shoelaces/the one where I try to describe my emotions

I spit my sadness on the walls like paint until the whole living room is dripping I wring out my hair and what is running down the drain is the urge to strive for perfection At noon I share my...

gardening

I have weeds sprouting out of my mouth so I drink bleach every night to kill them I keep ripping out their roots until I end up scratching my eyes out My lips have become a gate crowded with groups...

not an apology

I am collywobbly fine and dandy and so supercalifragilistically exhausted from this guilt which feels more like a guillotine that’s swinging round my neck like a crescent sickle pendant engraved with all our sweet talk and my 'I will love...

Heavy Silence

You squeeze between him and the heavy silence that suffocates both of you, but no one wants to open the window The night is quiet and warm and she whispers to you that nothing you could do would hurt the...

herbal tea with milk

when I cry I think of you don't get me wrong you don't make me cry, well, at least you don't make me sad I think of you because my therapist told me to think of something beautiful when I'm...

imagine

how dare you break my imagination? but then again, how dare I thinking you would be different? how could I even imagine being with you as a friend maybe as a lover and not just as another acquaintance who knows...

spilt milk

why do we always fall for the ones who don't know how to catch? like there are so many people around us, holding out their arms, ready to burn their marks into your body where your body fell your body...

easy

isn't it weird how easy it was like breathing one breath in and you had me against the wall I don't remember how long I didn't taste air because your taste filled my mouth and we only broke apart because...

loving

because yours is the only mouth I want to kiss yours is the only hand I'd allow to hold mine innocence; soft touches, knees brushing against knees and it makes my heart jump, sink deeper into my chest, unwillingly, not...