Not all the shines
Our chests split open our sternums cracked Exposed, lie our hearts waiting to be wrapped in gold and silver,…
No longer
Below my skin, a burning heat The vibrating tune of your deceit Adrenaline dump, dissociation spike You double down…
Monster
Tongue as a train I’ve been swallowed alive I’m inside the belly of an unknown sign But then a…
Steam
Writing on the mirror my finger pushed to the glass I trace my suffering in a cursive lash I…
pack my bags
Quarter horse like I’m running a race Blinders on until my lungs shake and break Eyes locked or freeze…
blue July
nothing quiet like snow free falling from the sky matter meeting pavement like a feather soft lie
u don’t know ur the villain
You wanted to paint me bad but these horns were cast from your shadow. Dangerous, & there I was…
escargot in the sewer
**Published in New Words Press Literary Mag, 2023 grabbed for scraps of attention like they were a delicacy nibbled…
Knives over Flowers
you live between atriums split somewhere I don’t hate you I don’t love you either I wish you well…
Lie to me
water too cold, biscuit too sweet tea won’t work I can’t drink or eat my stomach shrinks but grows…
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