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Stay Away From Me
She left a potential death sentence on the fridge, my eyes roll, relaxing into a coffin, because I won’t sleep for the rest of the night, when I am gnawed at by anxiety, over what all this vagueness means, and… Christ, what if I die? What if she’s left the death on the towels in…
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Home With You
If I close my eyes, after night falls, lights are gone. I am home, with you.
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Dream a Little Dream Of Me
I’m close to sleep, desperate to wake up in your dreams, intoxicated by your energy, wrapped around your fingers like a silk ribbon. Purged of my purity, I am a portrait of passion, smitten kitten, helpless, held in your gaze, in your grasp, gasping for air, gripped in a kiss that consumes me completely. Haunted…
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Signing My Life Away
Leaning from my Grandma’s car, biro to a headshot that I had grown to hate, I let my fingers follow the same path they have learned so well, preparing for twenty three years, but never quite being sure I had nailed it. The way you stared was like a sweet kiss to my soul, innocent…
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The Joys Of Motherhood
I hold my daughters in my hands, cold and full of trauma, like their mother, a messy scrawl that tries to be a signature on their faces, in case one day I am worth something, and they are too. I just hold them, eyes closed, trying not to feel the blood dripping from the worn…
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Sincerely, Jennifer x 