I feel like a ghost
I’m neither here nor there
Always within that in between
Filling up some unused space
Creaking floorboards beneath my feet
I’m that chill in the air
Barely there
A soft whisper
Oct 28, 2024
Oct 28, 2024 at 11:15 PM UTC
I have been disappearing slowly, over time- quietly
And no one has noticed
My eyes began to follow the moon
My feet soon followed
Not much time after that my shadow decided to come along, too
My name became a whisper that would leave the lips of friends
Carried by the wind to my new home
—
I've been long gone for a while
And only now they have noticed
The sound of waves crashing
Replacing where my laughter once was
Oct 17, 2024
Oct 17, 2024 at 2:02 PM UTC
I saw your hands today
For the first time in what felt like forever
Those strong hands that held mine while I jumped over puddles
Caught me whenever I was about to fall
The hands that built houses and fixed everything --
Broken pipes, dead cars and crocodile tears
I saw your hands today
But they weren't really your hands
Just another dad's of another daughter's
But God, they reminded me of yours
Mar 16, 2021
Mar 16, 2021 at 10:41 PM UTC
I collided into you with eyes closed and palms raw
And to this day,
I still feel the aftershocks of our skin touching
Meeting you wasn't like some storm;
No stillness before the lashing of rain and wind
Meeting you was sudden
It was violent
Meeting you was loud
And now I'm just left with these small aftershocks;
Just a taste of what it was like to touch your skin with mine
Collide with me again
I've never craved loudness
But I'm restless and needy
Dec 11, 2020
Dec 11, 2020 at 11:19 PM UTC
There is a peacefulness
A stillness
With death
That I never thought was there
Witnessing your last breath was the most
Earth shattering thing
The loudest moment of silence
GRIEF is not peaceful
It is pain and hurt and blackness
But that transition of planes;
Mimicking eagle's wings
The ocean's gentle tides
There was a peacefulness with your death
And God,
Do I miss you
Dad
Oct 30, 2020
Oct 30, 2020 at 11:51 AM UTC
I adore you most during the quietest times of the day
When everything seems so still
I long for you most during the quietest times of the day
Your hands against my aching skin
Heal me
So we can enjoy the stillness together
Our own little world of silence
Oct 25, 2020
Oct 25, 2020 at 3:13 AM UTC
You beautiful,
Beautiful
Woman you --
I'm in awe of you,
You lovely woman
Oct 24, 2020
Oct 24, 2020 at 3:08 PM UTC
I love you like jazz notes
All over the place and messy
I love you slow
Like a burning ember holding onto firewood
I love you fiercely
I love you now
And then
And always
In secret
In whisper
Aug 14, 2020
Aug 14, 2020 at 3:50 PM UTC
There is a restlessness inside of my body
The rumbling of an uneasy tide against the shoreline
I gasp for air and although my lungs are already full I am greedy
Searching for the road that leads to you
Because I am stuck here
Wanting to just breathe the same air as you
Nov 1, 2019
Nov 1, 2019 at 2:08 AM UTC
I haven't felt my heart beat in a very long time
So long that cobwebs filled the space
A stillness stirred inside my ribcage
Until one night where your eyes met mine, again
And the world became full of color
My cheeks were flushed and a warmth radiated out of my fingertips
A low pitter-patter made its way to my eardrums
My heart was beating;
Butterfly wings kissed the inside of my stomach
And I was sure that I felt alive again,
I haven't felt this way in a very long time
Sep 14, 2019
Sep 14, 2019 at 12:47 PM UTC