(More than) Just a little Rotten Inside

You’re a little rotten on the inside So each morning you put on a green Or a blue And roll up your sleeves So the bracelets Can distract eyes from looking At wounds That around your waist, reside . You never wear clothes With zippers Because even a little slit Can allow the sunlight […]

Secrets

You have known the only way To stomach secrets Is by watching others Choke on theirs . Fingers, hotter than embers You reach out always With splinters for nails All set to engrave Questions on your lover’s skin . You have teeth Sharper than the last sentence My dying grandfather Left incomplete All set to […]

Wrist watches (Letting You Go)

I hadn’t tasted safety Warmer than your grip before But the minute your mouth Stopped moving against mine I knew power over time Cannot be established; Only manipulated, for a while . I made sure We wore the same wristwatches Everyday Hoping it wouldn’t take More than the needles Hitting the numbers together For […]

“Save Me”

You’re contorted in an unfathomable position, holding your knees close to your chest as you hit the rock bottom of every muddled string of thoughts running wild in your head. You feel like you’ve fallen into a well without water and somehow that, still feels like drowning. You look up and see yourself looking down […]

You tasted like happiness.

And my tresses were long enough for you to fail at not locking your fingers between them, as i hummed your favorite song while cradling you in my arms because you claimed it was only me who could hit the perfect note, the needed highs the craved for lows, as you graced my collarbones with […]