Meet Me In These Dreams I Weave

Meet me in these dreams I weave All the different versions of myself you move in tandem with them all Get lost in the maze inside my head ________ You are a living calendar of all the days I have lived without you It’s felt endless ________ With the devotion of the blind explore and […]

The Red Thread

Our roots run intertwined your name envelops mine Suddenly awash in every quiet moment shared overpowered, overcome ________ Loving you changed my world one look opened up a lifetime of imagination Now, with each glance I let you go ________ Secrets no longer hushed in the dark words no longer hidden in boxes. No longer […]

Maps

Following the maps long written in my head Through awkward phases and troubled youth Sinking ships with former loves houses built on sand ________ Come to me in whispers with fingers entwined secrets shared and kept in pillow sheets. Connecting dots porcelain constellations painted on flesh ________ We’ve come so far now I can see […]

A Delicate Midnight

Places in my mind I routinely go bathed in nerves and moonlight my breath held in midnight exchanges ________ Can I keep you? concealed in a song a moment solidified wide eyed and wanting like a photograph, framed a memento of lost youth ________ Can I keep you? under that full moon despite the moment […]

The Melting Point of a Camel’s Back

“And then something invisible snapped inside her, and that which had come together commenced to fall apart.” -John Green, Looking For Alaska Welcome to the dismal, ill-fated and certainly unplanned sequel to Plates, Pins and Nerves of Steel. Six weeks after folding upon myself at the bottom of the staircase, I can still hear the […]

Sideways

I’ve never seen this side of you sideways from this angle you appear aglow and unbridled ________ No longer a person but a defined destination sideways whispers stirring and unabridged ________ Through shadows and moonbeams your gaze never fails me I’ve never seen such color telling and unclouded ________ Your hand meets my waist through […]

Plates, Pins and Nerves of Steel

“Storms make trees take deeper roots.” -Dolly Parton I laid twisted and crumped on the floor. The instant pain and subsequent panic were shrouded in a wave of nausea. I screamed out my ex-husband’s name. He had left just ten minutes prior with our daughter. It was a name I didn’t call out anymore, someone […]

Behind Closed Lips

There, the music absorbing into my frame and it’s starting to swell ________ It’s there there, on the tip of my tongue and it’s starting to spill ________ There’s a weight in the accuracy of the fantasy and it’s starting to multiply ________ There, now magnified the secrets echoed behind closed lips and it’s starting […]

Wicked & Reckless

The image burned to black hungry and dark he eyes me like a shark _____ My breath choked Brazen lips trace my clavicle and linger at my throat _____ Something wild stirs something wicked and reckless grows here _____ An intimate grace feasts a ravenous destruction

I Was A Sidelined Sporty Spice

“They say that nobody is perfect. Then they tell you practice makes perfect. I wish they’d make up their minds.” Wilt Chamberlain Four years ago I was driven and dedicated, not just to the gym, but to myself. I maintained steady control and discipline over my body and the barrage of invasive thoughts. Five or […]