Falling in love is diving under
You turn around and it is bearing down
You go

Take a breath and you are immersed
The excited serenity as you float
Eyes open

But soon it turns to stifling pressure
Too much, you need air
As you surface, the debris hits you
The crashing sound fills your ears

And you surface with an aching body and
stinging eyes

These hips.
They are crooked, wide, pale and
beautiful. They will bear children and keep me walking.

Massive thighs that I would wish to shrink
are now the reason I can get up these stairs
They hold power and life

and my stomach with it's wrinkles,
it's dips, *****, spots
It keeps me upright

n.v.

Earlier in my life
I had a black list of all the hate
that I had reserved only for myself

Now that I have grown and changed
And become crooked
I realise that every flaw that touches me
Is what I love the best


n.v.

I want a niche, a hobby, a habit, a speciality,
A Thing

I want to know myself, to be loved, to consume and to clutch
And for people to know who I am

Because it seems that all I am is a few words
sprinkled on a page and I want more.


n.v.

In the strength of her back I see her burdens
Something's got to give

This sweat stinks like salt and the sea
That's where we go when we have no other direction
And skim rocks until our minds are blurred and merged
At home we lie in our beds until our minds are blank of the other

Symmetrical face, so out of place with these animals
You stand on that pedestal, wondering why you can't reach me
You're too much, and I'm definitely not enough


nv

I don't think I'd be happy to die
But I'm too sad to live

I love you because you are funny,
talented,
beautiful,
And you use those powers for good instead of for evil.