Silently crying, she pushes away the door of the medicine cabinet. Seeking someone to rescue her, there’s no one save for the two brown eyes staring back in the mirror. Step outside in the rain, and take a deep breath to clear your head. Strung out like a lonely lover, there’s so much to… Read more

  Above everything else, I think about the frozen lake. As music flows through the half-open door, falling snow recreates her face. From the city to the sea, and through decorated trees. The landscape is hidden. All swans, invisible. Treading delicately, she melts everything around her. Winter sun, dancing souls upon what was once running… Read more

  The days chew me up and spit me out as if I were a piece of gum, yet I’m still writing after all these years. While others settle down to become obedient little machines, as night comes crawling, I’m far away, dancing with the shadows that haunt my mind. They don’t all haunt; some… Read more

  I kissed your throat, yet I still hate myself. There’s no destination I have in mind, not even your bed. Not even the drunken swaying of a man whose bleeding himself empty for the sake of his art. Or maybe it’s a lost lover, forever haunting just out of view. Either way, when I… Read more

  Some people know nothing. In fact, make that most of them. They know little of love that’s for sure. As for pain, they think they know it, yet what they feel is only the tip of the iceberg. They’ve only scratched the surface, and it’s a long way down to the bottom. It’s at… Read more

  Like Icarus being spat out by the sun, or the arrows of Saint Sebastian protruding from your swollen belly. To devour flesh and wine. To feel the pain of childbirth, and to taste the fear that keeps you in its grip as the midnight hour slowly ticks away. Past block after block of empty buildings,… Read more