Twenty years I’ve lived and
Still, I feel like a kid

But you’re a woman
You certainly look
Like a woman

What hunger,
Great enough
To make skin buzz
And insides turn

With nowhere to hide
Eyes drop to pavement,
Smile slowly sinking
From the realization of
Bones only ornamental
To probing eyes

Oh, draining desire.
Oh, humanity.

Dreaming of lovers
Who were never mine
Watching stars fall from
The sky, I wish to
Paddle to the edge
Of the world. A drop
Of existence, gone
And forgotten with
Words I never spoke.

Strange strange girl

Your silence makes you
Strange. Your strangeness makes
You forgotten. So,
Be a good girl and
Stay silent, be gone.

I am so overcome with love
But only when my mind is hazy
And my thoughts come slowly and quietly

What am I so ashamed of
That I can only see you warmly
In the dark

Why is it easier
To admit I love you
When I’m not thinking clearly?

My darling, I know
Your heart aches with a
Lifetime of burden
And regret, but the
World still turns, the tides
Still crash, and the moon
Still shines. Despite
The hole in
Your chest.

The light is red.

I look over at you,
Eyes pleading for a kiss.
You give in
And the world seems to stop,
As two lovers
Escape for a moment
Of bliss.

The light is green.

Time has given up on me
And so has gravity,
As I float through
The barriers of time.
Floating through the past,
                               the present,
                               the future
Never settling anywhere
A stranger even in
My own memories
Don’t mind me, I’m
Just visiting
Just passing through

I’ll be gone soon.