a graveyard of shame

a graveyard of shame

a graveyard of shame it waits for me like a smug lover, knowing that i’ll run back into it’s ready embrace. depression slouches inthe corner, seducing me with heated words and clammy hands. the numbness penetrates my teeth. i bite down on the ache. my gums are sore and my mouth is a graveyard of [...]

Trapped

Trapped

trapped in the vines, i am trapped in the poolof his eyes. i swam beneath the surfaceand drank from the edge. it is like waterfallssplashing me across the face; neck thrown back,i wanted to consume everything. i wanted the black waterto overwhelm me, trap me in a prison of my own design.i once fabricated insensitive [...]

bitter tears

bitter tears

i’ve been neglecting you, claiming that your needsshould be met, before mine, before there’s,  before his;  i should have explained to you i was overwhelmed,  that i was terrified to askfor help or even proclaim that i’m not fine.were the tears bitter when you wept?  frozen on your cheeks like sand, would it have hurt [...]

unrequited love

unrequited love

unrequited love is a disease.  it eats at me, ravages me.i am no longer me when the waves hit me.  i am slumbered beneath the sea.  i am in mourning.  i am a tree that has lost its leaves.  the autumn of my life, i must salvage what is left;  i will replant in the [...]