Tag: heart broken

• January 10, 2022

  A Soliloquy for Dead-Ends

  A tree branch brandishes its silhouette  And hides the stucco pattern, flourishing  Across the wall.  A leaf trembles in the wind. Pauses.  Before its stem snaps and lets go Of the leaf.  Impulses obligate an outstretched hand To snatch the leaf from wind patterns. Fingers grasp the loose foliage  And dollar bills within the same […]
• June 21, 2021

  …just stay home

  A language exchange, terses verbal onslaught, Translates An uncomfortable description: “Read.”  Curled toes bargain with the heartbeat, pace alone  Comforts the options  Diagnosed through an inquiry, anxiety insisted upon.  Begins the comparison  Against personal actions, to those performed By others.  ‘If this meant that…’ ‘I did this before…’ ‘It must mean that…’ Infant interactions, defined […]
• June 8, 2020

  And Of Course She Ignores Your Dumbass

  Design the question to Alleviate a cellphone twitch.  Distinguishing a text  From an email.  And I’ll never bother her  Again. Of course I lie, In operation of survival.  To make it hurt less.  Swallowing pride  And it tastes like cracked glass.  Reflection fractured, Compensation  For when I’m acting up.  Darling.  Darling.  Darling.  Repetition creates comfort,  […]