Category Archives: Poetry
I AM
I am the berry-red smear over your lips and between your legs. I am the salt musk behind your ear and between your legs. I am the defiance in her eyes. I am the acceptance in his heart. I am … Continue reading
Ashes
You will always be with me now. When I met you and your copper eyes, you were larger than life, your yowl as sharp as any siren’s song. Once heavy enough to rest warm in my arms, now you fit … Continue reading
Sink/Swim
Pull me out from under the weight of myself; I’m sinking and I can’t breathe. Don’t leave me here to drown. Don’t leave me here alone. I am terrified, and I know that I am worthless without you. The only … Continue reading
If you ever
Don’t you love the way your hands fit to my throat? Don’t you love how you can reduce me to nothing? I am nothing, everything. Yours, and gone. If you ever loved me, if you ever knew me, if I … Continue reading
I am made of
I was thinking about taking the time to peel the petals from the sun, speaking the words, saying all of the delight that has ever been milk and blood and honey nails. I am made of poppy, full of forgetting … Continue reading