An Apartment in New York City

Original Writing

I wish we could live in an apartment in New York City,
where the sun would always shine as dawn breaks
and large windows would illuminate the room with sultry hues of gold,
or even in the winter where frost would climb the glass
as we huddle under the covers to stay warm.
Yellow taxis
neon lights
lilac sunsets.
That’s the dream.
And it all starts
And ends
With you.

11.30pm

Original Poetry

There’s a raging storm outside now.
It’s half-past eleven and I can’t help but think
that once upon a time you were that storm.
You raged and destroyed until you left behind
pieces of broken glass and shattered hearts with torn skin.
I survived that storm, to find a harrowing, beautiful sunset
hours after the devastation.
I am that sunset
after the storm.