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Forgiveness Is Never Free
I tried to cry when you wandered off.I stood before the mirror,staring with so much struggle at the earthy eyes you gave me,willing them to weep,but there was a drought,a deficit of devastation,no matter how much I scolded and shamed myself. I put on an Ella record,recalling the time that you told me that Billie…
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Falling Awake
Fluorescent, flashing lights go out, and I am descended into a darkness, so desperate that it draws its arms around me and holds on. I hold my nerve, hollow, held breaths as I count the beats of my heart, each one taking longer than the last to arrive because I am travelling, trailed by the…
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Head In The Clouds
Head in the clouds,kept clear of the Earth’s echoes,all the things that I cannot face fall away when I wander the halls of heaven.I have picked out the poppies for my graveside,gracefully gazing at my name and a list of accolades on the sandstone.I’ve been living for my last days longer than I have been…
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The Butterflies Are Coming
She is going to die. My girlfriend is going to die. I’m not going to kill her, it will be the butterflies. It is happening tonight. I know this now. I have been trying to find a way to stop it, but I think it is impossible. It’s too late for her, but maybe, it…
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Sinking
Soaring, roaring waves wrack the weakened wood, the moon sheds her tears as the night trickles by slowly, the morning sun will mourn when she arrives at the ocean’s graveyard, crossing paths with the moon, like sad ships in the night, chasing phantoms to uncharted waters.
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Sincerely, Jennifer x 