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Stored Up
Our eyes met across the tarted up towel display, and my stomach was a lepidopterarium. Loudly, the silence sang as we stood, oceans and perfumes apart, lost, but found again, in the middle of John Lewis. What should I say? Should I even say? Can I even stay? Questions. Questions. Questions. No answers, no purchases…
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The Right Time
The sun’s sleepy eyes are open, clouds have cleared, and I have a head full of last night’s dreams to keep me fulfilled. Somewhere, a flower is finding the soft and forgiving love of dawn, and I can feel the joy that jumps through her body. This is not the right time, so they say,…
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Starshine
The sky smiles, at last. The orange and pink sunrise, watched by a single star. I watch her, calling out my simple prayer. Let me wish upon her. Let me adore her. Let her be kind to me.
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Winds Of Change
There’s been a storm for days, and I have thought about hiding under my bed, like a little girl. It’s not the thunder that throws me, or the dark, angry state of the sky, just the winds of change.
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Sold Out, But Empty
I am caged by my cautious wishes, waiting for God to call, with several unread texts from the devil, and a voicemail from some girl who found me at an unfortunate intersection. I have nothing on but my notions of who and what I was, but I strip them off, going to war with my…