Category: POETRY

Immersion

My eyes dart from alabaster walls to stucco ceiling as I lie extended, exposed. A scalding sting jolts my focus to the raw patch on my arm, and I tense. Black poison seeps into my pores, a permanent infection. Heavy eyelids fall as my mind and my body float...

A Moment Of Silence

I. Sound waves heighten as his bass of a voice controls her his eyes gleam while jerking her like unraveling thread. Her body turns limp with every verbal blow to her ears his warm breath spiraling down her neck, into her pores. She leaves to blot her eyes while...

Mother Of None

Forgive me as I disappear into this photograph with its browned edges and creased quadrants. My hands grip onto this ageless memory as a family of four silently grins at me. I feel like a stranger when I revisit you. You stole the shy smile of a girl who...

To Begin Again

The wrinkled pages of my calendar flutter to the floor, a ground chilled by the crisp February weather. I gaze at the photos of you posted around my room and ponder the true meaning of the word ‘hiatus.’ My skin is so lonely, lacking contact except for that one...