Better Off
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
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
The air was black over the river from the weight of the mistAs I walked over the bridge upon once … Continue reading Downtown Thoughts
Sat on a jetty, sullen and pettyWatching you skip rocks on the lakeYou held one up in such a wayAnd … Continue reading So Close
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
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)
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
They cut through ice as
temperatures sink, and through
sheens of sunshine as they
warm. Continue reading Counting Freighters
She told her secrets to the river. It’d become a habit. Near dusk, she’d lace up her all-terrain boots, put on her heaviest winter coat, and walk to the water. Continue reading Top-Shelf Whiskey, a prologue
There was something quite golden about the light that peaked out of Desperado’s and onto the street. A welcomeness rang from its warmth, and its subtlety kept this exclusive somehow. Or at least, this is how it seemed to Logan, who was walking home from work, as she stumbled upon the place on one particular evening in late September. The wind was sweeping deep into downtown now, catching rebounds off buildings on the square and rustling all the fallen leaves. Continue reading Top-Shelf Whiskey, an excerpt
You said maybe there’s a reason for this pain,
which doesn’t explain
why I’m loving cigarettes again Continue reading Sleeping Pills