A Mess of Words

A Mess of Words Apr 2022

Larissa

I love you.

I only wish

I could teach my younger self

I didn’t only want you;

I loved you.

If I could do that,

Perhaps tonight,

I could breathe that honest truth

Into your ears

And not spill it on paper.

love, regret, and the perils in between

A Mess of Words Sep 2021

Coast

Glorious morning;
The fog has lifted, and now
Fishing boats are out.

Haiku

A Mess of Words Sep 2021

Paris is for lovers, but they let me in too

A heady brew of espresso

Mingles with the dewy air,

Buttery pain au chocolat

Makes for quite a pair;

The morning warms to the songs

Of the chipper moineau,

And lovers beneath the columns

Of Parc Monceau.

A work in progress

A Mess of Words Sep 2021

Untitled

One chance

Is all we ever get.

Now I spend my evenings

Drunk on my regret.

A Mess of Words Sep 2021

Untitled

Give me rolling hills

Where green grass is swaying,

And glistening rivers,

Through them straying;

A gentle breeze,

Soft as a timid kiss,

And the free air to breathe,

For that is what I most miss.

A Mess of Words Aug 2021

Innocence

Swiftly fading even in

The shade of a little white lie;

Of all the rarest gems

Innocence is first to die.