• Poems

    questions of the heart

    12/15/2021 - By 

    what if they walk awayand the fairytale never comes?will you cling to what isn’t there?or will you know an endingwhen you see the period firmly in place? what will you do when the day pours herself before youand all you can think of is the night?and the night, so full of promises, what if he leaves you empty?will you keep lying in the dark staring at the horizon,hoping the stars align to do the wishing?or do you cast your own? what if love stories are not about lovers,but tales of how we find ourselves?will you close the book and get…

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    Life - Poems

    warm light

    05/17/2021 - By 

    we were carnival believers back then.thought we’d win the prize,just because our cotton candy hearts said so.dangling our feet above a worldwe’d not yet learned cold,but far-flung and fascinatingand full of warm light. we had that glow in our dark eyes then.saw the light even when the lights went out,even when others couldn’t.because hurt only lived behind bandaids,and broken pinky promises.yet we were all pinky promises back thentwirling ourselves into a pact,to being this honest,this true,forever. now lifeis one big glow-in-the-dark promise,that when the lights go outi will still bethis honestthis trueand fullof warm light.

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    Poems

    the dance of the head and the heart.

    02/14/2021 - By 

    my skin remembers the subtle sting of your hand in mine stringing me along city sidewalks, like a pinky promise you weren't sure you'd keep.  because you were never sure about me,  which made me want to be sure about you. i wore my feelings like a favorite dressto your six-foot story building.explored every compartmentalized nook,finding similarities tucked underneath differences. showed myself around,following every butterfly and what-if.stumbled through this house of mirrors,looking for ways our imperfections could fit. enamored with every quirk,talking options over coffee. i was willing to take the chancebut you stayed on the fence,for the poetics of…

  • Poems

    my home.

    10/13/2020 - By 

    i want to be the type of woman who wears laugh lines like trophies, something she worked long and hard to get. who catches tears like gutters and hands them back, saying “these are what make us grow.” who is a picture frame, holding a heart and a laugh and a story. who knows her body is the home to a life. who finds her way back home simply by leaning back against her own spine.

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    Poems

    the fall.

    04/16/2020 - By 

    there was something about the fall,the way the fallen leaves set the sidewalk on fire.all vanishing in just a matter of weeks. there was something about the way you showed up.gently and unexpectedly.with talks of what makes our hearts explodeand daydreams sketched inside notebooks,painting them in one-by-onelike our days were numbered. there was something about the chilled wine. the warm spaces.brisk walks and rose-stemmed conversations.blurry nights and the decision to stay up too late.dancing in the dark along cityscapes.string quartets, heart eyes, hitting send.only to become your latest trend. there was something about the spark,like a new candle and the…

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    Poems

    the sun.

    09/12/2018 - By 

    the sun found me in the warmest of winters.when it’s soft, subtle wink broke through the haze& brought me back to the place and timewhen your gaze met mine. i had never met your kind. someone who smiles with their eyes,& spray paints my name in pastel skiesmaking my heart beat yellow every time. then winter planted me somewhere new,hemispheres away from you,i was there, swaying along to our favorite songs.& there you were,growing flowers inside the walls of my heartall from miles of unsaid words apart. if it makes you bloom from the inside out,chase it patiently. i know…