When my eyes flutter shut

and blackness rolls over my vision

I transcend

Innermost fears and desires

spring to life like a film

I never have enough control to edit the actions I make in my dreams, but I have a strong enough nudge to push them in a favorable position

Life and death alike spews out

The unconscious machine

I enjoy the forbidden lovers and the forced flying my body endures in my...

I stare at my phone with burning eyes

Your haunting text in all its glory stares back at me with an impish smile

You’re mocking me without lifting a finger

It hasn’t been a month or a year, but a week

The wound is still fresh, in desperate need of stitches

Or rather, attention

The painful words ring deep in my soul

We shouldn’t see each other anymore

I don’t see us as long-term

It’s like the ...

Did I cross a line when I cupped your face?

Relishing in the smooth skin, mapping out the moles like landmarks

I’ll revisit

Over and over again

My lips travel to your neck, down to your broad shoulders

Did I cross a line when I drowned in your eyes?

Confessing with my heart-shaped pupils that I’d let you become my downfall

Ruin me

Did I cross a line when I left small pieces of my soul with you?

...

Five dialects

The first travels from my nerves to yours

Receptors buzzing eagerly

Radiance glows

When you make the cold feel like home

I speak this fluently, especially for you

I adore the way our hands fit seamlessly

A flesh pact declaring us as each other’s

Where you keep me safe with the first

You embolden me with the second

Your lips, a wellspring 

Each word you utter saves me

Clawing doubt ...

Black bomber jacket

Dirty blonde hair flows freely

Green eyes enchant me

Fresh, clean linen wafts

Through my nose, I’m besotted

You’re scented like home

Boyish baritone

Voice is handsome like your face

You’re my new vinyl

Muscular plushie

Your biceps are my new toys

I seek your embrace

You taste so divine

Sweet, like blueberry sublime

I think I want more...

Sunshine is where I find you beaming down

Down, my heart plummets to the ocean floor

Releasing rays, your warmth wraps around me

Up, my heart floats from the freezing water

I continue to orbit around you

Circling you like I’m an excited dog

The kindest person I know, golden sun

You’ll always be the first person I seek...

We met outside the smoke shop

I was nervous, hoping your flavor’s not a flop

Mint, mango, lychee

You’re so fucking pricey

Addiction is served

For $30 apiece

Craving, begging

Ooh, sweet release

Baby, baby Lemonheads is where it’s at

What the fuck is popcorn lung?

Should it matter when you taste so good on my tongue?

Grape, cherry, watermelon

If vaping is a crime, call me a felon

Addiction is ser...

Aripiprazole pills arrange themselves mosaically

Counted without purpose

They find their way back to the cotton confines of their plastic home

The dust layers like a wedding cake on various surfaces

Childish fingers trace phallic drawings through the fine particles

It’s art 

So are the week-old bedsheets slowly pulling away from the mattress

Too many pillows, not enough space

A stuffed zoo squishe...

How dare you?

You creep up on me like the flu.

I’ve forgotten about your existence.

As you clamor on, I widen the distance.

It’s like you’ve forgotten what you’ve done.

How simple it is for you to discard everyone.

No remorse.

Malice, straight from the source.

We might have history.

How we were before, it’s a mystery.

I wish to forget.

An era of regret.

Don’t act as if we’re alright.

Far from i...

Tango-Waltz

It’s the way our breaths mingle 

Never shying away from each other

Before our eager lips collide

Our heads tilt such as a révérence

May I have this dance?

The kiss mimics a waltz at first

Tender, languid, tentative

Clumsily, but sweetly

We speed up to a tango 

I’m enamored with the way you hold me

Mischievous tongues interlock as we smile

Our tango-waltz emits flickering ember...