I. It’s dark when you leave. The engine of your car hums reliably like the pulsing of your blood in your eardrum. II. Fog hangs. A backcountry detour extends to welcome you, but you’ve been here before. III. The road winds and weaves. The pills should heal the thoughts that are spinning as fast as … Continue reading Route 360

once, I composed choruses of the unsaid. I became a symphony— always stuck in your head. and you listened— hummed my voice in bed. until you chose her instead. but you forgot to look ahead. and back to me you tread. but I am a specter— I create dread. and I thrive because I am … Continue reading Spectre

Wrap me in a cocoon of denial. Let it restrict what I am. Let it paralyze me. Escape: a truth I can see— but not feel. Let your words mean nothing. Drip your voice into my mouth— let me taste the venom. let it choke me— swell in my throat— intoxicating me with emptiness. Share … Continue reading Rewind

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I sat next to her under the dark blanket of the sky that was spotted with stars unlike anything we could see in the city. But they were nothing compared to the way that her eyes twinkled from the light of our fire. Her laughter hung in the air – a sound more pleasant than … Continue reading Flames