I have an evergreen for every person I have ever loved. Even if we have drifted apart, even if I no longer feel that way, I will always care for them. But there are times I want to tear those trees down. Split them in half, count those rings of ruptured, bleeding veins. How long have I been feeling this, […]
Grass scrapes my legs, I see my scars and I remember. I remember falling from the last tree that shed its leaves in winter. I remember you taking off your shoes by the side of the road, they lay there mimicking the last steps you took. I clung to you like ivy on terracotta bricks, maybe I shouldn’t have, maybe […]
I had a dream about a mansion where I fell asleep for days. When I finally awoke and left, the house was encircled by autumn trees. I was different, with eyes and hair of mint leaves, and four bleeding incisions on my left arm, trickling down to my palm, resembling foliage. Stacked on top of each other, as if they […]
Three flies away because you are gone, Three like the month we were both born in. I find myself writing about you more and more. Three like the hour you left, Like the number of months you have been gone, Like the day of the week it all happened. I will never be able to think about anything else but […]
Hanging on by a single thread. All others have been lost to time. They haven’t been replaced, their threads still hang lightly with their absence. Kept away but never donated, I wait just in case I’m needed one last time.