Tag Archives: feelings

Drop

He said: “the rain always reminds me of you.” He held out his hand to catch a drop, squeezing it shut, to bring it next to his heart. She smiled, “Did you know that drop is made of dust? Without … Continue reading

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Missing You

You said, “I’m like the burningof a midnight cigarette,it tastes good and lights up the nightbut eventually it goes out.” you are the night, slipping in, slipping outI never had a chance,I wake upfor a midnight drag, I keep hoping, … Continue reading

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Speak to Me

The swell, it rises sweet in all its tastes even with your delectable disdain for proprieties sake. A victor’s grace in treating the vanquished, a sword has no place here, an entreaty to use your words call upon the sounds … Continue reading

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Mantra of Madness

Your fingers trace an ancient verse upon my hip, braille’d letters, in hieratic script to keep me safe, a mantra to be hummed when I lose myself, your message of comfort in times you cannot be here with me. I … Continue reading

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I Want You

It is just like the dark, to love me and leave me, when the nightmares come to stay and I don’t want to believe you would have me this way… You said once you loved me, I hang onto those … Continue reading

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Please…

Please… make me forget what steals my sleep, I need you to remind me, my skin still feels, press deeper in this dance of words no syllable need be spoken, your presence alone, enough to close these wide open spaces … Continue reading

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Light Will Soon Be Here

She knows about burning sorrows, one at a time, in late night oil simmering when sleep won’t come. She is told it is easier to forget, but she knows this isn’t true, with memory seared into the frames fluttering in … Continue reading

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Beatitude of Desire

A multitude of sins hide beneath my skirt, thighs pressed, legs crossed, shoe dangling off foot swinging absently while mind is occupied with the seeds of thought planted and tended in the holy waters sanctified by your touch. I hear … Continue reading

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Dianthus

warmth in white heat weaves in shades of dianthus flutter ribbons pulled in finger soft fade from dark to light again with just a hint of sol BAN April 11, 2015 8:31 pm

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Illusive You

How far does one have to be, to be unreachable? The night stretches under the waxing moon, distance runs in hours miles disappear in the space between a breath held, a breath released… this ellipse of time I warp and … Continue reading

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