f. berhan kebede Biography

Watching some of my favorite films
I think of those watching the same scenes
at the same time
for the first time
...

jotting down 'tired and tried' looks good on paper
but cannot fully explain to the reader what I'm putting down
i can fill a notebook with truths that have cut
directly below my eye
...

If I could reveal all that I feel for her
the avalanche of good
would kill me down
just
...

when I wake
I promise to tell everyone I know how I feel
and not to hold anything back
whether they warm to it or not
...

I go out of my way
to make my plans with her
and when the time nears
I dig my way to a proper excuse
...