
The Gift
You see this place. right here? alabaster paper tied with inky etymon This should have been your gift I had been working on it for 1232 minutes; to be exact. My gift my words heart … Continue reading The Gift
You see this place. right here? alabaster paper tied with inky etymon This should have been your gift I had been working on it for 1232 minutes; to be exact. My gift my words heart … Continue reading The Gift
Love is not about the graceful and tender kiss against your collar bone. It is not about the caress of words as they make love to your ears or the smile that promises more. More aptly, love is the gnashing … Continue reading What They Don’t Tell You
I don’t fit in. No one can see. I struggle to show you all that makes me, me. Because of that, I feel insignificant once more. When I was a little girl, I dreamt of swallowing paint so what I … Continue reading The Colors of Me
She closes her eyes and gets lost in his arms. His breath caresses the back of her neck as she whispers “let’s pretend that this is forever”. The words hang in the air as if the slightest sound will make … Continue reading Dreams Fade
I could feel her restlessness in the night. I reached over to soothe her while searching for words to ease her broken heart. “Do you remember when I used to sing to you? At night I would sing lullabies while holding … Continue reading My Gift is the Moon
He loves me, he loves me not enough As my fingers touch the petals whispered words slip from my lips begging not for an answer but an affirmation of a wishful truth I told myself thousands of times especially in … Continue reading He Loves Me or He Loves Me Not Enough
I’m fine Two words drip like honey from the tongue There is no sweetness so often brought on by sadness and hurt When a stranger asks how are you we smile, nod and say good Someone close may ask the … Continue reading Most Common Lie
As I wake in the middle of the night, I try quickly to shut my eyes and drift back to sleep. I do not want it to feel me, because night time is its favorite occasion to come. Before I can crawl back into a sleeping slumbers arms, I can feel its presence. Its phantom of fear, cries and loneliness as it whispers through the darkness, “remember…..” I immediately pull the blankets up over my head and try to avoid that familiar, haunting sound. Trying with all I have to keep out the images, feelings of then behind, so it doesn’t taint my present worries. Like a … Continue reading Not Another Lonely Nightmare
I am just staring. I casually look to my right and left and see the others deeply focused on the painting. I shrug, shift my focus back to art feeling defeated. My mind wouldn’t shut off long enough for … Continue reading La Reproduction Interdite
You Call me names and shout it with rage. Let the angry animal climb out of your throat, its thin fingers pry open your mouth and its scream can pierce into the souls of those around. Push me to the … Continue reading Your Misconceptions About Me