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Hunters In The Dark
The sun has barely made it out of bed, but the streetlights are sleepy and fading away. I am finding my way in the darkness, flashlight on my phone, Mariah on my headphones, when video game villain strings kick in, and you appear. Unmasked, unrelenting. It’s never JUST directions, or the time that you seek,…
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To Be Loved/To Be Alone
I’ve always been going in the same direction, but I have never known where I was going. I know there has to be something, someone, somewhere, that will let me rest, let me realise that I’m done exploring and expecting, but every time the planet dances with the sun, I get less and less sure…
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Electric Blanket
When I wake up in warmth, I think about you. wrapped in your welcoming arms, their kindness, like a kiss, felt in a way I almost can’t describe. It feels insanely romantic, essential and expressive, luscious, in a language only we can understand. Your hands are always on my waist, in a way, hopeful, nostalgic…
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Open Your Heart
Panicked pain, sharp, strangled scream under the moonlight, abandoned and alone, doors closed, as a family is followed by a star, fates sealed, destiny dripping from the legs of a lady that needs a sit down, needs to push, needs to scream, needs a hot bath and a glass of Prosecco. It takes great kindness,…
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Hola, Mi Nombre Es
Sometimes I am a meadow of ash trees, bold and endless, born under Neptune, and the shining tears of the sun. Love is lost under my leaves, Gods scatter and smile under my shadow, and some days, I am the home of the lonely, letting you inside my heart, letting you carve your initials into…