Poetry

and all his other songs, album covers mostly variations of a homesick grayish-green. Acoustic guitar thrumming through the speakers in steady 4/4 time.

I loved her post

Clicked that red heart button

That broke more hearts than it mended

I saw the picture that she edited nonstop

That she filtered

Until that girl on the screen wasn’t 

Her

At

take me out.

knock me over the head with a baseball bat and drag my unconscious form

beneath the shadowed wall. into a wardrobe. a hobbit hole.

wherever you can think to put me, do so. i want out.

i want to make my mark

A movie theme for many, for some, a nightmare that has come to life.

Ready to do any job for you, or take it, and bring strife.

i learned
life liberty
the pursuit of happiness
before i learned
how often a promise
can hesitate

no one mentioned
how often you’d have to prove
you deserved the words

i’ve learned on my own

Cold and dark like a blizzard in the night.

Deceiving and dangerous as if a snake with fangs like daggers.

Wild like the wind and agonizing like a fire with flames white as snow.

Gentle as water sliding down your face,

A voice like a bell.

A smile as delicate as a rose,

But as strong as an eagle.

Hands and arms with ink scribbled over them like tattoos.

Hair like a sunset.

I stopped standing the day that everyone else stopped standing for us

I have not put my hand over my heart in over a year because what is there to hide?

I was born here with the blonde hair and blue eyes

Her life flashes before my eyes

intertwined with his chained heart

Her smile is present even as she breathes

blood

rats surround the alley

a few more steps

1... no no no they wouldn't do this to her

Ma had lots of heels she’d promised to give me.
 

Stilettos, kitten heels, and a daring red. 
 

Scuffed and worn, 

yet donned like designer.
 

the year,

just days i crossed off on the calender,

time elapsed too fast for my slow pace,

i sprint to catch up, 

yet i am left behind,

crying,

screaming,

is anyone still here with me? 

i could fit in any boot

now i fill soles like thick snow

how lovely it is!

i am as soft as the love that surrounds me

i am as soft as the ground

i'm softer than i was before

slowing and staring