Category Archives: Poetry
But Once, Years Ago
You are the taste of vomit on the back of my tongue; the peculiar sour sting I must gag upon as I go through life, choked to be constantly reminded that I am all of nauseousness, that I make you … Continue reading
Put Me
Put me in the ground if you must; my body is already rotten. Put me in the furnace if you like, and then put my ashes on the mantle. I was already at eye-height, but now you will never look … Continue reading
On The First Night
The rituals of our love have grown tiresome — you wake me every day with a kiss, and put me to bed every night with the same lullabye. You bite into my heart every day as though it will never … Continue reading
Its Broken Tattoo
If I had known that you would be so cold, I would not have held the door for Death. I would not have invited Him in and asked you to meet him. If I had known your radiance would turn … Continue reading
You Are Distant
I remember you, hot feverskin against cold shiversnow. I remember you, iceblond and magnificient, and you would hold ice cubes in your mouth before you put your tongue against me, and laugh around me as I shook, as I writhed, … Continue reading