Monthly Archives: December 2017
Broken Dreams
Posted on December 28, 2017
There is a wreath of broken dreams on her heart’s door. You can knock, but nobody’s home.
You Are My Favorite Holiday
Posted on December 21, 2017
You are my favorite holiday, you make me feel a festival of lights when our lips spark together. You light the candles at the red window of my heart, behind the glowing window a boy still smiles. The depression packed in my white bones like snow thaws at your warm fireplace touch. You give me […]
Wild Freedom
Posted on December 13, 2017
Together, on a shore of stars with waves from the dark universe crashing against us, we made promises to each other. We walked on sandy stars, stepping on the edge of light, staring into the sea of darkness, feeling the currents spray eternity on us as we kiss, we watched comets leap like dolphins, and the […]
Love My Goodbyes
Posted on December 12, 2017
I opened the envelopes of my wrists and pulled out two red letters for you. You always liked my love letters, but my goodbye letters are better. Do you see my heart pulse on the pages? The pentameter of my heartbeat exiting your mouth as you read. The exhale of my breath coming out of […]
Need or Bleed?
Posted on December 9, 2017
You need me. I bleed you. When you understand the difference, then you will understand my pain.
Will You Be My Runaway Muse?
Posted on December 8, 2017
I have two coins behind my eyes, mirrors I use to self-reflect, I see runaway women walking in the corridors of my mind, their feet blackened with holy dirt from the promised land, they peel back my thoughts, like skin from rotting apples, smearing the dripping fruit, on the walls of my brain, painting dream […]
Piano Player
Posted on December 6, 2017
Hey piano player, I can hear you playing downstairs as I sit in my naked room in a state of tomb gloom. Those notes press through the walls and like wild flowers thrusting out of white sand they bloom into the other side, into my empty room. They shuffle through the old crackling paint as […]