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
Tag: poetry
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.
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
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
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