Cosmic Irony

Cosmic Irony

A greater hand at play, I’ve been placed on this earth For another’s folly’s Because there is no rhyme or Reason for me to be this damned. It’s a joke, right? To be given a destiny as lonely as this. To be envied and desired but forever misunderstood. It’s the shade of my skin, The [...]

Unripe Youths

Unripe Youths

unripe youths are swollenon the bottom and soft at the top. my thumb tore the tender skin, pierced through the truth.i refuse to apologize;every thorn bears your face.my nail digs deeper.my vision blurs. my headbegins to ache.the skin splits.clumps of yellow flesh.sap seals my fingers buti will not relent.i steadily hold on;the wind tickles my [...]

Cold Questions

Cold Questions

cold questions that i ask myself leave me warm in placesyour hands should have occupied. i shouldn’t have to strain mymemories to recall the imprintof your touch. they fade every day,every night, every blue hour past midnight. i would only need to lie back on my bed, pillows cradling my head as my thighs welcome [...]