It’s hard to feel the love when you hate being in a relationship.

His anger blooms
like the amber color flames of a sunflower.
Burning bright and fierily.
And I don't know whether to stare him down
with my vehement warmth,
to see his aesthetically pleasing face
or hide behind the gray clouds
to calm down his rage.

The princess
locked herself away
in the highest tower,
hoping a knight
in shining armor
would come to her
rescue.


                    - I DIDN'T REALIZE I COULD BE MY OWN KNIGHT

why do I need to go away?
you’re everything that is good
yin and yang
night and day
there is bad in the good babe
you were worst promise I ever made
but definitely my best mistake
why do I always choose
the ones that cause the most pain?

you keep asking why I didn’t
hit you up, call you back
left you on read

like what was i thinking?
don’t i love you?
i was focused on the what ifs instead

like what if this is pointless
and we fight for nothing
are we loving only to lose?

i’m just not sure what i want
i am not doing this
just to hurt you

over the decades,
her books became
such a part
of her

that
the ink
somehow escaped
her veins

& bloomed
her favorite
words & images
onto her skin.

Now
the world
would have
no doubt:

she
was the
pagebound
girl.

                                 - PAGE TO SKIN