Devin Mitchell Durbin : Writing

Lipstick & Skeletons: A Prologue of Sorts

Lipstick & Skeletons: A Prologue of Sorts

A Chapter by Devin Mitchell Durbin


This is the introduction of my series "Lipstick and Skeletons" a book that I am working on.
Wanderlust

Wanderlust

A Poem by Devin Mitchell Durbin


I wrote this poem on the toilet. Thinking about what wanderlust has done to me.
The Poet, the Addict, and the Drag Queen

The Poet, the Addict, and the Drag Queen

A Chapter by Devin Mitchell Durbin


I moved beyond you slowlymy life had so intricately filled yours into the holes in mine.I had to begrudgingly cut you from me piece by piecefrom my ve..
Overcoming Ghosts in a Ghost Town

Overcoming Ghosts in a Ghost Town

A Chapter by Devin Mitchell Durbin


A friend came to me in desperation."I think I messed things up again" he said;"And I can't go on living this way.Living in the past.I can't live here ..
What Did You Do?

What Did You Do?

A Chapter by Devin Mitchell Durbin


Make your own decisions, they said to you.Do what you want to do, do what you need to do.First of all trust us and think only of us.You owe us so much..
Skeleton's Don't Make Good Conversations When They Come Crawling Out of The Close after 30 Years

Skeleton's Don't Make Good Conversations When They..

A Chapter by Devin Mitchell Durbin


Open up your eyes.Open up your heart,Maybe you can seeWhat you feel in the dark.In the back of your closetThe skeletons you keepThe ones that you know..
I Have a Name

I Have a Name

A Chapter by Devin Mitchell Durbin


Trigger Warning: This is not for the faint of heart.
Twisted Feelings Well Up Within

Twisted Feelings Well Up Within

A Chapter by Devin Mitchell Durbin


Words don't always come so easily. They find ways to get twisted up inside of me. Broken, tattered, beaten, bruised doesn't matter what you do. ..
Abstinence Never Stopped Love

Abstinence Never Stopped Love

A Chapter by Devin Mitchell Durbin


I’m not terrified of love.I’m frightened of love lostbecause I feel I’ve never held it.I am a product of 21st Century Americawhere t..
Durbin Family History

Durbin Family History

A Chapter by Devin Mitchell Durbin


Let me tell you a story;One that is oldAnd of one still being told.Let me tell you a story;Of a child that was being boldAnd a man who I had to scold...