by breathwords | May 22, 2020 | Simple Sighs
ingredients: one december moon the burgundy-orange glow of a fiery hearth one tree decorated in lights two hours or more of uninterrupted time together a few gentle endings the promise of beginnings mix thoroughly with a whisper of wishes born under a star on a brumal...
by breathwords | May 20, 2020 | Bittersweet Breaths, Extended Exhalations
i am bending time, twisting fate and reason, holding out for something to believe in but this winter solitude only knows you — all cold logic and bitter truth that leaves me shivering, far from the arms of apricity i trade broken pieces of farewells for a chance at...
by breathwords | May 18, 2020 | Words of Wisdom
we are all elegant fury and dismantled dreams we rage against a broken system, caged birds kept behind man-made borders we sought the gardens of tomorrow and found ourselves bound to the mistakes of yesterday, unwilling accomplices in the age of impostors and now, we...
by breathwords | May 16, 2020 | Bright Breaths, Words of Wisdom
i’ve always been fascinated by the kind of art others don’t appreciate, the poetry etched in haste on the bathroom stall, the graffiti scrawled on passing train cars i suppose i love the abstract, the undefined, the stuff we share thinking no one will notice (but...
by breathwords | May 15, 2020 | Extended Exhalations
these sheets hold tightly to heavy bones i made my home in them while the sun rose and fell, wrapped myself up in this cocoon and waited for the night to drip stars from the sky i move within their light, escaping a skim of shadows by melding with the moon i tip toe...