i don’t say anything
when my mother presents
the off-brand mouth wash.
after all, dad’s payday did just get changed to Monday.
i didn’t say anything
when my clothes came from Walmart
this Christmas.
after all, we did just move
and there’s bills to pay.
i won’t say anything
when eventually my mother asks for money from my first paycheck
for the groceries.
after all, I am a vegetarian
and my food costs more.
Feb 26, 2022
Feb 26, 2022 at 11:03 AM UTC
a love this intense
one of the most sought after things
it’s in the way you look at me
the way i say your name
to love is to fear
everything you may lose
but if you don’t try
you’ll never know
what you might gain
Sep 26, 2021
Sep 26, 2021 at 8:28 PM UTC
my heart aches when you touch me
and aches when you don't.
Mar 3, 2019
Mar 3, 2019 at 8:28 PM UTC
am i the only one who notices you're upset,
Or am i the only one you're upset at?
Feb 26, 2019
Feb 26, 2019 at 5:25 PM UTC
Sometimes, I draw on your skin.
I put myself,
quietly,
onto your palm
in the form of curled letters
and sharp patterns.
Perhaps you think nothing of it,
a simple annoyance when you
try to brush your hair from your eyes and remember
that I am hunched over you,
lost in the shallow rivers that are the creases
running across your hands.
But I hope it means more.
I imagine you feel the pen,
moving with care,
gently tickling you
I picture you enjoying the warmth
from my other hand holding my canvas steady
or that you inspect each line,
reading to much into every error
that I felt too guilty for making.
But when the next day,
your palm is clean
every drop of ink scrubbed off with purpose
I stop romanticizing.
You have erased me.
Feb 24, 2019
Feb 24, 2019 at 5:37 PM UTC
i adore cold weather.
But not for the fires,
Or the warmth of another person.
I find something beautiful about it,
And maybe even a bit lonely.
It reminds me of bittersweet loss,
And finding the strength to move on.
Feb 24, 2019
Feb 24, 2019 at 10:56 AM UTC
When you look at me
Your eyes are dull.
they were once a vibrant, beautiful green.
But now they're faded and gone.
Feb 23, 2019
Feb 23, 2019 at 10:21 AM UTC
"you're quieter than usual lately."
"there's nothing to say."
Feb 21, 2019
Feb 21, 2019 at 4:19 PM UTC