The Esthetic Apostle

March 2018

Write Bloody & Duality

by Joie Bauman

Sometimes writing out my poems
Feels like writing another suicide note
I disembowel myself each time
My pen meets the parchment
Because poetry is learning
To spill your blood so beautifully
That passerby simply cannot help
But stop and stare

Duality

You say that we are Yin and Yang
Tui and La, Push and Pull
You tug at my insides again and again
Unravel me slowly in your hands
If you are the fire, then I am the ice
I am melting myself for you