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Snow Globes and Diamond Earrings
I stare into snow globes, stacked around my bed, like a circle of salt. Few minutes to midnight, I’ve always been running out of time, but it never felt so final, and I never wanted to slow down before, because the world barely moves, but I feel myself being pulled to places I know I’ll…
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Detonate
Detonate the world, I mean… we may as well try. It cannot get worse. Detonate the sun, see if the landscape changes. I’m ready. End it.
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Lighthouse
Lighthouse looking down, eyes glowing, as the ocean sways. Young love is far beyond the waves, sprouting from the sand, blooming on beige, skies that seem to go on forever, as hands meet for the first time, futures form, love begins, flowing out to sea.
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Winter Roses
Life just gets so lonely, don’t you think? When all you are is a self aware worker bee. Taking each one of your gifts, letting them fall off a cliff, into a blender, tornado made of torment, because the world goes round and round, and you just never notice. I suppose the night will fall,…
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God Hates Joey Ryan
God is not the saviour of the ghastly. He is not a guiding light back to salvation. The truth is, forgiveness is never free, but you can’t buy it, and the road to redemption is drowned in darkness. You can’t recite bible verses to get into heaven, because a clean soul is not a reward…