Tag Archives: abuse
Phantoms
Disastrous and wounding; there are layers of toxicity confounding all the potential hope between us. How can I possibly fix things if you won’t even let me talk? Put away your gun words, your knife words, your fist words, even … Continue reading
I Imagine Some Day
I imagine some day you will believe me when I tell you my paper skin can take no more of your tears. Someday when you wipe your eyes on me and your crying is over and I am thick with … Continue reading
All The Colors
Beyond winters chill there lies a hopeful font of blood, blue flies, green flies, black waters. Everyone comes up short, and everyone is a wet-nosed nudge away from either soothed or screaming. There is a film of red over her … Continue reading
Impression
She was under the impression that he loved her, that she mattered. She was under the impression that he cared for more than himself. Now she’s only under the impression of his bootheel as it grinds her pretty face into … Continue reading
The Joy In Me
The joy in me is flat and grey. I lift it up to give it light, to make it airy, to hope it will fly. Cigarette burns and perfume’s blue fire — these memories are all I have. I wonder … Continue reading