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New Year, New Disaster
The lights are dimming on these days, but more bloom beneath the darkness, and I watch them grow under the glow of the fireworks. They say that amor is immutable, insatiable, and forever, but time flows, like petals parade on the wind through the fields, and so does the heart, always hungry for home. I…
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Centuries
We spent centuries on that beach. We were watched by the waves, as we grew old, and grew attached to one another. Her hand, caked in soft, brown sand, slipped into my own, my heart, hopped up to my throat, like an anxious, busy bunny, bound to break free, and make me say the stupidest…
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Driving With My Heart
I began wearing my heart on a bracelet,just to see if I could conjure some comfort from the way it smiled up at me,bruised and abused but still sharing a hopeful smile,and so, I smiled back,not really meaning it,but meaning to be polite. I drove past the house of a lost lover this morning,looking down…
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Soft, Strawberry Ice Cream
Soft, strawberry ice cream drips inside our kiss,cataclysmic caress up my dress,and I’m begging for the body I adore to be beyond the reach of others,for I am falling into an eclipse of affection,and you must be mine,or I will cease to exist. I could barely resist you,desisting, dashing from your arms as you unload…
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Ingrained
I sewed your silhouette into my subconscious,staring with closed eyes that were too starstruck for words.Your stare was stuck to the cinema screen,serene love story lit up and reflected in your eyes,sweet fantasies,shared in secret as time ticked away,and we dreamed devoted, devious things. My head felt heavy,hoping to rest on your chest,but propped up…