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Snappy
Surrender, you say, sending me a dream, to tell me, danger is over, if that is the path I choose. You wear nine hearts on your sleeve, all around your wrists, my initials, inside each one. I watch you, watching me, from the window, sitting, sweet on the sill, trying to tempt me outside, where…
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Turn Off The Moon
You called me your baby, then you backed away, tainted by your tone. I wasn’t a baby, according to my advanced but amateur mind, bare legs, back and forth, behind your desk, in the dress you decided suited me best, precocious pendulum, preempting our doom. You found me again, your fantasy, in front of the…
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Daisy Chains
Glittery cigarette, laying on my lips, mixing drinks with the moon, on the soft sand. Call me your Queen, raging waves, our new homeland, late night lollipops, setting sun, wandering hands. Golden eyes, watching you, from my daisy chains, wrapped around my wrist, and the waist you claim. Bluebells, baby, maybe I could change, strip…
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Counselling
Don’t be stubborn. Don’t be distrusting. Don’t be so distressed. Don’t carry the crimes of lost souls, into your new life. These are the mantras, I repeat in my mirror, every morning, trying hard to adore the idea, of existing in such an unsure, unappealing universe. I don’t mean to be unkind, but as a…
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Temperance
New days are never promised, until the storm is calm, and assurance is redundant. I’m a little reluctant, to wade through rivers and reeds, born again, for the thirteenth time today, destined to be saved by the divine, just in time, but wondering why we have to go through this, every single time. The star…