Anxiety
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When I was a child, I’d lay there at night flipping my pillow over unable to fall asleep as branches tapped at my window. The pillow would be too warm to rest my head against, so over and over it would go, long into the early hours until I’d fall asleep exhausted. Years later… Read more
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I don’t want any kind of love. I want a love that kills with every breath- so take my hand and witness the horrors that haunt my nights. Witness the pain and mutilation that stalk the sidewalks and tell me you see beauty; tell me you can feel it- that you can taste it… Read more
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Two years ago, and another relationship had been and gone- destroyed by yours truly, of course. I remember creating this blog in an effort to get back on track. In the early days, no one read my stuff. No comments. No feedback letting me know if what I was doing was right or wrong.… Read more
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One of my first memories is looking out the living room window wearing a nappy and nothing else. It was so warm, so warm that I can still feel the beads of sweat dripping down my forehead even now. Outside, I vividly remember a cat, a ginger one, jumping in and out of the… Read more
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As chandeliers fall in slow motion and fragments of glass shatter around us, I wish only to be the architect of your smile. As the days break into pieces until they disappear forever, I want to take your hand and lead you somewhere far out of harms way. Let me draw a line in… Read more
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She has half a face, and I have two secrets. Drinking to numb the boredom, she slides her hand under my shirt. Her fingers are like spiders, and as my teeth sit on edge from too much whiskey, a cigarette only makes things worse. When the lights flash, and she undresses, I go to… Read more
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When I take her, I’m trying my best to erase the stains of every lover she’s ever had. The harder I go, the more she struggles to catch her breath. She needs to know that I’m the only one. That even before she knew me, she was cheating by laying with another. There’s a… Read more
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The girl who dances. She’s honey and wine. Through fields of green, the leaves fall beneath her feet. Through the open window, the sun is replaced by endless clouds. Sometimes, the days offer nothing but despair. But in her heart, there’s a certain something. Those around her swallow themselves, they bow down to cheapness.… Read more
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Your body so lifeless and riddled with hesitation marks as those about you know exactly what they’re doing. Only they don’t, so quit sinking and rise above it. Your clothes in plastic bags as you drift from one disaster to the next. Sleep on the stairs; sleep in the arms of those you don’t… Read more
