Car park views, cold coffee and grey skies Dry eyes for the longest time Chipped nails and a few extra pounds Smiles and laughter still surround Windowsill desk and no wall divide No need for hearts to hide And it’s funny how we sweat the small stuff And let all the past ghosts haunt us … Continue reading The Little Things
Tag: short prose
I Am Ready
I am ready Breathing and alive Terrified Honestly, i’m still a little bit insane But the best people are right? Battle scarred from the car crash that is my life But i know you can’t drive Do I still need my seatbelt? Will I forget how the lows felt? A fighter all my life Will … Continue reading I Am Ready
la douleur exquise
I've sat staring at this empty screen for 20 minutes. Large cappuccino. Room fan on full. A unknown song plays (fall to water washed away, all that water washed away). Someone else's things surround me and this room is not mine. My hair is blonde now and I've put on a few pounds, my yellow … Continue reading la douleur exquise
What’s Left For a Lover?
If I could be in love with you My life would be ok But when you can't even love yourself What's left for a lover? Its probably always been you But right now everything around me is see-through Even you. And maybe I see my future held inside your ribs And maybe all my truths … Continue reading What’s Left For a Lover?
Stranger
You are a stranger At the end of the line, telling me not to apologise I'm a stranger Full of demons I know longer know how to hide Searching for a stranger Who still knows all of my secrets Praying to a stranger Still hoping they can keep it I can see a stranger looking … Continue reading Stranger
For A Second
My mind screams Pause for a second Love life for a second Love yourself for a second, love My heart screams Be free for a second Now breathe for a second Lets dream for a second, love My past screams Don't regret for a second Don't forget for a second Be yourself more than ever, … Continue reading For A Second
Call Me King
Blanket of pink, lay me down I'm out of mind but you don't mind Your minds been missing for a week Lay me down let me help find what you seek Lost for a week But now I'm finding myself inside these sheets No more hide and seek We're not children anymore Let me lay … Continue reading Call Me King
Luminous Blue
Cotton ball clouds linger, frozen within luminous blue the sun and the moon share the sky and I'm somewhere in between springtime the sun is golden as it illuminates every new leaf on the trees I'm wearing yellow, waiting for my heart to glow like the trees but I'm not there just yet I'm waiting … Continue reading Luminous Blue
One Last Moon
I quit smoking for three days but I missed the moon too much somehow a 20pack brings me closer to you when I stand inside the night and I close my eyes I can hear the pheasants calling feel you next to me in the chill night air and I remember everything I choose to … Continue reading One Last Moon
Haiku
Hope is a starling. I cried for a whole damn week. We cut all the ropes. Freedom is a swing. All the dead leaves are gone now. Pink skin in the spring. I wrote it all down. Love was left by the ocean. let me sing to you. Love is not a game. He taught … Continue reading Haiku