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chronic 6am nosebleed (06/30/2025)
I love you too
chronic, 6 am nosebleed .
.
I can feel it
I can feel it circling
and breaking off
layers scivved away
by the cloying event horizon
by a tired pain in my chest
the weight
of waiting
while the slumber of the river
calls.
could i be ophelia to you?
left sun-bloated by the bedsheets?
death drawn through
a pneumatic syringe and layers
of sickened foam
...
Monday 30th June 2025 3:14 pm
Instructions for an Impossible Love
Don’t call.
Not today, not tomorrow,
not when longing makes promises.
Don’t wait.
Waiting has teeth
and it bites when you nap.
Don’t write letters.
Paper keeps too much,
and some pains deserve to be forgotten.
Don’t wish for meetings.
They happen at the edges,
where the world can’t reach, and there, everything slips away.
Don’t blame time.
Time just passes.
What remains is you,
with...
Wednesday 25th June 2025 5:38 am
A Dream Come True
Feelings that once were hidden
Are now expressed to you.
Days that once were stormy
Are now the brightest blue.
Times that once were lonely
Are now filled with pleasure.
All that once was mine alone
Are now things we both treasure.
Nights that once were cold
Are now comforting and warm.
Fears that once were very real
Are now gone with the storm.
A heart that once was broken
Can ...
Tuesday 17th November 2015 12:40 pm
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