A constellation of words orbiting the page, an ethereal nightmare scribbled through the searching celestials. The page — a distant point of light the lone astronaut ponders upon. The endless night wanders around his presence, falling beyond the known and dizzily in orbit, peripherals contained to the circular visor while the lone astronaut writes. He says, Starlight does not know of this universal world she … Continue reading The Lone Astronaut
A budding white rose in the Ghost’s garden. A sickly sweet scent that sticks to my lungs. Creamy beige statues drown amongst the dead. They watched Granny Annie grow old and grey. The shrub’s skeleton turns fingers to God, Asking Granny Annie to take their hand. Continue reading A Grandmother’s Garden
Your hands reach out to me, Across oceans and open blue skies, I sail along the current of your love-lines. As you drum morse code along my spine, I swim in the warmth of your open palm, The grooves between your knuckles, Deep enough for me to drown, Wide enough for me to rest. Your fingertips are salt and brine. I close my eyes and … Continue reading Soon
Humbly, they departed to the ether And left this grievous aperture, Where your heart sits, Drained and unpaved with comfort. Grasp at the rain that seeps between your fingers And shred the grass in fury if you must. Cry to the night and withstand the stillness. Mourn and love the fragments of the past. No, they will no longer rise to virgin skies Unstained by … Continue reading Post-mortem
Image: “Night Traffic Surface” by sagesolar is licensed under CC BY 2.0. headlights sparkle crimson white dotted lines faded red it crawls between cars stagnant but spreading traces of life left behind —haunting the bitumen there is blood but there is no body no paper-thin fur trodden on by rubber, flesh now indistinguishable from earth; no feathers dancing upright, tethered to the gravel with crusting … Continue reading everything you see when you close your eyes
i. I can’t breathe, he said knee-to-throat choke-hold soft-brown-skin reflected in the glint of a pointed badge protect courage serve compassion float under a cloud etched in hate everything. hurts. water. please. faces watch the thirst grow desperate drought tongue motions mama mama comfort in the word that created it incarnated affirmation of life-love-skin-blood breath mama mama breathes all in to life {Beginning} sun scorched … Continue reading black as the air we breathe
What must I do to prove my love? If I started sending you flowers, Would you understand, Understand like Victorian gentlemen once did, Understand it as a language of love? If I sent you an agapanthus, Would you understand? Would you know it meant I was signaling my intent, That this was a love letter? If I sent you some asters, Would you understand? Would … Continue reading This is my love letter
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