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 Dec 2021 Kelly
Julia Celine
Speaking over coffee
Shooting at the breeze
I smiled at her softly
And loved her more than me

Reflecting back on time with you
As difficult as it seems
It’s so hard, my love, I never knew
Anything as easy

I set down with settled fingers
A cup of clouded dreams
That tastes like fresh carnation
In simmered down caffeine

Tell me all your stories
Sing me songs to sleep
For a moment, I’ll taste the confidence
That you could love me more than me
 Dec 2021 Kelly
Johnny Dust
No amount of people saying they love you
Will make up for you not loving yourself

Which you can do
At any time,
You know you can choose to love yourself temporarily or even forever?

If you want to
But you don’t

So you won’t.
 Oct 2021 Kelly
touka
isaac
 Oct 2021 Kelly
touka
He was asking for an accident

And he had asked for it so long

It was quiet conspicuity
It was a whisper of a song
And whether mid-day,
night, or morning

I could have sworn that it had gone

"Let me in, let me in"

I could have sworn that it had gone

"Let it out, let it out"

I could have sworn that it had gone

"Pick it up, put it down,"

It was frightened ambiguity
Dandelioning along
It was frozen in the postal-state
It was a letter never drawn

Tremors halving contiguity
Whatever I'd like, whatever I'd like

Tomorrow towards the turnpike's tongue

It was quiet, but I knew it wasn't right
I can hear a laugh along the highway line
I could hear the winding in the tunnel all this time
I could hear the murmur, but I still called it a whine
 Oct 2021 Kelly
touka
de vivre
 Oct 2021 Kelly
touka
his thrill against the widow's cord;

snakes his fingers in the web

eight aching, crawling branches

where his hands have met her legs

six sick fingers on the mend

I let the wind come

and do nothing about it

I let the wind come,

and do nothing about it
 Oct 2021 Kelly
Julia Celine
Somewhere in the madness, basking in the summer heat
I wish I knew the castles that would crumble at your feet
‘Cause when it’s cold here, I’m a soldier, getting too used to defeat
What a silly, helpless fool, remembering a time when I was queen
 Oct 2021 Kelly
Johnny Dust
Duster
 Oct 2021 Kelly
Johnny Dust
I’m great at talking

Not so great at holding it inside

I’m great at walking

Not so great at taking it in stride
 Oct 2021 Kelly
Johnny Dust
And I looked in the mirror,
“I know who you are,
And you’ve won today,
But you will not win everyday.”
 Oct 2021 Kelly
Johnny Dust
I took up the bottle to talk to myself
But I don’t like what he’s saying
Tap me out throw in a ringer
I’m losing my grip cause I’m losing my fingers
 Oct 2021 Kelly
Johnny Dust
“A real dish risks being eaten for breakfast”
It’s all fun and games until you never let anyone near you
 Oct 2021 Kelly
Johnny Dust
“In the end, you're free to be the sum of all your failures
Or turn it inside out to meet the final narrative
I'm alright, but not at all
Kind of hate it
A lovely piece of wood that won't get used, so it gets wasted
And maybe I could make a decent dollar selling t-shirts
Or quit it all and take an easy dollar from your church”
I know, I know what do I know?
Listen to All Get Out
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