poetry
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down bad
I remember the fall. I knew I was down bad. I really thought you’d catch me…
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my boy only breaks his favourite toys
You took me by the hand,showed me the evidence:it was not my fault.reliefbut thena void If…
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The Tortured Poets Department
The natural history is that you become a memberbefore you realise your eligibility.You start to write,and…
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Fortnight
I remember the roller coasterthat was that fortnight; the buzz bardown and locked in position, a…
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Anemone
Wind swept, storm tossed adriftI try to anticipate a blooming beauty born of bloodbut all I…
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Perseveration
A recurrent theme: I return time and again to the ideathat I will lose you, andthat…
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Just Give Me a Reason
Different perspectives: we walk this city again and you gush over happy memories of the first…
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I gaslight myself because you’re too polite to do it
They are fragile yet heavy, these broken pieces of me, and I hold them gently, here,…
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Starlight
Scintillating. Shimmering. Sparkling. I am not deserving of this incandescent Starlight, this glimmering beauty that pierces…
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Moonlight
The heart calls out to kindred spirits, and I knowwhy you love the moon. You share…
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Gratitude
Grasping. Reaching into the corners of my mind, my memories; clutching at straws. I am…
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Lover
Boundaries erected and I know they’ll be respected but that doesn’t change the feelings deep inside.…
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Sweet Dreams, you silly silly girl
Forgive me if I overstepped the mark, too forwardly expressing what I fear; scared I was…
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It’s Raining Men?
I never planned to tell you how I feel. I didn’t want to wake up from…
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A State of Mind where I could be Speechless
A local decrease in entropy is the only thing that could explain the coincidence. I got…