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Ever Present Changes
Flowers are fading as winter hangs in the air,hot chocolate in her hands and a smug smile on her face.Trees grasp to the last of their green glimmer,glittering lover’s tears trickling down the solid branches as another departure is dragged out,winter’s wicked grin towers grim over autumn’s last weeks,watching the earth wither and die.It’s okay.Everything…
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Hanging Up
I’ve got my ex husband on line one,asking if things can be fixed,and I tap my pen against the oak of my desk,making a wish as I watch my phone shuffle through songs by starry eyed girls who saw things that my eyes aren’t capable of conceiving. I wish that I was a mother. He…
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I’m The Dreamer, You’re The Dream
Something about this morning makes me long for rain.A fresh fall on the lawn and the window panes as I pass from one dream to another,your fingers clinging tightly to my waist,drumming a sleepy, soft song as you chase me,playfully into paradise.
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Icy Waters
Waist deep in my woes,sharing them with you,you,my sweet one,seated in my shadow with a sly smile,so deep in the drama that you drown in me. Staring up from my icy waters,your eyes are glazed and tormented,dark and gloomy as the day begins again.My demons aren’t here to help me,and all you do is stare…
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I’m not in any danger
If I was any other thing,I would be the planks of a pier by the ocean I dreamed of for the last decade,so I could hear her sing to me as the stars stare down. It never seems to end.I fix my eyes on a final pointthat seems to get further away every time I…