I served him starfish and coffee while Dad told him how they weren’t supposed to meet this way They were supposed to meet years ago when Dad’s best friend, Neftalie, made fake press passes and snuck into Prince’s house party, where they partied under a moon like this one My dad was too chicken to […]
The little boy walks where the light refuses to go, Where he finds his friends waiting for him. He hears whispers that slip between walls, Words meant for no one else. He speaks back softly, As if they were mirrors of a life he has yet to live. He once laughed when the shadows danced around his ankles, Thinking they were […]
Frankenstein’s creature was born not from dust,but from trembling hands that feared their own genius.The spark of life given to him was like the firewhich Prometheus stole from the heavens.And oh, what destructionthe kidnapped, red flower has caused,by stirring the flesh which should have stayed sleeping.All caused by a twisted creator who could not handlethe […]
It feels like I’m being bewitched,Something pulling me in,Something stitched. It feels like you are always around,Dancing with a flame,Getting bound. It feels like I’m under your spell,Assuaging my fears,Nothing left to quell. It feels like your arms are around me,Keeping me safe,Letting me be. It feels like there is some forceThat is pushing me […]
The lonesome travelerWith only his pack to tie him to the earthSees the tracks of those who came beforeYet decides to turn the opposite wayHe carves his footprints into the landThe same way the bear digs his claws into the barkI own this landEach step says He knows not of this worldOf the grasses that […]
Pieces of the sky float down to the earth in little white specks, piling up on the road in front of me. Toe-to-heel and heel-to-toe, I walk one foot in front of the other, hands stuffed into my pockets. The silent white world echoes each footfall. The dust from up above kisses my skin as […]
The first sip,I drink in solace.Piping hot,sweet cream, coats my throat. The mug burns,there’s a slight bitterness.It’s only real,it’s only fresh, plain, how it’s supposed to be. To wake up to the warmth,every season passes like winded clouds,across the sky,I clutch my cup, stare out the window with wonder. The liquid feels like music,thrumming through […]
Sun melts to skyBowing downBleeding her orangeEnding a day of shine Can life’s decline be as beautifulSink back from which we cameBorn tall, forced to shrink Watch one person fade to nightSadly over, but glimmering in ripplesStars remind us of the sky’s refusal to cease I will trace constellations how I trace our memoriesPainting the […]
As a child, you imagined what would happen if a shooter came into your classroom right in the middle of Mrs. Knox’s lesson on long division, and how you would pick up the chair closest to you, and your adrenaline would kick in, and you’d hit him over the head and knock him out, and […]
Your expression,your countenance,I can read you.You’re a book, but let’s watch a film. Hushed, even, tranquil.Repetitive fluttering,the television lightens your face.Beaming, blinking, a quiet smile, indifferent. We’ll never speak enough,and we live in the bleakness,somehow comforted by shared sorrows.Your intrigue— Nothing and everything.You follow the broadcasted voices,but I wish you’d follow mine.Lounge clothes, or a […]