Marie-Niege

Marie-Niege Sep 2014

breathe him

and I breathe in his smoke because it is the only air that he will give me

Marie-Niege Sep 2014

hungry

I wanted to hear the words echo and so I said them three times a day with a full mouth and a hungry ear: I love you.

and a hungry heart

Marie-Niege Sep 2014

water

i just remember seeing Ian
in the grocery store tugging
at the hem of his shirt
telling a woman he hasn't
seen in awhile, how he lost
all of that weight.
every time i see my full
water bottle.

Marie-Niege Sep 2014

global

i am trying to
stay away from
this world today
because all it does
is wound me.

Marie-Niege Sep 2014

tell me when to stay

there are no clocks
in this room:
how do they
except me to know
when to leave
and when to stay

Marie-Niege Sep 2014

a ton

I'd like to weigh a ton ton ton
just so that I am sure that I am
pushing down on something
like gravity. This Earth really
knows how to *******.

bad. this poem is bad.

Marie-Niege Sep 2014

paranoia

if they are soul mates
then what are we

teach me how to breathe