writing poetry
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The plane shudders when we brush through turbulence
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≻: The plane shudders when we brush through turbulenceThe plane shudders when we brush through turbulenceAs my heart quivers kneeling at your feet.I grip my seat, feel the…
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Cry me a big fat pearl
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≻: Cry me a big fat pearlSo large that your eyelids still spasm with effort gapingAt its baby, protesting against its undelivered siblings.I will coo at…
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Intimacy I
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≻: Intimacy II wake up to the sound of the ocean pulling away. SlowlyIt sucks away from my ears and leaves damp…
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Mango
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≻: MangoSweet rotten gold, hefty and warm and bleeding itselfDry like the throat of a songbird. It can sing no more,But…
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Worship
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≻: WorshipI.I am under your skin,Leaning in, hand underThe table, mine startling yours.I find an opening and squeezeIt. It feels like…
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Recently I have trouble breathing and it‘s not the air
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≻: Recently I have trouble breathing and it‘s not the airSwamp breath. What fills my lungs — muddied mouths, drooling strands of yearning for the floor left behind, Chafing as…