I like screaming over moutaintops

Like a fucking yodeller

I listen to the echos

They’re just for me

I breath in my voice

Let it soothe me

I start to get trippy

Like its LSD

I black out cold

On a rocky floor

No one will find me

No one could find me

Till the drugs wore off...

Does anyone have a pillow?

Or better still an empty room?

My therapist says I shouldn’t bottle things up so this is long overdue

I open my mouth as wide as can be and stretch my vocal chords

And out of my chest erupts not a scream but really…

Nothing at all...

Love is desperate

A painful force

I wish I never knew it

I wish I never knew you

But that’s a dirty lie

I wish we weren’t here right now

Under the moonlight

I never took you as a romantic.

You say I bring out the best in you,

Why can’t you do the same for me?

My heartrate spikes,

You’re too close

Palms sweaty, Mom’s spaghetti,

Please leave me alone

You can’t seem to say it, neither can I:

_I...

You can cross the path of millions

And still be alone

You can stand before thousands

And still be unknown

Littered ‘cross the pages

Of backend websites

Lurking in the shadows

Of others’ spotlight

My IP address

Is just a hack away

My N.I.N

Is just a scam away

Yet I wander faceless

Through social media

Posting, yet nameless

It’s all so familiar

A one-hit wonder

(That no one’s ever heard of)

Pos...

There you crouch

Neck stiff in arch

Mouth gaping open

But there’s only a whimper

Before you is altar

It swallows, you flush

And into it you sacrifice

Your poisoned guts

Standing guard: our guardians,

Akimbo is unamused

You are their black sheep

Dead eyes undesirable

You did it for attention

You’re acting the fool

So sayeth the guardians

I sayeth too

Peer into the future

Question crystal b...

There you squat

Neck stiff in arch

Mouth open wide

But there’s only a whimper

Before you is an abyss

It swallows, you flush

And into it you sacrifice

Your stomach’s contents

Standing guard: our guardians,

Akimbo and unamused

Try a different pill later

This one’s no use

You did it for attention

You’re acting the fool

And so am I today

Neck stiff, only a whimper

A stylus in my hand

To carve...

Trying to blow up is such a chore

You pour your soul into it for just a “hurr”

Is it ‘cause there’s no rhyme scheme

Or the subject matter’s too explicit?

Would you prefer I littered my poem with trigger warnings in it?

I don’t know who I’m trying to please

You don’t even know me

As far as my eyes can see

The algorithm won’t show me

Off to anybody out here

So I might as well keep my works in the dr...

We’ve been everything from siblings

(not really)

to best friends

(supposedly)

to lovers

(unknowingly)

but we’ve never been just friends

Till now, I suppose

Now we’re more distant

But I’ll say this for you and no other boy

Because all the time I’ve known you I’ve known true joy

You’re so perfectly perfect,

It’s almost surreal

From your looks to your manners,

You have so much appeal

You love God an...

The bride ran down the aisle, or more accurately, hobbled. Mascara streamed down her face like raindrops on a window. One high heel was missing from her perfectly pedicured feet as she tripped down the aisle, icing in her hair.

Only about ten minutes earlier, this same woman stood with gleaming brown eyes smiling into those of her husband-to-be. A church organ hummed a solemn ceremonial tune as t...

Your hold on me is inescapable

A ribcage from the outside in

Pinning me to your chest

Like the honorary badge you wear so proudly

I thought I would feel safe here

Like some stockholm syndrome

But you’re choking me

While claiming to give breath

Your limbs are like oak trees

As we ride through the city

It’s nighttime, our shades on

Masks to hide your smile

You got the windows tinted

Like a stat...