You used to think that love was something that kept you warm at night, but it’s more like a dog that bites your hand before it takes off running down the street. You never pet that dog again, But sometimes you see it at the end of someone else’s leash as you’re walking down the… Continue reading Dog BITE, 15 Jan. 2024
Author: kxsey
the entire world gives me a headache
Winter, 2016
Daylight brought nothing andtomorrow will bring nothing.Your head and my heart arefilled with nothing.Emptiness has weight, andit weighs about as much as two people screaming at the four walls inside their home in the middle of the night. We learned the hard way thatone empty personcan’t complete another empry person.
circles
Some days,I am in line at the grocery storeAnd the personStanding in front of meKnows the ghosts that follow me by name.They ask meHow I’m doing, what’s newAnd I read them the scriptI wrote on the backs of both my eyelids;Rinse and repeatUntil they leave me alone.Some days,I wonder why it is thatThe search for… Continue reading circles
aftermath, a poem
Pause. Rewind.I play the tapes backagainbecause somewhere along the lineI forgot to bury the thought of youin my backyardand now I can’t seem tolet go.We’re sharing screen time again, pictured in full color, side by sideon the corner of Secret SistersandBeing Too Much for One Another.I am transfixed, stuck staring,looking for whatever it isI could’ve… Continue reading aftermath, a poem
How To Start a Blog: a step-by-step guide brought to you by low vision and a fear of failure
Here’s how it goes – You save up money from your part-time job as a grocery store cashier so you can start to build your own website. You’ve got the domain and everything figured out, and you’ve even taken a course in beginner’s web design. There’s an entire decade’s worth of online journal entries saved… Continue reading How To Start a Blog: a step-by-step guide brought to you by low vision and a fear of failure
erotophobia
I am a long list of synonymsFor the word “terrified.”Most days, I couldn’t even tell youWhy it is thatKissing you feels likeA twenty story free-fall;A swan dive into a slab of concreteLike swerving into oncoming trafficSometimes the butterflies in my stomachTurn into a hornets nestAnd I am unsure of how to handle itWhen your heart… Continue reading erotophobia
confidant
are you listening? what's happening? do you feel anything? did you always have that tsunami building up inside of you or was that something you swallowed on your own? does it hurt? what's it do? can i try? was i drifting through the cosmos before i fell into your orbit? I don't feel like a… Continue reading confidant
history books | aug 13, 2014
lately I’ve been looking for holes in our history books the cause and effect that we missed like we missed each other when we were sixteen and fighting. the good news is that you’ve got big plans. the bad news is that I can’t decide what songs I want played at my funeral. Take me… Continue reading history books | aug 13, 2014
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