You Will Feel My Absence

You Will Feel My Absence

you will feel my absence, like an arrow embedded in your chest. parts of you were gifted to me and i refuse to give them back. never break the heart of a writer because we will take every hurt, every part of you and weave it into every poem. is it spiteful–maybe–but isn’t art supposedto [...]

Cold Questions

Cold Questions

cold questions that i ask myself leave me warm in placesyour hands should have occupied. i shouldn’t have to strain mymemories to recall the imprintof your touch. they fade every day,every night, every blue hour past midnight. i would only need to lie back on my bed, pillows cradling my head as my thighs welcome [...]

Retired from the Earth

Retired from the Earth

i retired from the earthand now, i look to the stars. sole audience to my strife,i weep with a clap of thunder and lightning strikes tocatch the first tear. i dance with the moon’s shadow until i am dizzy with starsand can no longer hear. fairy wine never touched my lips, but as time perspired,i [...]

Because Love is Alive

Because Love is Alive

it was the way you held my starethat convinced me fairytales were real. a love so indecently unfair, a kiss shared, unsealed, mirroring the sun’s glare. life became easy, unequivocally tangible, and with you, a love unmarred. it was you that held me together when my world fell apart;you were the one who told me [...]

Shadow Play

Shadow Play

gathered closelike two flickering flames,together we burn brighter amid thedarkly hollows. the shadows retreat.the whispers expire. the doubts resurface, but with steady hands we extinguishour worries. incandescence;let us marvel as we shed our clothes.layers and layers of insecuritieslet the shadow play; reveal where youmade your “flaws” your home.let me kiss every hurt and allow me [...]