Author: J A Reyes

• October 31, 2021

  Literary Pianist (audio)

  Among the many hues of morning, I see only black and white in front of me. This…unsymmetrical tapping…can be too monotonous…this…early.  And not before long,the tapping…turn into notes…followed by a subtle tone—one I’m unfamiliar with but somehow know. I can’t tell you what I’m writing. It feels like I’m on stage, performing.And that’s when I hear […]
• October 24, 2021

  Simplistic Sunday #1

  Poetry is like a heavy sigh the writer hopes a reader can interpret.
• October 17, 2021

  She’s my Autumn

  She welcomes the world with honey almond eyes eager to witness what a cold morning sunrise can hide. Wrapping herself in intimate colors, embroidered with her favorite smile and stained with laughter, she radiates an autumn’s aura. Her apple cider highlights stroke the wind like a master calligrapher adding color to voiceless thoughts leaving my […]
• October 10, 2021

  Beautiful love stories

  Like the stained glassperched in the middle of a run-down cathedral,its melancholic beautyand hypnotic purityfascinate me. Echoes from a single heartharmonize to the oncegospelled memoriesof a lost tomorrow. And yet, it remains—decrepit and innocent,yearned for in endless silencelike an empty wish lost to the ages. As painful as the words “I love you” are,the most […]
• October 3, 2021

  Constellation Dreams

  I have tossed a few secrets up toward the stars—some were wishful thinking with next morning letdowns. Tonight’s a little different. Picking a constellation to trust with this,I made sure to remind myself that this wasn’t a wish—more a message. Eavesdropping ears of stoic stars listened in,jealous I didn’t choose them. Whispering, “Come home.”