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 Feb 2020 chris
putiira
your name
 Feb 2020 chris
putiira
if they say a one-word poem,
i'll write your name...
 Feb 2020 chris
Issy
moonlight
 Feb 2020 chris
Issy
tears glisten in the moonlight,
but it shines too bright.
blocking out reality,
and the sad fatality.
of my heart,
and it's broken parts.
 Feb 2020 chris
Little Bear
Solace
 Feb 2020 chris
Little Bear
a tempestuous storm
blows through
the hollows
of her eyes

whining on the wind
as if a wolf,
howling it's sorrow
in cries of loss.
bereft,
it calls
into
the blackened sky

between the gaps
in her fingers  
the dust consumes
her skin
to bone

where brittle
wedding bands
slip
from her fingers
into the sodden grass
full of
mourning dew

dropping like cymbals
clattering
upon uneven ground.

thundering gales
tear through her ribs
borne of heartbeats
that roar misery

her bones
excavated marrow
bleaches white
in the sun,
dries to dust
and gladly falls
to nothing

her sorrow leaks
into her veins.
while
unrequited love
bristles
impatiently
at her torment


that ebb and flow
wither and die
gives her
solace
in her isolation


an eternal grounding

as loves tempest
mindlessly
wreaks utter
sorrow.

she hears the
wolves cry
  and she is too empty
to reply
smol edit, i hope it reads better now :)
 Feb 2020 chris
Zywa
You on your balcony
with a memory
a sweet memory
a sweet night, silence
you on the balcony, I in the room

dusky mists a glow
over the city, like then

when you woke up from the high
numb and clammy
a few men still
fishing, the scent
of the wide small world

of ground fog, that atmosphere
just stepping over all the years
from that grass to this balcony
a memory to share
over all the daily worries
For Maria Godschalk

Collection “Greeting from before”
 Feb 2020 chris
Christina
seasons
 Feb 2020 chris
Christina
i met you
as the leaves fell
and the sky turned grey

the world grew cold
as my heart turned warm

i missed you
as the leaves grew back
and the sky turned blue

the world grew warm
as my heart turned cold
 Feb 2020 chris
bess goldstein
I know the lingerie is meant to be taken off, but
my nakedness makes my eyes dart quick and
count every hair on my skin.
picking scabs turns into scars that
I have yet to tell you about.
without permission, I close my eyes
as you love me in the dark and
I wonder if you’re counting too.
scared of showing my torn skin
 Feb 2020 chris
saige
No wonder each tickle is seismic
There are mountains in your fingerprints
Tiny topographic maps
I want to sculpt a range of them
All peaks, plateaus and lowest points
All jades and pines and shades of you
And epoxy brooks will pool
Where swirls of myself etch the plaster
For if I touch you,
I thirst to water you
I thirst to water you
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