Hallucinating my illness between your thighs, the sky is alive with days of drunken freedom and untold horrors. Buried deep beneath the structures of modern living, the need to breathe sinks heavy in the gut. To be graceful when shadows keep closing in. To cling to love when others try their best to crush… Read more

  She sleeps in fire, hot coals beneath her feet. The rest use their sex, yet she is a mind that will not bend to the limitations of the flesh. Turn away from the dim crowd, and be like the trees. The body fades fast. Drifting further away each day, those eyes that seek you… Read more

  The broken window, and the rain that splashes through it onto our hands. A lit cigarette that falls to the dirty floorboards. Torn curtains and traces of blood. Fingerprints in dust. As the clock unticks while you brush your hair, I take off my clothes and stand naked before the mirror. The veins in… Read more

She poses like a star, but she doesn’t shine brightly. Her flame went out long ago, extinguished by the adult world. There’s a million just like her, yet she clings to the belief that she’s one of a kind. All her life, she’s been a mess of self-obsession and glamour. From high school to nightclubs,… Read more

  Keep perfectly still. Don’t get upset. There’s nothing wrong; it’s just as it should be. Broken hearts. Drinking problems. Lost souls wandering like stray dogs on a taunting beach. Cold, harsh winds, and the scent of despair mixed with billion-year-old grains of sand. Such tiny little artefacts, slipping through your fingers as the hours… Read more

  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