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My Love Is A Lie
I have idealised inventions.I have given great passion to false perceptions.I was never very good at first impressions,and I am impressed by standard politeness and the very basics of fair treatment.I think I have been the bride of a daydream more times than I could ever count.More and more,I am mulling over former muses and…
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Watching My Son Sleep
Sleeping safe,grandmother’s blanket by the foot of the bed,crocheted squares crashed to the floor long ago,because just like me,there is fire in your veins,tornadoes tattooed inside of your skin,and you could never stay in one place for too long.I tuck you back in,my throat full of all the things I want to say,but my mind…
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Summer Angel
It was summer.I slept in satin every night,as you stayed awake,standing guard over my body,like it was our last goodbye.You were the first thing I saw every morning,as the sun poured through the window,and you tucked that little unruly strand of hair behind your ear (it’s always the same one).I don’t break our gaze,my hands…
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Gemini Season Approaches
A warm, clear May day,maybe I’ll see you in June, instead.I just know that the steps I take lead to somewhere.I’ve had dreams again,the kind of dreams that I can’t run from,the kind of dreams that wake up beside me and remind me that I have something left to do before I go.So I go…
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The Woes Of The Wife Guy
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun,and I should be grateful that she was altruistic enough to exist that way,for my own eyes follow hers with no cessation,and were her gaze like the sun,my own eyes would shrivel and burn,my mind sent mad at the endless daylight.She lets me rest, by her side,my heartbeat,…