Four Times a First Kiss
I generally tell people that my first kiss was when I was 17. It was actually more of a make-out session that lasted for hours as we went from the […]
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LaylahM
Vulnerable
hardy word, fragile thinggiven warily, broken easily skeleton, from fleshy cocoon,tries escape, must flee threat level, red?! green?!color blind amygdala can’t tell sorry for the carnage
Paperwork
Paperwork my body Ink the what-fors, why-nots, and how-tos While I worry the why-mes, when-tos, and never-dos until there’s nothing but lines and signatures a riddle; unsolvable Prison made of […]
Life with Poet
Sometimes easy to forgetThey see the worldMore, less, better, worseOther. See Overburdened words withNo meaningEverywhere Sometimes easy to forgetThey use two wordsand paint a thousandAs easy You say two and […]
Possession
A party her hand drifts grazes your arm reassured You are near You are with Her Your wry smile unwilling to acknowledge […]
The Doc Martens
The girl, who needed some kind of release, caught sight of her Doc Martens. The shoes that the two of them had picked out together. The shoes that had made her feel invincible. The shoes that had allowed her to let her inner-self roam free and unafraid, in a life riddled with fear of inner-self.
A Flash of Memory
LTM-March 2014 It’s raining. Everyone crowds beneath the awning; a humid massbodies, cigarette smoke, foggy breath. You and I stand out in the rain. Watching, declining offers to make room. Sans umbrellas Sans hats They shake their heads at […]
Foolish Flights of Fancy
[a short story] Carrie loves Paul. Certainly she does. That he loves her is more or less a given, though she convinces herself that he doesn’t, couldn’t possibly. Don’t ask […]
Anger Haiku
Flowering anger A cat straining with claws I am burst within
Writing in Pencil
Writing in pencilnot sure how longI’ll mean it Planning for regrethiding in thefine gray lines Tilting at windmillswith a stopped upmegaphone Writing in pencilChanging my mindwith each word
Walking the Ellipsis 