Poems

Rotten HeartYour smile is a lie, I see through the maskYou played the game, now you face the taskBetrayed by your hands, the love that I soughtThe pain is deep, and now you’re caught Rotten heart, you’ve torn me apartNo love left, just a broken startYou played the game, now you must fallRotten heart, you’ll […]

Reproductive Disagreement We stood in the kitchen, brittle quiet hanging over the countertops, her hands tracing circles on the laminate as if polishing a bruise she couldn’t nameI tried to swallow the tension, but it hit the nerves in my jaw, that old tremor of wanting one future while she clung to another like a

RestrictedShe pulled me close, then locked me tightSaid, “Tonight, you don’t earn the right.”Her hands like law, her voice a chainAnd every inch just stoked the flame No begging works, no pleading winsShe smiled and whispered all my sinsSaid, “You’ll only get what I allowSo crawl, boy. And do it proud.” I’m restricted, bound by

Pretty When It BurnsShe moves like heaven, talks like hellEvery kiss a loaded spellAnd I light it up just to feel cleanNails like mercy, eyes like storms We break the bed, then break the rulesPlay war games in lover’s toolsShe’s pretty when it burns–God, I knowTwists the blade but makes it slow Sits like sin

Poison Is a Pet Name NowYou don’t need chains when the leash is soft and the collar says “I’m fine”I built excuses like a temple, prayed at the altar of your temperLove, I heard loyalty, and now I can’t tell the fucking difference Your kisses came wrapped in ultimatums, your touch like ice with teethI

Plain EnoughI’ve arrived at the station of plain enough manSomewhere between the remarkable and also-ranA face that gets smiled at in passing in storesThat opens enough though it don’t open all of the doorsA face that’s decent and does what it shouldPlain enough is my familiar neighborhood Plain enough, and it took me some timePlain

Phantom Limb LoverShe’s been gone so long into my mouth.

Patina of TimeTime wears us downLike metal left in the rainThe years don’t pass without leaving their markA slow burnA quiet fadeI see the patina on our loveA glow that only age can bring We once shined like goldBut now the rust clings to usAnd yet, there’s beauty in the tarnishIn the way we’ve weathered

Panty Drop HeartbreakShe danced in like a shot of sinLaugh too loud, drink too thinTook your name, wrote it on her thighThen fucked it off by the morning sky She’s the kind that ruins graceTurns your bed into a crime scene traceTold you you’re the only oneWhile another was gettin’ undone She’s a panty drop

Painted LiesBeneath the surface, I wear a maskTo hide the scars that they can’t askPretending I’m fine, but I’m falling apartTrapped in a war that rages in my heart Painted lies, they make me wholeHiding the wreckage that’s in my soulBehind the smile, I’m running from the painPainted lies, it’s all in vain The world’s