life And even afterwards, Got himself a piece of satisfaction, Got himself legends and disciples And angry purohits, Got a piece ..read more

Are you scared to death to live Or are you scared to live Because you know you will die? If there was no one to observe the universe Would it cease to exist as we know it? If a tree falls in a forest but No one is around to hear it scream, It still thuds and the ground still rumbles, It’s just that no one feels it. So perhaps you are so obsessed with Letting people know you are here Because you know you could die And no one would see the stars of your life collapse, Feel the rumble of your loss of life. It is possible to go away, quietly, Unnoticed, leave things unchanged- No one to mourn your ..read more

I am proud. When the Earth tumulted and collapsed on me, Trying to throw me off itself, I held on with bare hands. I dug my claws into the brown soil, Trying to become one with the Mother, Trying to grow myself some roots to stay. I have already been here longer than I had imagined, To have a place at all is magic in itself. I have so much life left to grow roots out of ..read more