The dark red fruit of the summerStrawberries, deepPainfully swollen likeThe infection in the wound.The flesh spread overThe shadowy cherryOn my tongue..
You know I love youYou know, you know I do.Don't take the melody out of meWhen you know why it's thereYou know why I'm fallingOver myself, out of tune..
Why do you put me through this violence?Like tearing down my garden-It took so long to plant and growI don't have the energy for it now whenAll I am i..
There was a lonely orange treeAt the edge of the woodsWhere the scent of daffodilsWas heavy, after the fresh rain-I lingered there to lookFor the new ..
Girlhood is a tentative thingUnsure if it has room to breathe-Sticking close to solid shadowsThe comfort of twilight, oftenI find myself carrying her ..
There is something incompleteWalking aroundWithin my rib cage as IExhale.I'm an unfinished bookWritten all the wayBut the last linesMissingWaiting in ..
Holding me in your front yardThe wind in my hairTrailing it gently over usVeiling my eyesSplitting the light betweenGolden strandsWeaving irrevocable ..