be aggressive with your love babe
i need you to demand
be harsh with your affection
it's the only way i'll understand

our lips will never meet
nor our fingers intertwine
and so bless my dreams
for indulging what's not mine

your name is
forbidden in
my mouth
or in my heart
because when
i think about
you;

i'll cry a little more,
hurt a little stronger
love a little softer
because you no longer
make me feel sober

i'm drunk on the
memory of you

I thought if I could swallow the stars
I’d be as beautiful as the evening sky
I tried one night    with fireflies
They burned my throat
Their legs striking at soft flesh
But my skin did not glow
No moon crawled from my eye sockets
I was left with corpses in my stomach
I soon learned I would only ever be
A cemetery

we do not write poetry
we write mirrors
which are held up
to curious faces
who read
looking for their
own reflections