the wetness on my face is strange in contrast to the burning in my chest, rage bubbling in my chest does nothing to ease to blurring in my eyes as my body shakes in effort to stand, to smile. I feel everything...every muscle tensing to maintain balance as words slur passed my lips. I didn't … Continue reading Images of Exhaustion
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And We All Fall Down
images flicker across screens held tightly shut, pulsing roars in ears that swear they heard whimpers. It's too late, in every scene, flashing memories of what never happened she always had that planned. It would be raining angrily from cheeks that were pale from realizing, they never meant a thing. It's a dangerous reality these … Continue reading And We All Fall Down
Love Poem
Do you remember the promises? And the kisses of skin that linked us to the shifting days? Remember me, please, as I lay watching myself die in our mirror. The apartment always seemed too big when you walked away and my heart, growing week in the years following your steps, until the day came and … Continue reading Love Poem
I Know No Enemies
I know no enemies, except one... Her eyes are the same as mine Grey-blue, they never seem to smile with the curve of lips Come with me And you'll see no diatribes that slice through the thickest of skin for I know no enemies than the one... With a pulled back mane that held too … Continue reading I Know No Enemies
Faith Taryn Davies 