I thought I'd killed my darlings, But then they turned up breathing. All petal pink lungs and teeth-out smiles. I thought there might be headstones, But instead just rows of photos. All warm and quiet people, passing silent time. I thought I'd been done dreaming, But at night I wrote new stories. Without permission from … Continue reading My Dead Darlings
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Summer rolled in hot and slow We dressed the rooms up nice The ground popped beneath our feet Every time we came back home. The strangeness came in waves A closet full of no one's clothes A universe of bed between us Every time we came back home. Words that have no home … Continue reading Home
a long while.
i looked in the mirror for a long while, but only glass stared back. glass and neat letters, inked in hot shower fog and fingerprints telling me how many years it's been. asking what happened. i said i was sorry for a long while, but was never quite forgiven. forgiven for not really trying, but … Continue reading a long while.
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