I peel you slowly, thumb pressing into dimpled skin, the scent loud and bright, sharp, sweet, something easy. You come apart in pieces,...

Her I wish he would say hi, I wish he would just stop by. In a perfect world, I wouldn’t have to try. Maybe if I close my eyes, Here,...

Wake up, same walls, same sky, same road where the cars roll by. Same faces, same halls, same air— like I’m breathing the weight of...

You remind me of an empty canvas. Easily influenced by everything or everyone around you. Leaving no room for yourself to breathe– no...

I trace the lines, from a picture that comes into my mind. Life is painted gold and bright, a masterpiece of love and light, I see the...

Inspired by Nikita Gill’s poem Reasons to Live Through the Apocolypse Joy. Smiling. Completion. Being outside.  Sitting under trees....

“if you love them, let them go,” they say but why would I give up someone I love? I wait in silence maybe for your return, but because...

You love me the way you love a song To listen over and over and over until you've memorized every line. You love me the way you love a...

I still can’t make sense of the silence, when I want to speak, but nothing comes out. the words get stuck in my throat, choking me, and I...

A rose forbidden A thorn untouched. Petals whisper. Promises, unspoken, I linger. Reminding me of what cannot be claimed. What I cannot...

I should have looked away, but the gleam held me captive. Staying silent, I watched the glow— too weak to question its burn. Maybe if I...

Two roots thrust themselves out of Earth’s minerals and beached themselves naked under a three-year-old plum tree. The two roots did not...

Our souls danced, a sweet melody years ago. We jumped with every beat and spun with the rhythm. I never knew that the song we picked was...

I let us slip through reckless hands, Stupid words, unmeant and wild, and suddenly, I’m just a child. you were my laughter, You were my...

I am no more lovable than a broken car. Either constantly burdened by trying to fix the repairs, or used and discarded like clothes you...

Hey, little me, I know it feels like the world’s crushing down, Like you’re not enough, like you’ll always drown. But here’s the truth...

Cold, windy days and long and dark nights  The season is over for Halloween frights. Lights full of color wind around roads Sweets and...

Looking back, she can't seem to find the actions that showed you loved her. She heard the words——the way your soft-spoken “I love yous"...

He calls to me from across the street, his voice sharp, cutting the air like glass. “Hey, sexy,” he says, like my body is his to own,...

He will never love her the way she loves him. Love doesn't balance out, It's...