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The Last Mermaid In The Lonely Sea
You were my last chance.One last dance with a lie,just to see if I could still do it like I used to,an attempt to see if the problem was really me,or if it was all the people I found after you.I ruined you, a little,wrecked and never the same,even when my claws were long gone,you…
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Possess You
We are wasting away in Wuthering Heights,I say so many cruel things when you can’t hear,because I’m horrid,and this love is torrid,tempestuous,but the kind I can’t live without. I say that one day, I’ll learn to live in peace,never wondering where you go,never living my days in a nightmare,never letting my scars spread from my…
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The Circus Is In Town and The Show Must Go On
The mice were not stirring,but everyone else in Downing Street was.Wine and cheese flowing free,with a seasonal Spotify playlist ordering people about the dance floor of the damned,kissing without caution,raising a glass to the great art of getting away with it. The spirit of the season was with them,and they were hoarding it,lording it over…
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I Belong Everywhere
I have been to Paris with old lovers,Paris with new friends,I have written poetry in pencil on the bells of Notre Dame,and damned myself to hell as I fell from the Eiffel Tower. I belong everywhere.Daughter of dark nights, star filled skies and the melody of moonlight.Siren of slipping into sleep,then awaking in a dream,but…
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Too Much To Ask
Is it too much to ask?My pen feels heavier with each hopeful word,desire dirtying the clean, crisp paper.Gut wrenching guilt,I am down on my knees,the river Thames has found a new home,past the bursting bank of my lashes,down my cheeks,onto my bed sheets.I chant,calling out,reciting the things my aching fingertips reach for in my sleep,as…
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Sincerely, Jennifer x 