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I Have Been Many Queens
I remember his fear, as he found my fingertips in the night, holding them, as if they were his only anchor to the real world. How he wept into my hair, confessing to the night, that he was afraid to fall in love with me, in case he lost himself. I thought I might tell…
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Happy Home
I imagine, I was an adequate early birthday present, to my mother. Materialising, entering the air, with a solo scream, I became a socialite. Infant it girl, the name on so many lips, the day that I debuted, inside so many arms, I stared into so many faces, amazed, that they are so amazed. As…
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A Wish
A wish. Wistful and unexpected, welcome at the right time, reaching out to reign me in, so I am safe again. Sincerely, some kind of happiness, hidden away, until it rains, and I need to be warm and dry, a new life, jumping off the edge, into unknown depths. Life is stubborn, sweet, sometimes. Life…
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Carried Away
I made a clean start, breaking away, walking through the fire, I’d waited to light. I am at home, with who I become when I get carried away. Take me away. Show me where else my life could go. I have a forest in my dreams, where we escape, and I am excitable, like a…
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1 Day
Maybe I hold onto you, long after you’ve left, so that I’ll always feel you’re mine, never having to accept that I’ll lose you again. It’s easier to ignore the reality, of life and it’s sickening cruelty, if I just close my eyes, hearing my inner monologue in your voice, kinder tones, kinder times, no…