I think I'd prefer a hurricane
The gentle waves of sleep evade me because of you. You are a storm keeping me up at night, fueled by the winds of my insecurities. You throw my thoughts around…
To her, from me.
at night, I think about what you’re doing and what I’m doing and how different they are you’re in a different world a world that doesn’t include me someday i…
The Foundation
I could come up with some beautiful metaphors, or I could just say it. I miss my dad. And I hope when he’s assigned his new life-- because let’s be real, my…
glass
I always knew I was more broken than you. You once told me that I was too closed off, I was only ever happy. I told you I had no reason to be anything but. You…
11:12
1. It seems I’ve missed the mark by a single minute it’s a bit funny 1440 minutes a day and God gives 2 minutes for prayers to go through 2. We’ll call him…
serendipity
Swallow those gargled words or spit them out. It doesn’t matter. This feeling - it’s when you stumble into pitfall traps and find skeletons in the dirt and you…
modern-day fairy tale
I. The porcelain princess hides behind her starchild prince who takes great care in keeping her polished as though to make her shine like his stars II. “En…
crossed
I t (I t h I nk I am t he an t I chr Is t t O y Ou O r sO I t s ee ms) dOes nO t ma t t er
channels
when I told my mother that the ending of her latest hong kong hit drama was cliche she told me “you don’t understand human sentiments because you don’t watch…
everyone can walk farther on their kneecaps
There is something strangely cathartic about smearing Elmer’s glue haphazardly onto paper stars and then accidentally glueing my fingertips together or…
white noise
did you know that if you stood still under a showerhead and covered your ears it would sound like static drops of water landing like a radio station…
perhaps this is the feeling of finally falling
all I hear on the radio are miserable lovesick serenades ------- (the body is too short so here’s some words to fill it up)
Ode to dad
It’s been 40 years but yet sometimes it seems like only yesterday. I was only a boy when I last saw you and I find myself still thinking often of you. You left…
floating
Floating I drift alone watching them revel in my absence I float freely for nothing keeps me chained down to this Earth, down to their judging eyes and…
Fade Away
Compelled gain knowledge and therefore hurt I am sure to withdraw into silence again For shadow is beauty while words remain curt When comes to a choice, I…
I Have Something to Say
I have something to say. How can I say it? Something has a hold of my words and I really just can’t shake it. Something thick and putrid that tastes like fear…
The Corpse of a Girl.
Anger rippling through me like a fucking tidal wave. I feel it’s sharp talons digging into my chest. I can’t see or breathe anything except the abundance of…
A Broken Girl.
I am a girl who is lost within a realm fabricated by the lost thoughts floating through her mind. Each idea passing by slowly, activating the parts of my brain…
An Untitled Poem
Drowning in your eyes Warm puddles of green. The water looked so inviting but now I’m drowning in you. To silence my choking cries Merely close your emerald…
Hospice.
Every convulsion shakes my core and now the only thing I can hear is your voice telling me we’re bound to a hospice. You wanted to show me that my self-pity…