June 9, 2026

THE ILLUSION OF ARRIVALWe grow up chasing a place that doesn’t exist. / “There.” / Where everything finally settles.
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Sacred DistanceIs it the way your curves / move beneath my fingertips, / or how my eyes
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DishesYou have plated it all, day after day / The cold, the hot, the flavourless / You let it be served, as if curated art
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The Shape of WantYour attention unsettles me / Like a hand not yet placed / Though I think of it so often
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KissI stand next to the lighthouse. / Looking out at the sea as I look at / The sea the wind brushes against my
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ChrysalisMind in deep stasis, / body clustered within. / Death appears invited,
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Closing The Book On YouI open up this book whenever I think about you. / It's a constant reminder of the love that we shared. / The nights are so cold and lonesome without you,
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I Got My Toe DrunkNow that’s the kind of thing / a young adult would say / when getting their first tattoo
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The HarborTo healthy souls, real love is a harbor; / to some, it feels like danger. / Love is never convenient,
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I wish I hadn't found youThere’s a moment / my life keeps circling back to— / a quiet house,
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Fault Linespeak / peaks / peaks again,
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Living Spa WaterFrom Northern seas— / a pointillist dream; a woman of lithe measures descending into the sensation / —a noun rather than an adjective
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Felt Like RainI do not know if it’s all illusion— / but I adore when someone lies awake, eyes wide with dreams, / tracing blades of grass, searching for me
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fire skyFire blazes down the ocean‑tainted sky, / Its blue eyes roaring with unspoken longing, / aching, burning, shaking
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FlowerbedMy lungs fill to the brim with roses and lilacs. / My bones transform into their stems, / my cells their leaves.
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Kitchen Conflict RomanceHER VERSION / You and I together, / this time, in the kitchen.
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