needs

I bury my needs butthey overflow andyour eyes revealyour disappointment

do not disturb

lay in bed. lay on the couch. watch tv. turn off the tv. stare at the wall. lay in bed. stare out the window. call a friend. l

too short, too long

Too short a time to know if this is realWith our eyes locked, your smile took its aimToo long ago to make a grand appeal. We w

ashamed, pitter patter

If you knew how I was, I’d be ashamed.Never was one to let anything layThe hail pitter patters only your name. “Lo

river

so tell me what happenedto receive such a demotionwas this not the right foundationdid i show too much emotionnow i live in th

two weeks

A life so full of needless guiltand feeling I’m a’drift.A garden who’d been left to wiltbut you are a plot t

the waltz

We romped until the panswere drunkenly strewn about.Such waltzing was not easy;wine makes a footpath flimsy.You beat time on m

a day in the life of a three-hour nap

Creaky eyes cracked open. Laser sunshine in the blinds.Only 10,800 seconds to mend. Time to go!I stared at an envelope for six

(holocene)

To finally be alone.I imagined an exhale of relief,a heaviness digested by a momentof silence, or quiet guitar pickingbuilt by

swings

You can’t join us on the swings;YOU can’t join us on the swings;Swings and swinging, I swang the swingin solitude. Solemnl