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Blackfriars
We kissed over the barriers at Blackfriars last night,a lingering, lasting, lovesick exchange,thinking nothing of the tutting, cheering, jeering crowd that gathered as you pulled away and ran for the last train,and I wandered the city,wishing I could do something productive with my longing. A man asked me out for a drink,and I was so…
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Suddenly there is music in the sound of your name
The way my cheeks glow,when I know that soon,I’ll be in your arms,I am a supernova,singing your name to the soft blue sky,as the birds bother each other with their stories of the mad girl who makes a melody of her romance.
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Unknowable
You are unknowable,unreachable as you stand before me,teaching me all the things I tried not to see,touching me with coquettish, cautious fingertips that remember to be gentle.
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Interstellar
Lazy kisses with my lavender lips,under the lights of Le Monocle,my life,my lover,mi amor, all aboard the astral realm,ripping apart the new year before it has even begun,I am at once, enchanted. There is danger in my dreams,disaster in my drama,but she doesn’t hesitate,holding out her hands with a hopeful smile,and we dance in the…
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Capri Sun
I build a castle from the empty capri sun cartons that gather by the bedside,and you and I watch box sets and play pretend as the day dims and becomes night.You were supposed to be the sensible one,saving me from myselfsunlight in sweet sorrow,but I spiral so much quicker when I’m by your side.I sing…