j.l. luna : Writing

Single File Riot

Single File Riot

A Poem by j.l. luna


it's funny whenthings changeit's funny when thingsaren't strangewe stumbled out into the midnight streets, and you leaned over and whispered to me, "t..
Saturday

Saturday

A Poem by j.l. luna


actively awareof every atomand strand of hairseeking peacein these absent streetslisteningto the absent beatsof my heartand feet
Tired

Tired

A Poem by j.l. luna


The entire world is tired.No matter where I go:people are yawning,eyes closed, microsleeping.And can you blame them?With a culture that expects so muc..
Credence

Credence

A Poem by j.l. luna


Vernacular of the godsYour words sting like anaphylaxisThe search for something cynicalhas bred us as its socialized skepticsIf you are afraid of bein..
Bleed Blue and Let the Stars Take You (Home)

Bleed Blue and Let the Stars Take You (Home)

A Poem by j.l. luna


It's die or surviveYou masked the symptomsand stopped waiting for the sun to riseI feel it in the resistancethe pulsing beneath your bleeding lipsIt's..
Into the Black Hole

Into the Black Hole

A Poem by j.l. luna


I held your heart like a child’s handThe universe played in your eyesColliding stimuliI felt my world collapse under the weight of fate’s ..
Oblate Spheroid

Oblate Spheroid

A Poem by j.l. luna


they say Saturn takes almost thirty yearsto orbit the sunsad that some don't live that longand die youngdecomposing in graves illuminated byfirefliesw..
Liquid Loss

Liquid Loss

A Poem by j.l. luna


Slipping through the cracksof another undeserved chancereckless precious baby handslittle is knownsave for their demandsspeak when spoken tolaugh when..
We Share Nothing But a Cell Block

We Share Nothing But a Cell Block

A Poem by j.l. luna


The ants crawl in perfect method, finding trails that were left for them, not sheep but those that keep their colony alive and out of wreckage. I clea..
Telephones to Talk to Strangers

Telephones to Talk to Strangers

A Poem by j.l. luna


it's considered pride until you're whitethousands of years carefully building stereotypesmaking sure we don't cross property linesinvoking fear that i..