Even in the murkiest of water

It carries the best kept secrets of the 

Cavity of the earth 

The water knows the filthiest of souls 

And carries me home.

The waves slam against my body as if 

To memorize each and every secret or lie

I’ve ever told. 

Every whisper I’d give a deaf man to hold. 

In this final hour, 

I will keep this to myself 

Until I become wrinkled a...

Read and leave comments (0)

As the world kept turning and turning 

The trees whispered the summer heat into our bodies

Somewhere along the way 

We became them 

The lotus, the butterfly, the bees

Consumed us as if to say 

I give you life.

Remember that June

When our roots pushed through the ground

As we were swept up in the trees.

Read and leave comments (1)

An exquisite desire to touch her soul beneath her skin.

The words that dance so trippingly on the tongue but choke in my throat with every song unsung.

The insatiable urge to drive to her house and press my lips against hers at 2am. 

This is foreign. 

Read and leave comments (0)

I carried the moon until the salt burned, my eyes.

Before placing it at her feet. 

I allowed the Liquid Metal to enter my veins. 

With every mineral and piece of debris, 

I felt a pain, a sudden rush through me. 

Even after, 

She asked me, “Where’s the Sun?”

Read and leave comments (0)