My mind back in Shantou

I still lay in bed
my eyes wide
and my mind back
in Shantou

and I wonder what
I said and what
I did to screw up
everything so bad

I know I did plenty
and there’s much
to forgive and
apologize for

Enough to screw up
But enough to
destroy? Did I
really hurt you
as much as you
said I did?

Was I not good
enough to work this
out with?

What I hate and fear
the most is that
maybe you don’t

lay in bed
your eyes wide
and your mind back
in Shantou


Author: Filipe

I love language and spirituality. I also love education, technology and design. My favorite topics of conversation revolve around theology, poetry, linguistics, rhetoric, World Englishes, chinchillas, second language writing, how to kill a plant in 10 days, etc. I was a language teacher and now I build language learning products by day. I am an interpretive mind-dancer by night. I live in China.

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