Overcast
I cannot feel the sun
in me today and when I am sad
like this
I eat mangoes in the shower
abandon
clothes
let the peels fall
loves me,
loves me not
let the juice slide
between my fingers
down
my arms
shower like rain
down
my hair,
eyes,
breasts,
yellow and sticky like a hunger
I cannot deny
I am sinking my fingers
on this fruity flesh that want to slip off my grip
until the rain becomes storm a roar
of water
and I am ravenous
for this flesh
I still have
loves me,
loves me,
loves me
Jhoanna Parvati is a Filipina poet and artist whose work explores nature, grief, and island life. She currently lives in El Nido, Palawan. Through melancholia and nostalgia, she writes to remember, to mourn, and to find beauty in resilience.