The warmth of my touch escapes your bonesas you sit beside yourself, wondering what you’d tell someone elseif you knew someone else who relapsed on my kiss.… Read more “Lovers in Sheets”
Category: poetry nation
Life in Love
I naively embraced our memories in technicolor.I should have listened to my friends.I blinked the red flags to the trash bin full of empty decisions.I’ll explore your… Read more “Life in Love”
Fall Love
My existence burns for Autumn,a girl I knew in college.Flames of anticipation weed my heart’s thorns.Autumn’s creeping around the cornerwith her lustful shadows that linger in the… Read more “Fall Love”
Dentist After Hours
I’ve got no sweet tooth,but her lips of charismadrilled a cavity into my molar.She called me by my first name.Who does that?Talking to her happened only in… Read more “Dentist After Hours”
Love is Death
She blew a drag in my faceand ignited my lungs with a cough.We talked over dinner last night but nothing more.I tasted a chalky sedative.My weighted eyelids… Read more “Love is Death”
Happy Missing You
I should have calledbefore I showed up,but I expected your jealousyto blink at me like bloodshot eyes,and to slam me into your wall of insecurity,but I crawled… Read more “Happy Missing You”
Dating is Hell
The empty spacesbetween love and hatesend mixed signalsfrom a woman I’d messagedon a dating app.The story of my lifeis the anticipation of a lover’s embraceonly to later… Read more “Dating is Hell”
Take Your Jacket
She scaled a second-story window to meet me behind the oak tree. We slipped into the car, and I drove while she rode me. We sped down… Read more “Take Your Jacket”
Scared of Love
I threw my covers off and stumbled to my feet.Her nightmares invade my dreams.The blood-curdling shrieks hammer nails in my eardrums.I’ve turned the clock back to the… Read more “Scared of Love”
Father, It’s Your Kid
Should I be surprised?It’s not like I ever knew you, anyway.A complete unknown in my head is what you are.You’re just another dude choking on the shit… Read more “Father, It’s Your Kid”