The day before yesterday, I woke  to a room  empty of your name. The air was thick with the weight  of unspoken things– quiet as the...

To my great surprise, my huge and unruly delight, tasting the blackberry brought almost unimaginable joy that spilled from my soul like...

the silence— The one that echoes every word, not a void, but a clearing, like a forest after rain where the sun finally hits the roots....

Is anyone else scared? Not just “I’m worried about a thing or two” scared— I mean the kind of scared that lives deep in your bones. That...

The second silence hits She never knocks, just slips in like smoke through the cracks. Soft and sweet, but always sharp around the edges—...

Take a moment to imagine the anthem of the body.  The heart, a basal duh-duh, duh-duh, duh-duh, governed by both rhythm and spontaneity....

The ocean sits beneath the sky, the sun drifts by as it shimmers. Mountains crumble to their taste, Time, in waves, is never a waste. She...

Find patience for your parents,  for it’s their first time living, too. Find patience for your teenagers, for they are figuring out who...

I wake up from the light of morning, Already thinking of you. Your eyes, your hair, your face, your smile All make impressions in the...

You were a star, burning bright, a friend I trusted in the night. But stars can fall, and so you did, drawn to him, drawn to fire. A moth...

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...