by breathwords | Aug 24, 2020 | Drink In the Dark
these nights are slowly killing me i called for you again. do you see me sinking? i am drowning off the dream coast, drifting in a sea of talking ghosts (it’s your voice that is going to swallow me whole) how am i to breathe in this ocean of memories? how am i to swim...
by breathwords | May 1, 2020 | Bittersweet Breaths, Simple Sighs
i dreamed that these red seas were made of pretty poppy petals, that i was sinking into warm memories instead of drowning in the starving quiet your absence left behind -ashley jane
by breathwords | Feb 10, 2018 | Drink In the Dark, Extended Exhalations
She pricked her finger on the spindle of your thorns, fell prisoner to your irascible temper and lying eyes, the jewel in your own vainglorious crown, locked up behind the rage of daunting nights She felt you reach out for her to hold your mad hands as if to save her...
by breathwords | Aug 30, 2017 | Extended Exhalations
she once counted stars, but she ended up falling now, she is a sea queen sinking in her own summer storm, racing anchors to the bottom of her mind’s deep ocean while the lightning rages and the rain pours she waits for a break to undo the ache, and she hears the...
by breathwords | Aug 8, 2017 | Bittersweet Breaths, Extended Exhalations
I have always been drawn to water, the allure of being clean, as if one dip beneath the surface will wash all my cares away I just hover, lost in the fading colors as depths rise, no more crowded rooms filled with empty conversation, just sweet silence it makes...