I used to think that love was a kind of layered, unfolding, blooming function of life, something that you would treat with care; like when you pull a freshly made grilled cheese apart, carefully but intensely; I thought, you could draw out the process as long as you were able; or rather, you would draw … Continue reading Grilled Cheese and Love
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A Scream Echoing from Sleep
When it all comes crashing down, really all comes crashing down, you won't be here. Your son will be in his forties, something will spark and the killing will start, the open forests of our country will darken with blood, small fires will burst from spark, souls will flood abandoned homes they will find their … Continue reading A Scream Echoing from Sleep
Ice
It's stretched thin, like how I imagine water feels when it is frozen too quickly; as a whole, just a cube of cold matter, slightly larger than it was, something perfect for hot, Early September in the South West, on closer inspection, this water is screaming from expansion, swollen beyond recognition by fellow molecules. but … Continue reading Ice
Every Cup of Coffee
You, you, you, you're Me, My, Mine, Ours We're the selfish lovers of post-pot generations planted in the earth with chemicals and multiple jobs, innately raised to hope that things will get better, knowing that nothing can fall into our laps because we're always standing opportunities are, instead, launched with deadly velocity at our crotches, … Continue reading Every Cup of Coffee
What’s Beautiful
It's the comedown of it all. the after splash, falling back, air rushing out of faux down, feeling the thought rush in, remembering that sweat is a response to heat not a cause of it. That natural occurrences are sometimes all that are needed to peel our psyche away from the glass of existence and … Continue reading What’s Beautiful
Haiku 14
Learning how to love Travel back in time to die teach yourself to live
“not being compelled to change someone,”
Q: If you could just start by describing yourself for me physically and emotionally. A: Emotionally intense, for sure. I'm really sensitive, I've gotten a lot more grounded the last few years in that I can be affected by something and then find my center pretty quickly and not get too off course, which has … Continue reading “not being compelled to change someone,”
“there are no boundaries”
Q: So, If you could start by describing yourself for me, physically and emotionally. A: Physically, tall, I'm like 5'10" and I have hips like my moms hips. Active I guess because I work out a lot. Pretty. Emotionally I guess sensitive but I try not to show it, so I guess more... I don't … Continue reading “there are no boundaries”
Differently and Better
I want the molecules of my body to fall apart. Slow disruption and destruction of self. Just like when you see large pieces of earth slide off of mountain sides from a distance, that's what I want of my body, to shed itself over and over into a pile of cubic pieces that make me: … Continue reading Differently and Better
“You are the best parts of yourself”
Q: So um… If I could have you start by describing yourself physically and emotionally. A: Ok. I have big brown eyes. I have a really small mouth. I’m really pale despite my heritage and ethnicity. I’m tall. I’m left handed. Emotionally, I’m a very apologetic person, very eccentric, very outgoing. I am also very … Continue reading “You are the best parts of yourself”
