it is not sad because you moved on but because i didn’t from it was * don’t stop on a hill my grandfather used to say before we put him in one and stopped to try to remember all the sayings that climbed into us and what we were doing * we had history at … Continue reading
love gave me the worst love of my life and i suppose i still loved it best of all * there is no winning because the world requires relationships to go on but when they’ve gone the world dresses destruction in crumbles though it still turns easily not feeling the lost * he was forty … Continue reading
i’ve never been here before so i apologize that i sift like a snake who realized it didn’t have legs but could’ve and sometimes feels like it does with leftover limbs that lead me to a different now now that i am sure is great if i can just stop and hear what is being … Continue reading
it was quiet for a while he was silent for a while it was a long while while i was looking for something other way to say yes to no no no no no no no no but i suppose the quiet silence repeated itself unnecessarily until known * no one had seen him though … Continue reading
we tell the words of the dead who in our breath expire meanings that no longer matter but do to you who tries to remember memories before remembering but find nothing except for the thanks that is shared after a burning in a neighborhood where you say well at least i survived but did … Continue reading
and so you built walls great walls that would make ancient civilizations weep and know exactly what you meant by putting one hand in front of another like has always been the way to the way which you’ve made yourself full with you comfortable finally in the center where you forgot to put a window … Continue reading
leave the pockets of day untouched that blush the private collections of your hands drifting deep in me to find bits to repair yourself though i make it difficult by wanting to hold your heavy head and tell you that it is okay it is okay it is okay you are you are you are … Continue reading
none on no one yet still hoping for you so i can write to the girl who fears oblivion to tell her that this fear is oblivion itself and though there will be nobody who escapes everyday apocalypses at least you can recreate daily * it is the comfort of you that makes you talk … Continue reading
if your only defense is that it meant nothing you show you do not care again for it left me defenseless by meaning too much * there is no way forward i say how could there be no way she says because there is no way backwards i reply wishing to recollect … Continue reading
she tried to hide me not realizing i was husk that would one day grow larger than her to watch as she comes tired and dirty from being soiled looking uneasy for rest finding my shaded trunk and seeing her name carved in weepy sap it at the bottom but there are fruits above that … Continue reading