Tag Archives: poetry
As Perfect As I’d Hoped, Except
Flush with the heat of remembering your hand at my hip. It was one kiss. Just the once. I re-live it every waking moment, that pure, perfect instant where I asked for something, and got it, without pretense. I was … Continue reading
You Died
I was a child the first time you died. Since then, you have died in my head a dozen dozen times. You died once in my heart. You died on my lips. You died. You died again. I counted constellations … Continue reading
No More Need
Your ability to breathe is a fragile thing; I used to worry that when you released one, you would not have the strength to catch another. Now I know that time is soon, and there is no more need to … Continue reading
Vows
If you promise not to ask me about the red thong panties and how they got into our bed, I promise I will not ask you about the blood in the kitchen and the girl last seen wearing them.
Another Chance
Give me another lifetime another day with you another half an hour only fifteen minutes just a moment a single solitary instant just so I can be close again just so I can be near just so I can have … Continue reading