Category Archives: Poetry

Love and War

She had that kind of smile that was piercing; once it fixed on you, you were going to be broken, no matter how iron your will, no matter how strong your shield. She did not slip a dagger between the … Continue reading

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Safety Glass

When he is at his most fragile, when he is at his breaking point, he must always remember: if he is broken, he is good for little more than cutting anyone who reaches out to him. If he is to … Continue reading

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Welcome Home

Slogging through an eternal winter of the mind, fingers and heart numb, eyelids heavy from frost and self hate. The world is perpetually dark, with a pale, weakling sun, who never quite comes above the horizon, circling around the perimeter … Continue reading

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Depression: The Motherland

You think you know what it is to be in the black hole under the paws of the black dog surrounded by and suffocating from a black heart because you have been there. You say you have been there. I … Continue reading

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We Murdered Her

Together, we murdered her, eighteen years ago. We did it without warning, without even noticing. I am wearing her skin, and I walk her around as though her name is mine. I am her ghost, but I am the dead … Continue reading

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