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the element of air.

the element of air.

wild wisps of wind. heat-seeking breeze. sirroco. samoon. shamal. the way it smells. the way those smells carry memories. ocean waves or fields of flowers or fresh-baked bread. grandmother’s kitchen in the spring with the doors open and pie on the windowsill. the...
i only ever wished you well.

i only ever wished you well.

we tried in vain to find some comfort, a lesson in the language of the almost lover, olive branch extended through the cold dark night still, i hope you find the warmth i left behind, the embers that still smolder when the dawn begins to rise -ashley...
noyade.

noyade.

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...

my heart will outlast your hurricane.

i was gone long before you noticed, drifting beyond your lonely lighthouse shine i refused to be another casualty of your raging storms, your lightning strikes creating seaglass memories, proof that there is still strength in these bones – ashley...