I love you with
all the relaxation
in my shoulders
as your lats
Tag: marriage
Together
If I love you and you love me,
we both I Love You, even as
we flip each other’s pronouns ’round,
Excruciate
What I don’t know how to describe is the pain,
the brutality of saying no,
the agony of walking away,
prying my own hand, and making him go.
The Break-Up
Severing,
shredding them off of your side
in a burn that will twinge with each
move and stride.
It will only sear
a lot-
This…Read More »
The Spot
two hands
to hold or to have
with the trees as our witness,
ask
for the sparrows that record our song
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The Captain
He’s thin as a rail with this equally thin
yet deceptively puffy, oversized jacket-
navy, that
he never removes.
He’s also got a farmer’s hat
with secret script written round the rim.
He never removes this,
save for in prayer.
He claims that he’s an alien.
Firsts, Lovers, and Loves
I gave you compliments like flowers,
poured my attention on you like frankincense and myrrh,
stayed in your eyes like they were worth more than your crimes and awkwardness combined-
I chose you, and I made you mine.
So though I never loved you, I loved you first.Read More »
Gracia
And grace
slapped me
across the face
and I didn’t know
what to do
with it.
I tried to give it back ‘cuz I didn’t want it
But, oh, grace knew me better than that
I tried to give it back ‘cuz I didn’t deserve it
But grace knew herself well as well
The skin on my cheeks started
tingling,
burning-
sudden, foreign,
strange,
“Make it stop!”
But we can’t make such strength do nothin’
And grace was after me
So I ran
But, oh, it was before me too
Alpha, Omega,
“I am that I am”
When Yale Girl Arrives
Your lips push your cheeks up,
pull your spine with.
Three seats and aisle, mere sign of the divide-Read More »
they provide the ride
When you’re twelve and seek escape from family, they provide the ride,Read More »
Alphabet Ravine 