Dark eyed daydreamer, with a cloud above her head, and an umbrella that she is learning to use. I begged my blues to leave me be, but we’ve become so close, that they were lost without me, so I sheltered them from the storm, until the storm promised to stop, and I could hear my…

Your eyes are split between my own and the pages, turning, whirled by the wind. Our dreams are lost in a flurry, but no words are spoken, and no tears are shed. We read, and read, until reality can’t find us, and as night falls, you hold me to your heart, like I belong to…

It feels like yesterday, but it is a lifetime ago. I grew, with the fresh, green leaves, mothered by the sun as the days dragged on. I kept my pain in a parcel beneath my bed, hearing her howl when we were alone, until her screams became the song that sent me to sleep. I…

I’ve been thirsty since I stepped into the bar, bare, between the sheets, I hunger, longing, the “hello”, so far away, and “goodbye”, an unwelcome omen, soon to come, but so insignificant in the moment. I speak in spells, spreading my wings like the wicked thing that I am, weaving the world into the shadows,…

I watched my stories as the sun rose. Cigarette by the back door as the dark night is banished, biting what was left of my nails; and their chipped polish, waiting for the day to begin, and more importantly, for it to end. My time hasn’t come yet, but time comes after me all the…