Underneath an
Empty sky I
Cry out
My loneliness
Pour out
My sadness to
Celestial beings
Who could not care less

Eventually,
I stop my crying
And I go to join
The moon and all her
Glorious stars

The light is red.

I look over at you,
Eyes pleading for a kiss.
You give in
And the world seems to stop,
As two lovers
Escape for a moment
Of bliss.

The light is green.

My darling, I know
Your heart aches with a
Lifetime of burden
And regret, but the
World still turns, the tides
Still crash, and the moon
Still shines. Despite
The hole in
Your chest.

I am so overcome with love
When my mind is hazy
And thoughts come slowly, quietly

What am I so ashamed of to
Only see you warmly in the dark?

Why is love an easier concession
Only when I can’t think clearly?

Strange strange girl

Your silence makes you
Strange. Your strangeness makes
You forgotten. So,
Be good and
Be gone.

Twenty years I’ve lived and
Still, I feel like a kid

But you’re a woman
You certainly look
Like a woman

What hunger, great enough to
Stretch your skin, turn
Your insides out

With nowhere to hide, my
Eyes meet pavement, this
Smile sinks to stiffness
For the realization of
Bones only ornamental to
Your probing eyes

Oh, draining desire.
Oh, humanity.

at the close of this climb
with no future to fear and
only softness to return to,
all we will have
is each other.

grown grey beneath a quiet sky
we will watch the world turn
and rejoice in glowing hearts,
still here.

i had a dream of us
aged like the finest wine,
one comes to the other
looking for the knowing glances
and careful smiles

underneath all of
the time we spent apart
lays a love so untouched
and so bright
it may blind us both

Today, a
Simple day
To wake with
Someone gentle
And sweet, who
I will be
Extra quiet
For when I
Zip my things.
Fluttering
In and out
Of sleep, I
Can’t predict
When you’ll speak.

             “Are you going on a walk?”
                             “Not yet, darling.”

But I leave
Before you
Rise because
Yesterday,
You held me
When I cried
And looked at
Me in a
Way that pulled
Me towards you,
Wondering
When I will
Stop burning
With such shame.

But I, ever-miss
Touche-à-tout, have
Never steadied
A decision
And can only
Look away, fear
Of what I’d do.
Oh, but today
You told me you
Dreamt of kissing.

A vague and hazy
Something to remind
Me not to tell you
That I dreamt the same.