So Close
Sat on a jetty, sullen and pettyWatching you skip rocks on the lakeYou held one up in such a wayAnd … Continue reading So Close
Category: Poetry and prose
The Will
It’s a soft weekend morning, and I’m feeling your caressesTalking ’bout our thirties, how I’ll never be a missusI prayed … Continue reading The Will
The Best of Me (I’ll Never Let a Man)
Something’s shaking, I got night sweatsAnd I can’t sleep at allCause I can still feel him on meA feeble splotch … Continue reading The Best of Me (I’ll Never Let a Man)
Crooked Tree
Persevering really sucks
My own constant hush
Nothing’s ever made me feel more lonely
Other strangers in the dark
I forget all of their names
Texts and calls from one side only Continue reading Crooked Tree
Fantasies and Sonnets
Attached to bones just as muscles are,
I can’t help thoughts that penetrate my skull.
Afraid that once we’re lost and gone afar,
I’ll know I could’ve loved you most of all. Continue reading Fantasies and Sonnets
Counting Freighters
They cut through ice as
temperatures sink, and through
sheens of sunshine as they
warm. Continue reading Counting Freighters
Sleeping Pills
You said maybe there’s a reason for this pain,
which doesn’t explain
why I’m loving cigarettes again Continue reading Sleeping Pills
Bedside Manner
That quivering tone your voice takes,
I want to always know
its sound as you meander through stories.
I want to always feel your breath,
growing heavy as you tire,
coming out in wafts as you laugh,
binding up in the back
of your throat as you grow tender. Continue reading Bedside Manner
Stardust
It’s a thermos. It’s a postcard. It’s a shirt you left at my place. Your chicken is burnt, like your … Continue reading Stardust
Pent-Up Aching Rivers 