Roses are red

Her lips a pale blue

The snow falls on me

As her body falls too

Roses are red

The cliffside’s a blur

She pushed me away

And so I pushed her

No blood to be red

No body to greet

Just miles of crisp white snow

And an empty passenger seat...

I used to be human

Now I am dust

A relic of something lost

A vision of someone crushed

Scattered ashes

In a vase

I thought I was once like you

But sitting here

It’s perfectly clear

I’m in a lifeless room...

You told me to pick up a pen

So I did

You told me to write about you

Which I tried

All this to say

Don’t be surprised

When you wake up one day

And you open your eyes

See a note by your side

Filled with rows of empty lines

You said I didn’t do goodbyes

You were right...

“Red light” my mom warns from the passenger seat of our exhausted mini van.

“I have eyes too, you know.” My dad growls at her.

I watch the light as it flashes from harsh red to a calm green. The car revs up.

“Jesus, slow down, you’re going at least 20 over”

“It’s 1am goddamnit, nobodies on the road.”

“It wouldn’t be so late if we had left when I told you to.”

“She was nice enough to invite u...

It is easy to get lost

in the underworld

because there is nowhere

worthwhile to go

and without a destination

there’s no way to be sure

which paths have been taken

and which places you were

It’s awful hard trying to care

where I drag my feet

when no matter where I go

It feels like hell to me...

Currents on her sandy shore

Drag him out to her sea

He learns to navigate her waters

He soaks himself in her charm

Clear, glistening oceans

Of redeeming qualities

Beneath the surface

Anger bubbles from a hot spring

Don’t let it escape

Crashing waves

Above the sky folds

Swirling missteps

Sinking words

Dragging him under

And suddenly

Nothing

Promises born from ignorance

Lost in th...

We held each other

In unconditional warmth

Until the stars turned blue

And the silence repeats

(I love you)

Our words became familiar

As they danced with one another

In scattered sentences

Of stories we someday wish to live again

Of stories that begin with you

(And never end)

My eyes search for yours

In seas of strangers

Foaming oceans of anonymous faces

I know you're always lingeri...

I tried to ignore

For the longest time

The ghosts that lingered

Inside my mind

Scared of peering into the void

And finding out I never left

Desperate to keep it a mark on the wall

A slash on the chest

A sleepless night

A story told in the past-tense

Scared to open Pandora’s box

And find it empty

So I closed my eyes

And fumbled through

The depths of my mind

Without any guide

S...

I awake each morning to the sun’s gleam

It's curious rays seep through our curtains

Greeting our crumpled sheets and snoozed alarm

Redecorating the room with warm rays

But no matter how hard the sun persists

It will never outshine your resting face

That escapes from the fluff of your pillow

And stays with me until the stars wake up...

Rain rain go away

Come again and don't be late

Collect the tears from yesterday

And let them touch the sky

Rain rain won't you stay

The world’s too quiet

when you're away

You make me sad but that's okay

We're all a mess sometimes

Rain rain fall on me

Soak me to the bones

Flood my fears and steal my tears

So I won't feel alone...