Rose Cliff

Rose Cliff Jan 2023

Vessel

I am no longer acquainted with hunger.
This flesh has forgotten his name.
This vessel has lost its way.

Rose Cliff Jan 2023

Lilting

This house
That I have built,
Slowly crumbles
Slowly wilts.

Take my hand
And we will lilt.
With the song,
The song of guilt.

Rose Cliff Jan 2023

Temptress

I drown in the indefinite.
Are you the temptation,
Or are you my salvation.

Rose Cliff Jan 2023

Minimalist

We strive for the minimal,
Simplicity is safe.
To be bold is to be vulnerable;
An unsteady state.

Rose Cliff Jan 2023

Transparent

Conversation
Is a social lubricant.
As transparent as the gel
we use to treat our wounds.

Rose Cliff Dec 2021

𝙳𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚞𝚖

𝙸 𝚕𝚘𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚢𝚘𝚞.
𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝
𝚂𝚘 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚠𝚎 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚖𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚜.

𝚈𝚘𝚞 𝚠𝚊𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚍 𝚖𝚎 𝚝𝚘𝚘.
𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚗𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚊𝚢 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝
𝚂𝚘 𝚘𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚘𝚜𝚎 𝚗𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝𝚜 𝚠𝚎 𝚋𝚛𝚘𝚔𝚎 𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜𝚎𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚜.
𝙳𝚎𝚕𝚒𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚏𝚛𝚘𝚖 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚑𝚞𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛.

Rose Cliff Nov 2021

Mother and child

As you wept
I held you tender and mild
And we exchanged
The role of mother and child

Our parents are not infallible