the lock

the lock

you promised to meet me here, by the pier, alongside the dying trees, and across the dancing leaves that drift off the ledge, and plunge with a whistle and scream. elated, i waited: may he be tender, may he be sweet, may the young man come to me, and sweep me off my feet. daunted [...]

goddess

goddess

I am solid yet also transparent. a goddess born free from mortal desires, i drip with godliness and i am sustained by your adoration. I am the wind that tastes like stars, I am the crushed rose petals That stain your skin like ashes, I am the voice plaguing your thoughts Like an ocean without [...]

My Room

My Room

Periwinkle walls faded with neglect, patched over with purple swatches of lavender and gooseberry, my room used to be ordinary, rudimentary in its discipline, Spartan in its creativity yet, in the waning crescent of my life– I grew tenacious in my depravity. The walls bleed with absent thoughts and petulant musings in white chalk, whimsical [...]

A blip in time

A blip in time

I stretched my neck until it protested and creaked, the cars slipping and honking by As I teetered from a perch up way high. The silhouette of bodies entwined caught my eye as I hesitated–paused before I dived. An androgynous blob embracing under the moonlight, their shadows vague and disconcerting reflected in the bleak river [...]

You Should Have Known

You Should Have Known

Raw emotions- An open, gushing, oozing wound. Peeling back reluctant skin, The dam breaks as a warm, Flood of gushing bright crimson- Tinged with a metallic and salty taste, Perfumes the air with spritz of despair. All because of you, A wise fool, too observant for my tastes, Who ignores the warnings, That flash "Do [...]