Sorry for the mess She lives here With her weary eyes With her sweaty palms Her nails chewed down to the nub She doesn’t paint them anymore Not worth it Sorry for the mess She lives here With her disheveled hair With the sweater she’s worn for weeks Her body too fatigued to care The… Continue reading Mess
I step into my skin The skin of a pretender that is Oh I wish that I could explore But here I sit in this box This skin is too tight I pull at it throughout the day All the while That gnawing feeling in my pit A voice yelling from below What if I… Continue reading Adventurer
I am delicate like the morning The gentle sun kissing your cheek Warming your soul After the darkest of nights I am destructive like a fire Burning you down From the inside out Only when you deserve it I want to be that morning sun Every day you wake To kiss you when you’re weeping… Continue reading Burn
My sweet boy If I could paint the sky for you With the fiercest love It would be a color indescribable A color only a mother could know My sweet boy With so many rifts in your gentle world If I could only show you Your little spirit is enough To guide you My sweet… Continue reading Sweet Boy
My body is mine My body with its curves You say in all the improper places Is mine My body that widened After giving life itself Is mine My body with its scars Seen and unseen Scars from the men I’ve shared it with Scars from the words of people I’ve never known My body… Continue reading Mine
That playlist I made for you is humming I see you I feel everything Like a deep pool I’m sinking Gently moving Through your eyes I hear that melody Warm in my car The sweet sound of that moment You looking at me Like I am everything Warm in my car Your hand on my… Continue reading The Year of Us
You left me in the rain that night The universe unsympathetic of my broken heart I could have let every tiny drop swallow me whole But I didn’t let them touch me Because I love even the broken bits Even the selfish bits you gave me My love for you is pouring out of me… Continue reading Not Yours
