I lose myself in the water so much I cannot look away. If my fall blesses me, the lilypads might cushion me, And the lotus flowers crown me before I drown. I cannot forget what the trees look like; I see them caressing the hair of my other self, Who smiles from below and reassures me of my destiny. But […]
Like every day, I watch her from afar. Her last days of freedom, she walks along the cliffs and stares at the waves in the distance. Gone are her colourful past gowns, But luckily, I cannot lose her among the waves; the red parasol draws me in like a beacon. Her sister alongside her, A guard with invisible knives pressed […]
Some things in life are organic poems. I don’t need to dissect them in my diary and stitch them up with pretty metaphors, they are born ready to be appreciated. I wore jeans to the first funeral I ever attended. My grandfather’s. Black jeans and a black jumper, in Italy we don’t dress up for funerals, it wasn’t a celebration. […]
Autumn I drop my shoes on the floor, they echo through the room. I bend down to put them on, and notice the left one’s laces are shredded. Boots it is. I put them away, and repeat this process for the next few months. Summer I don’t wear flip-flops, they hurt. But today, I did. Someone calls my name and […]
Text me when you get home, remember that I love you. I stare at that message, willing you to open it and text me back. I made it home safe; I love you too. Every day, after school, Down canopy paths of trees and thorns, I’m home, I’m safe, I love you. Years later, call me while walking home, So […]
I stare at the reflections of all my selves from my ribcage.Sometimes, they are lined up in a single file, like how I used to line up my rubber ducks as a child. They gather along my sternum and shift into miniature wooden mannequins. No eyes, teeth, skin, or bones. And then, during those opposite days, they silently sink within […]
In a desert of ash, I left my body behind. I climb out of my skeleton from my skull, my bones break in half and fall at my sides, and my skin pools around them, cushioning my fall. I know it is still there, waiting for me to come back, but it will never happen. It awaits, blank still blinking […]
The Earth laughs in dew-coated daisies, but it cries with the last leaves to depart a rotting oak. It screams in a sudden gust of wind that makes your ears ring, just after you have torn apart the last buttercup of a summer field. So, I ask you to look around. Do you see peace in this world? Salt covered […]
Build this life by yourself, piece by piece, and then watch it burn like it’s made of matchsticks. In mere seconds, it’s all gone. Fly away, try again, repeat the same mistakes, say goodbye one more time. Eventually, you stop trying, nothing matters. Fall to the ground, your wings break off. Melt into the ground as you clutch them close […]
I wake up to the moon screaming. If I can hear her, then it’s too late. An anklet and laces of blood, my skin shreds. She calls for me, the more I resist, the more it will hurt, so I walk outside and stain each cobblestone black. My moon, I look at you and offer myself. Stitch my skin or […]