Devan McKinley : Writing

Waiting to Love You

Waiting to Love You

A Poem by Devan McKinley


Do you know the feeling, When your hand spreads across a blanket, and you get a moment of bliss from what feels like the softest thing there is? T..
Arrangements

Arrangements

A Poem by Devan McKinley


So why's it have to be like this? Why'd you have to take your lips, And press them onto mine? I should have expected this. I'll act like you're..
Lonely In Love

Lonely In Love

A Poem by Devan McKinley


I'm just laying here. Feeling so damn empty. Trying not to fall into the sadness. My heart is telling me to cry, But my brain won't let me. The..
Panic Attack

Panic Attack

A Poem by Devan McKinley


Clawing at the walls, Trying to escape. Its the screaming in the halls, That's keeping me awake. I've tried locking all the doors, But it alway..
A Few Yesterdays

A Few Yesterdays

A Poem by Devan McKinley


When we were little,Momma had all the answers,And Daddy knew just what to say.Now that it's ten years later,I'd like to go back a few yesterdays.We co..
4 Bedroom For Sale

4 Bedroom For Sale

A Poem by Devan McKinley


Well if strangers do show up one day,And act like they'll buy the place,I'll hold my breath and greet them at the car.And as they're looking at the ac..
The Truth

The Truth

A Poem by Devan McKinley


Carhartt in the laundry,Blue toothbrush by the sink.These are the things I notice,When I sit down and I think.Loose change on the dresser,Wrappers on ..
I Guess I Knew

I Guess I Knew

A Poem by Devan McKinley


I guess I knew,That she would take my spot.I'm not bitter,But it kind of hurt a lot.She looked so pretty,In your bridesmaid dress.I was trying so hard..
Glamerous

Glamerous

A Poem by Devan McKinley


She floats away on champagne wishes,Dreams of the lover that will make her the Mrs.Imagines her life dressed in Chiffon.Red soles on her feet, Loubout..
Vogue

Vogue

A Poem by Devan McKinley


I'll be in the front row talking business with Tom Ford.Watching the latest fall line while champagne is being poured.Scents of Chanel and Armani fill..