Every Time

Every Time

elusive, you slip away from me just before the momentwhere we touch lips.  it always begins the same:i, lost and love-hungry; you,  world-wounded and starving.  you never knew love that was whole and sincere, solid, tangible,too tremendous to be real.you clutch your chest every time...  every time i say i love you.even my body, corporeal, [...]

Suspended in a Daydream

Suspended in a Daydream

asleep for so long,i need to feel awake.  distanced from emotions, now i am in constant wake.  drifting–not really here but corporeal,absent yet present, shifting the eddiesof lights and flames; what will set me ablaze?  it could be you–you, whoshies from temptation and prefers the slow lane.  a knight, a soldier,wounded but crawling towards a [...]

Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy

Helen of Troy i pity you, a helen without a troy to destroy. no ships to set sail, no men to curse your name. oh, helen, without atroy to destroy you cave–inwards. your walls crumble.every lie you spun betweenyour hands falls apart. flowers once blossomed between your palms but now all youcan conjure is dust.you [...]

Hubris

Hubris

When I was first writing Daydreamer, I was not aware that I was an avoidant. My attachment style was not known to me but subconsciously, I knew something was off. When looking back at my old writing, it amazes me how aware I was despite not having the education to describe I was feeling. Being [...]

I Forgave You

I Forgave You

I Forgave You you betrayed me last night,in my dreams. a vivid scenedripping with paint and tangled in ivy,i forgave you even when you went for round two. you did not have to make love to her the way you did. an unleashed passionthat threatened to disrupt our reality, you ate her up like it [...]