too shy

too shy

  too shy, you once whispered to me. too shy, you once kissed into my neck. too shy, you once bit into my lips. i was too shy for you; i opened my petals to you like a night bloomer. when the clock struck eight, i was yours to play with, yours to sate, yours [...]

memories

memories

  Memories taste sweeter in daydreams, but when you look at me, i forget who i am, i forget, i forget how to breathe. i’ve studied about love, under a tree, wrapped up in a quilt stitched of stars and dreamed why it seemed so easy, almost like watching tv. books stacked up high, rustling [...]

Unrequited

Unrequited

  “is it about me? the poem you wrote about my eyes? that they hold you, keep you, sustain you? that moment when i made you smile, and i thought it was the trick of the light, could have i found the truth if i leaned a little bit closer? we never kissed, little more [...]

the perfect crime

the perfect crime

Trees shutter and shake, Dip when you wand Me over with a spell From home; a remedy Tangled with clumsy Flirtation and dazed Eyes, I choked On the potions, I swallowed the pills With misguided accuracy. Your footsteps Were swept away by the lazy Hand of the wind, Your intentions bled Into the pavement. Handprints, [...]