What do you need right now? tomorrow? A generation stuck with I, we forget what it means to need. Need a phone, a laptop, shoes, clothes, car. What do you need? In the form of friends, lovers, mentors, family. Do you trust it? Do you trust the difference between the need, and the want? understand … Continue reading Facebook Short Poetry Series #3
Month: July 2012
Facebook Short Poetry Series #2
I'm stuck, in the in between place that is always easy to access, but rarely easy to leave. I've been here many times, born, if you will allow me to suggest, to exist in the fantasies that have grown here as I wait, patiently I might add, to figure out the next door to leave … Continue reading Facebook Short Poetry Series #2
Mirror
Slipping so silently it's almost too beautiful for words, smile, she once said, smile so they know you are alright, despite the fire slowly waning in the moonlight. It's a beautiful disgrace, the word, the movement, that lay tattered lines across well-hated skin, we lived in the moments until the moments left us behind. And … Continue reading Mirror
Lies that Blood Taught Me
I'd be fine if my hands stopped shaking, then the words would be as difficult to produce. Simply such, calling a duck a dog doesn't make it less of a duck, just someone's twisted attempt at subterfuge, which means lying, since I don't want to be accused of thinking myself smarter, when if fact it … Continue reading Lies that Blood Taught Me
Faith Taryn Davies 