Prayers

I would settle for your mornings For the few seconds as you wake When your dreams are still behind your eyes And you haven't quite touched back to reality When you pull the breath from your lungs back to your chest And the beginnings of consciousness seep through the curvature in your spine I'd let …

Clutz

I thought I asked the questions I think i did In the infrequent intervals we made When I wouldn't let you up And you kneaded me into you I faded from black to white to black again And while you sat comfortably in the middle Why Should I have thought there'd be issue in trying …

The Still Face Experiment

I feel betrayed by time But it might be my fault We cheat ourselves every day. It still stings When the stretch marks are turned to the light Where the mesh grew sparse. I feel bitter That I won't see you grow in this world for all you'll offer And that I'm so conscious of …

The Lies it Barks

Theory one You meant it. It was a mistake, but you meant it An influx of hormones called your name and you side wandered with it because it painted the prettiest picture You could relive the moment that previously crumbled and make good of it From a safe distance… But the memory isn't healed And …

How to Overthink

Let's play the “not working” game. We'll talk about how to fold the sheets back right But not about the beds we make I'll tell you how their hands would make you feel But not how they felt And you'll notice I'm drifting One shoulder crooked Stung with wax that dripped off the lantern you …

Blur.

I don't look in the mirror often I cant be bothered sorting what I've made and I am And the bits in between that only make appearances once so often in the photos I don't recognise as me The bad skin The thick jaw The asymmetric eyes and messy hair Shunted on top of a …

Why I’d be Terrible to Live With.

I can imagine it though.. Somewhere bright and airy with thick blankets on the alcove by the window and radiators that never quite work right. One wall steadily filling up one with photos and postcards.. Probably the feature wall which looked alright on gumtree but in actuality is possibly the worst crime ever to have …

Wild Child

I know I cried wolf too often But running rabid with them How could I know you wouldn't catch the glimpses through the thicket? I howled and made to the first promise of a pack My I thought you might like it The eternities I spin in starlight That make me feel so much And …

Drips

So shall I come over tomorrow? If you'd like to Would you like me to? Of course, if you would Of course Good Good He pulled faces out of his beard And pierced me with a smile fresh from the shower He looked so sexy with his hair pushed to one side I remembered the …

Don’t Read it Twice

"As we lay on the couch I thought about killing him” He laughed In the gap where my thoughts didn't show The shared stutter that flickers Bright and brash and shy of the lights that led us staged but safe through the pantomime of our first hello That braved a barraging of little thoughts that …