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The Man I (Desperately Wanted To) Love
I loved him in lilac,with his curls, once gold, now silver,soft against his furrowed brow,a boyish smile, never betrayed by the treasure map all across his weathered face,and my lipstick leaving a trail along each line. I really tried,with my sweet, almost sapphic sweetheart,but he was never enough,never the right side of my binary boundary,that…
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You’d Be Surprised What You Can Forgive
He threw the phone like thunder throws itself across the sky,never concerned with what is displaced or dismayed,just wanting to display some rage,a little trailer of the lightning that is on the way.He threw the phone like she’d made a mistake,the kind of misstep that could only be trained out of her with fear,and he…
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She Needs A Wife
My lavender love,aching amethyst that starts in my core, and crawls up through my body,until my mind is conquered and quite mad.There is a violence to your violet stare,that look from across the room as I iron your shirts, and recall the time we were in a bar, and I told you, with no hesitation,…
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Everything She Wants
Shell shocked with misty eyes,mascara runs, polluted river.There is a brook of blue and black.It’s all over my face,and I can’t face the hours as they creep towards me. I stand before my mirror,and I tell myself “I’m sorry”,I’m just trying to make sense of my mess,looking pretty in the new dress that I wanted…
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Sweet On My Soul
It was getting close to eleven.I could barely hear you speak,but I didn’t need to, because I could hear my heart pounding and that was enough.Parties were never the place for me,but I swallowed my second thoughts until they were so small, and I showed up,rewarded by flat drinks and Taylor Swift’s early records being…
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Sincerely, Jennifer x 