May 2024

it felt like breathing

The relief is expansive. It is notthat the pain is gone. There are stillopen wounds, and…
lock pick

Hearts are fickle things; love isnot a thing to be forcedlike a lock. There is no…
critical fail

Blind-folded, and spun until I was dizzy,but this was no pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey,no pinata full of little candies.…
calling it

There are reasons to stop resuscitation:return of spontaneous circulation, or someonemore qualified takes over. There are…
sub drop

The scenes never quite hit the spot, and in my (in)experience, I couldn’t quite work out…
Teardrops on my parchment

I keep telling myself I’m done crying,done wasting my tears on youwho neither cares nor is…
Chanel

I’m embarrassed to admit how much I miss him. Embarrassed because he was counterfeit, a fraudulent…
Beholden

When I saidI wanted to play a warlock,I meant in DND,and the operative word was playfictionalfantasyfiniteOf…
minor procedures

We are an infected rodent ulcer on the shin of an anti-coagulated diabetic vasculopath – I’m…
All in

Mesmerised. You’re an arcade game upbeat music, pretty lights,and those little trills rewarding me for good…
Kintsugi

How many times can I use(and reuse) the kintsugi metaphortill it cracks itselfand needs kintsugi?
Scraps of Confusion

You let me begfor scraps for so long,I was no longer even sure I deserved them.So…
Wreckers

You had me, in my entirety, without reserve.A shiny new car, fresh off the lot, barely…
Rip

The fears have always been presentand I confess I thought them to bemerely harmless undertows. I…
Strong

Gilded repairs, scars now encrusted and somehow what was already full of beautynow exceeds the prior…