Time (In My Mind’s Wild)
It was late when you called me upAnd too dark out to see your faceBut you drew me in, you … Continue reading Time (In My Mind’s Wild)
It was late when you called me upAnd too dark out to see your faceBut you drew me in, you … Continue reading Time (In My Mind’s Wild)
There was a desperation In our willingness to cling.We tread slowly for months, clutching hands —Our fingers clumsily intertwined.As if the … Continue reading Ruin.
A notion to run first hits her in the early morning — that nighttime glow still hanging in the room on the … Continue reading Stay.
On no given day will we come to mourn. From this book, they’ve never torn away the darkened hues of … Continue reading No Given Day
The concentration with which I watch the condensation collect on a full glass of beer at this bar is unmatched … Continue reading An Increasingly Inebriated Stream of Consciousness
I call you upIt’s been two months sinceWe talked lastI’ve cleared my conscienceOf all the things I said back thenSo … Continue reading You Had to Leave Home (It’s Fine)
You kept a smile on my faceAnd your talk kept to paceWe got lost in the lustThen, as I’m starting … Continue reading Better Off
Because it didn’t happen unless you tell people, conjuring up faux sentiments of your well-being from people who only know you for live-tweeting board meetings and pay-per-views. Those people don’t know that over eight or nine years, you’ve also groomed yourself into a pent-up single introvert who sometimes forgets it’s okay to invite people to do things with you. Continue reading Nobody Cares If I Get Cut By Glass
I think about having a boyfriend, a man, a person, anyone, just showing up in my apartment, pulling me from my bed, bathing me, dressing me, and pushing me out into the sunlight. But nobody comes. Continue reading ‘This has to stop now.’
We have spoken — kind of. But this isn’t like some missed connection where I saw you at a gas station, and we notably exchanged glances at a specific time of the week I can recall. Because you’ve rested heavy on my mind as such a low-key constant that I can’t recall when I first or last met you. Just know we have. Though, I doubt you’ll ever see this, and if you or someone you knew did, I doubt there’s a proverbial line between us that stood a chance of being connected. Nothing’s really been missed here. Still, I feel like somehow if I can get this out there, it’ll be easier to sleep at night telling other people you’re a guy to make a girl’s heart ache. Now, it aches a little less, and tomorrow, this feeling will grow even duller. Continue reading To a Stranger — w4m (Port Huron)