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...
by breathwords | May 13, 2020 | Extended Exhalations
the windows are open, cold air winding through, taking with it the last days of autumn and ushering in the arrival of the first snow blackbird is playing on the radio, the foo fighters version i was never a fan of the way the beatles sounded, but the lyrics are good...
by breathwords | May 3, 2020 | Bittersweet Breaths, Extended Exhalations
some people prefer to stay on land. never searching below the superficial surface. they look just long enough to find their own reflection, to turn your story into theirs, to make themselves the focus. now me, i want conversations that can only be found in the depths....
by breathwords | Apr 26, 2020 | Bittersweet Breaths, Extended Exhalations
you sent me winter roses, a bouquet of dying petals and dried november leaves i cut myself on the thorns now i am bleeding violet in a world of gray still, thorns don’t hurt the way words do, and there is no sting as sharp as the one delivered by your riposte tongue...
by breathwords | Apr 18, 2020 | Bittersweet Breaths, Extended Exhalations
the trees are dressed in winter, abandoned pieces left behind, fine spider lace and skeleton leaves and something heavy hanging in the air quickly comes the night its silent embrace feels too much like your own, leaving me to crave not the warmth, but your bitter...
by breathwords | Apr 17, 2020 | Bittersweet Breaths, Extended Exhalations
i left a paper trail of poetry, a path for you to follow when you finally decided that you needed me after all, whispers in the dark that would guide you to my heart looking back, i should’ve known that my words would never be enough see, i’d been screaming for years,...
