heather

heather Sep 2013

it's a peculiar feeling
no longer being
able to confide
in the person
who held
your trust for
such a long time.

it's as if
running again
when you're
fresh off crutches,
fumbling over those
first few steps,
clumsy and
uncoordinated.

but you will
take back
that trust
and place it
again in
yourself and
your
judgments.

heather Aug 2013

paradox of me

i was born an april's fool
an aries's sun and a pisces's moon.

heather Aug 2013

absurd

rational minds
seeking structure
in a
universal
soup
demanding
answers to
only be faced
with
'return to sender.'

mother nature
is one
stubborn
old broad,
must be
where we
got it
from.

heather Aug 2013

uh oh

twice a day now
that unavailable number
calls
and calls
again.
last four digits
1116
they're looking for you,
mommy.
they want your
money,
money that you don't
have.
but my guess is
they'd settle for
blood.

heather Aug 2013

eleven

one look and i was smitten

two breaths i forgot to take

three beats my heart must have skipped

four times i had to tell myself not to stare

five times i couldn't keep my eyes away

six feet of human i would never forget

seven daydreams i had of me with you

eight clever ways i wanted to introduce myself

nine different excuses not to

ten steps you took to the door

and that was that.

heather Aug 2013

hi-coo

ideas are born
right on the tip of her tongue
sharpest tongue i know

heather Aug 2013

cartoons and cigarettes

i sat up all night

watching cartoons

and smoking cigarettes

thinking about how much distance

i've put between myself and my childhood

and what a shame

it would be

to ever lose

my youth.