I found a piece of you
Stuck to me
Today.
Like a bee sting,
With the poison still inside.
Throbbing and itchy.

I remember
When people looked at me
As if I
Were beautiful.

And everything
Had happened
The way they promised
It wouldn’t.

A thousand answers
one last question
— why

(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)

When you speak
to me
a certain way
I can see the words

Shaped and formed
with wings
of gold
freeing what I’ve heard

When you speak
to me
a certain way
I can taste the wind

Calling forth
my hopes and dreams
— tendered from within

(Dreamsleep: March, 2024)

The righteous
may struggle
the righteous may fall
But Hell
only exists
— in a place without love

(1st Book Of Prayers: April, 2024)

Why do they come up
Why bring me back to the horror
Why make me remember
Why must these memories haunt me
only to leave me once more???

I wish to be the heart break
behind your eyes
the words
to every sad love song on the radio
the quiet melancholy
that wakes you every morning
the raindrops
that hit your window

I wish to be the sorrow
you carry with every step
the bitter taste
that lingers on your tongue
the sighs
that haunt the spaces of your day
the last regret you'll hang upon