Tag Archives: poetry
What Of It?
I must scream this; I must shriek it aloud from the heavens: What if you are not the man I have hoped for? What if I am only the man that you fear? What then? What then of our love … Continue reading
Finicky
She sinks into me, black shadow, all teeth and claw, an effervescence of fur and delight. She trills in glory, and I bask in her kisses, promising my soul’s service if she will but love me awhile longer. Alas! In … Continue reading
Less Clever
Sometimes I swallow back an ocean of words to let only a trickle spill out. They fall in drips instead of torrents and I choke on what I don’t say. Perhaps because they are more cruel than I know is … Continue reading
And all your words were empty flattery, weren’t they?
where have you gone oh god I used to see you daily used to have you in my heart in my head in my in my in my you weren’t anything but a stranger but you held me close and … Continue reading
Naked
She lets me see her naked, only sometimes. I don’t mean you to misunderstand me — I have seen her without her clothes. I have seen her without her paints, without her artifice. Truth, many have seen her without these … Continue reading