He was just alive
beside me, laughing at my
***** jokes, shaking
his head in shared silent mirth.
His last words – ‘Stop it, Joe, you’re-‘
Jan 18, 2016
Jan 18, 2016 at 10:04 PM UTC
Born
Without skin
To hold it all in
Nerve
So raw it screams
(everydayeverydayeveryday)
Mind
So exhausted it snaps
(itsnotmeitsnotmeitsnotme)
Feeling
So intense it chokes
(icantbreatheicantbreatheicantbreathe)
To hold it all in
Without skin
Born
Jan 18, 2016
Jan 18, 2016 at 10:00 PM UTC
My mistake;
I told myself I just forgot to put my makeup on
and no one would really notice anyway,
but there it is large as life -
the part of me that doesn’t fit in.
Jan 18, 2016
Jan 18, 2016 at 9:55 PM UTC
You wouldn’t understand; no one does.
Who I am doesn’t fit who I’m supposed to be.
Cramped and crowded in leftover expectations,
like a cicada larvae in too-small skin.
What will I be if I ever emerge,
and how long will it take everyone to **** it?
Jan 18, 2016
Jan 18, 2016 at 9:53 PM UTC
hope
is a brilliant gem
with sharp edges
that slice clean and deep
like a razor
Jan 10, 2016
Jan 10, 2016 at 11:36 AM UTC
Rushing downstream
everythinggoesbysofast
gasping above the waterline
idontrecognizeanythinganymore
grasping at rocks and branches
wherethehellaminow
heaving breaths haul me ashore
ilaygasping&vomiting;
where the hell am I?
Jan 10, 2016
Jan 10, 2016 at 11:33 AM UTC
i begin to think that death
is for the adventurous
and i am only a coward
Jan 10, 2016
Jan 10, 2016 at 11:26 AM UTC
i die so quietly
you dont even notice
im just an empty shell
now
i die quietly
only death can see me
now
i die
Jan 10, 2016
Jan 10, 2016 at 11:23 AM UTC
Breathing is too much
for me today; maybe I’ll
stop for a minute.
Jan 10, 2016
Jan 10, 2016 at 11:20 AM UTC
I have been gone from here, haven’t I, Love?
My body has faithfully occupied its given space,
And resolutely fulfilled the duties expected of it,
But I have been as a sojourner in a foreign land,
With only a thin tether of loyalty to bring me home.
Jan 10, 2016
Jan 10, 2016 at 11:17 AM UTC