1. you fly with broad shoulders
stuff your mouth full of Wonder Bread
and call yourself a saint
strum a note and make it
discord - breath swirls like wind
2. look deep into the cracks of your skin -
could you please stop calling me that!
if anything could phase you
it would have to be a plane,
only they can cut through clouds.
3. my first collector edition model
placed on a desk near my window
i see birds flying through your hair outside.
you picked one up and
tossed it in the river
4. do you find it easier to steal from a child
or do you think adults fall harder under
pressures you put onto others?
either way, a hurricane is coming
and we all hope you are being safe
Sep 5, 2018
Sep 5, 2018 at 12:13 AM UTC
flecks of sugar could be
found in your taste buds
as I search them with my
tongue, you begin to open
Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018 at 7:40 PM UTC
I guess I could've
stopped the end of the world -
left in rotting and
tumbling into cheeto dust,
licking the residue off my fingers.
but I didn't want to
I flicked my tongue and
pieced the shapes back together,
destroying my own form
in the process
it was worth it
because I knew that
the butterflies would fly again,
you see
Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018 at 7:39 PM UTC
Singing to myself,
rain thuds on my roof.
All by myself,
I get lonely at night.
I can only imagine
your soft touch,
or even inhale
the scent of your hair.
The biggest mistake I ever made
was accepting the hatred you had for me.
Whenever I should have taken your hands,
I cut off my own.
Jun 11, 2015
Jun 11, 2015 at 7:50 PM UTC
Loose strands of hair fall over his thigh.
It's not a metaphor.
I am giving myself to a guy I love.
Tell me it's okay.
I'm hoping to fall into more than just your lap.
Rolling hips and bruised lips.
Have I been before?
Dignity seemed to be more of a factor then.
Maybe if I drown myself in hatred,
I'll look more lovely.
I'm only begging for you back;
the way I'm doing it is necessary.
You loved me once,
so what's the difference now?
Don't be blind, my love.
It's so obvious that she can't
love you like I do.
Jun 11, 2015
Jun 11, 2015 at 7:48 PM UTC
It is not supposed to be like this.
The tears,
they're supposed to disappear.
And I told myself
it would not end up like this again.
No,
I promised myself that I would not let it get this bad.
This is all wrong,
and I can not bring myself to tear away from your gaze.
Dec 22, 2014
Dec 22, 2014 at 12:05 AM UTC
An old man looks up at me with a toothless grin,
and a sparkle in his eyes.
I watch as his feeble hands
reach up to the sky
in hopes of becoming youthful once again.
A teacher passes by me in the hall,
and she looks me over as if I’m nothing.
Little does she know that I sit in her class every day,
thinking of how much she inspires me.
The lights flicker on and off in my head
almost as much as in this classroom.
The girl beside me won't quit clicking her tongue,
and restlessly flirting with the boy in front.
I’m going mad in here.
The girl with long hair is reading nonstop.
She's never been in love before.
I always get the update of the offers
she gave out the day before.
It's calming to know some girls are insane.
Dec 19, 2014
Dec 19, 2014 at 8:34 PM UTC
you are cigarette sticks just lit,
you are a fresh wound on an old stitch.
a disorder spun out of control,
watching as madness takes hold - clutch
breaks - what happens next - your
life begins to unfold. creases form like
scars that never quite leave, mistakes
we break, we drown and we bleed.
i can't live without them is the greatest
lie: love kills you from the inside out,
toxic chemicals rampage fire through
your veins: hooked, hooked, hooked
lined and sunk; funny how we continue
to live with it only because we die with it.
Nov 27, 2014
Nov 27, 2014 at 8:23 PM UTC
maybe it was the best mistake of your life,
maybe it wasn't even a mistake at all.
whatever it is, i hope you felt it was worth it,
for the ache in my stomach still gnaws at me from
time to time, and the holes in my heart have
yet to be stitched up completely.
for what it was worth, i thought we could've been
spectacular if only we had (you had) the bravery to
try.
Nov 27, 2014
Nov 27, 2014 at 8:22 PM UTC