Submissions by MalikElahi

Funny the trouble one can get themselves in when jumping to conclusions based off of a first impression.  Illegitimate anger placed based off of perceptions made in minutes. Never even made it inside someone's personal bubble yet we show hatred and pop off over something we don't even know. Human nature to judge and fall into the trap of judgement, broken friendships before you can even get friendly. Who knows where we could go if we stopped making assumptions before words are even spoken. Now we walk past each other forever wondering what secrets they will never show. Arms length mentality...

When the world fails you, inebriation catches you, get lost in the over indulgence of your adolescence, keep drinking, keep pouring until the bottle is as empty as you are, as you sway and sway and lay down with whomever chooses to let you, numb to the consequences of illegitimate kisses...

Siri locate intimacy.


"The thing you seek is not within reach, no matter how many people you meet its lost in the bottles you drink"

never mind find complacency...


"look no more, it is all around, you all sing the same sound and partake in...

She wonders, how soon before he shoots me a text, because you know dudes never call after sex. It's a mess, but it's not something I regret. Sparks fly like microwaved metal or fallen power lines you either grow and ignite or flicker and die.

He wonders if he can hit it again while keeping her as just a friend, let's not pretend we didn't know what this was, we both know it was just lust and that's not a bad thing because I said it before the first touch, "I don't want to much, just good vibes and a good time" and he wasn't lying but an intimate touch is creating another...

How often did we exchange passionate kisses beneath the moonlight?

I wonder.

I wonder if pillow talks about future families and presents under Christmas trees were too much to stomach...

Pink matter never even mattered, it was just extra compensation next to intimate conversations about our own passion for each other...

Maybe we shouldn't have talked about Christmas trees, we were past subtle shrubbery, should have worked our way to peonies instead of quantum leaps, talking about naming kids and planting our seed.

I admit it's scary taking about...