aloe

aloe

When I find myself bored, unsatisfied, It is consequence that I also find myself helplessly in love. An allusion of the fateful fall, I idly daydream, dangerously imagine myself in the arms Of someone who is undeserving. The wispy dreams are hazy at first, The golden-touched skin And the puckered lips Of sophomoric ideology, I [...]

take your time

take your time

i wash myself in tranquility; the scent carries in my hair, my skin, my smile. i scrub away the dark thoughts, brown sugar sticky on my skin, i trace crescent moons all over my stomach. caress layers and layers of love into my tired muscles. knead the saplings of tropical trees into my curls, press [...]

like ashes

like ashes

i must be on your mind, right? it is not fair that out of the two of us, i am the only one suffering? sleep evades me, i question each and every bite, the mirror and i are no longer friendly, my moods shift, augment, dissolve like the faces of the moon. it eats at [...]

destroyed

destroyed

i ripped myself apart, for you. i tore at my skin, scrapped the flesh from my nails, for you. the blood made my hands slippery but i pursued on, for you. the hair you once tangled in, became pulpy clumps in no time. the eyes you only complimented once were easy to gouge out; i [...]

relentless

relentless

doubts surface, drown me, i reach up for breathe yet you are relentless. i crawl my way to freedom but you push my head down each and every time– no matter how much i struggle. i choke, i beg, i cry, but you block out my pain and shut your eyes and i pray.