Tag Archives: relationships
Nobody Likes The Honest Questions
If I asked you to accept the fact that my heart is too small to love you as you deserve, and asked you to care for me despite the black dog that follows me around, and asked you to be … Continue reading
Untranslateable
Gone in a flash, in an instant, in a moment and all I have left are the memories of a time and place that never were. I can see your too-blue eyes and I can taste the smoke on your … Continue reading
Chronological Gaps / The Stories We Tell / Let’s Pretend I’m A Liar, And You Can Sleep At Night
I convinced you I had magical powers because I could make the lights on my street go out by concentrating at them. You pinned me against my front door and kissed me until I couldn’t breathe. I would stare at … Continue reading
Oversugared/Underslept
Whatever made me think I could be strong enough to handle the overwhelming tidal wave of your emotions must have been as ephemeral as any other high. Gone now, in the wake of too much usage, I find myself broken-backed … Continue reading
On The Occasion Of Your Anniversary
Peppermint on my tongue to wash away the taste of bourbon and cheap hotel rooms. In that place where sand touches water, the liminal space of borders, where one thing becomes another, I constantly find myself wanting to correct my … Continue reading