hjcm : Writing

Teenager again

Teenager again

A Poem by hjcm


pool of eye depths that I cannot tell but I eventually got there in a whisper and now I simply want you me and some guitars amped ..
The Bog-Witch

The Bog-Witch

A Poem by hjcm


Corner-light on the building injecting colour into the dusk-chilled sky; skeleton tree; in this world behind blinds (for we are ind..
Look what you've done

Look what you've done

A Poem by hjcm


Hearing your name on the lips of a stranger who didn’t know you, hadn’t felt the touch of your tongue, unravelled a large section..
Tuesday the 15th

Tuesday the 15th

A Poem by hjcm


Two sets of glasses, straws forming a letter where they cross. Last night I turned over and over, hand curled around a heartbeatless fa..
Showing too much

Showing too much

A Poem by hjcm


Skin covers so much more than flesh, bone, muscle, the organs with which I love; it’s easily broken or tainted when someone carele..
I hoped

I hoped

A Poem by hjcm


Batteries all run out, conditioner and an empty takeout box used for keeping food fresh. I wish that for once I would become the sma..
That's when I told you

That's when I told you

A Poem by hjcm


Shadows of dancers in the window, painted in club lights, moving to the beat at my back. (The patterns growprettierwith time, inste..
Candlesticks

Candlesticks

A Poem by hjcm


Long hallways and high-arched windows fringed with rich drapery. Silver laid out on the table ready for luncheon while outside the chil..
An ended argument

An ended argument

A Poem by hjcm


The sky outside is dawnwash purple; puddles cradled into dips and niches: the relicts of yesterday. The old widow walks on by. She is no..
In Winter

In Winter

A Poem by hjcm


Light shines through curtains that can’t hold back the light for too long. There’s a shape of the morning outside and I&rsq..