My heart quickens Suddenly I’m aware of my breath, the temperature of my skin As if there’s a string inside me drawing me in, pulling me tighter…… Read more “quicken”
Category: poetry
unexpected
I still dream about you, years later. Funny how you were the love unrequited, the love untold. Years later, you broke my heart by breaking my father’s heart.…… Read more “unexpected”
still
still, sleepless in the bottom of the house he lays asleep upstairs, warm, the familiar sound of his breathing filling the space at the head of the…… Read more “still”
umbrella
I sit here, just past midnight, with an empty mug beside me; my breath milky like a drunken infant. Fidgeting at the kitchen table, jumping between open…… Read more “umbrella”
melodies
When I hear certain notes, I’m moved. It isn’t just the song, sometimes I don’t hear much before the measures of music prick the insides of my…… Read more “melodies”
inside
Like a force from within, I am compelled by it. This desire. It rises slowly, then gains speed quickly, much like the waters nearby with the runoff…… Read more “inside”
damage
We’re all broken, we all have some flaws. At what point does the damage become us? I am damaged. I have a hard time trusting new people,…… Read more “damage”
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