I wish there were a way To make yellow the blue Light shining in through The window on you It’s hard to see you so Sad so often No one deserves to see Their sunshine shift away So fast as to bend light Away from itself It sounds like a chemical You’d find in aContinue reading “Dysthymia”
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Shade of Eyeliner
Monochrome makeup Matching outfit Like a shadow You’re mine But I Follow you Casting shade Further As the day Wears on Until the world Is dim And you consume Me
In Bellingham
Way up there in Bellingham There’s a university With a massive wall of windows In the dining hall That look out over the bay I sat there with you On my first time up To visit And we had dinner among All the other students Like I belonged I knew it wasn’t going to LastContinue reading “In Bellingham”
Jessica Metamorphose
We met perfectly Textbook Had a date at the diner As if this were the 60’s Hipsterish dress And a sweet face A cute mole on your cheek And pathways we’d seek Walking on in the rain To the park in autumn vanes In your cozy home Like Coraline’s apartments There was wonder Around everyContinue reading “Jessica Metamorphose”
Seattle Dive
Steel rose The Crocodile Cigarettes After Sex Dim Seattle Steel with scent Of rose Welded by heat Of Cigarettes After Sex With the sweat of Swaying to songs You look at me And smile In a concert crowd Of collared shirts You’re focusing On me Dim lights Drowning in the Atmosphere Standing room only ColorfulContinue reading “Seattle Dive”
Blurry Goodbye
Words Over Inches
Distance makes and breaks a lot of things It chains our reach and clouds our heads For there was that Bellingham girl Waiting for me it seemed no matter what We exchanged letters of love Across distance Where messages lost in translation Delievered mixed messages Distorted words to a person unnerved Every day one receivedContinue reading “Words Over Inches”
How To Move On – Journal 10/27/17
Today I crossed over through the point of no return into a series of commitments that I believe are going to be worth it. In other words, I’m moving on from Year Three properly. I’ve been prepping my manuscript for Copper Canyon Press and having a fun time of finding out new tricks about wordContinue reading “How To Move On – Journal 10/27/17”
Virgo Olympus – Rehashed
This one is the heavy hitter of 2014. THE poem of mine that was first ever published in something I didn’t put out, or was a part of putting out. Virgo Olympus. And it’s layered, and it’s angsty, and it’s broody, and it’s fucking perfect. Virgo Olympus – Text Virgo Olympus was the culmination ofContinue reading “Virgo Olympus – Rehashed”
Probably Poisoned
Sitting across from Nightmares And shaking While I’m sipping Licorice tea That they Made for me