I’m okay.
I’m okay.
It’s fine.
It’s all fine.
Everything is okay.
I’m okay.
I’m okay.
It’s fine.
It’s all fine.
Everything is okay.
don’t worry.
I probably just fell asleep
in a world
that never felt like mine to begin with.
don’t worry.
I probably just fell asleep
in a world
that never felt like mine to begin with.
on my soft, stupid
wide-open
heart.
always mistaking
hollow rooms
for homes.
on my soft, stupid
wide-open
heart.
always mistaking
hollow rooms
for homes.
to drown out the voice inside me that says
you’re too much and never enough all at once.
to drown out the voice inside me that says
you’re too much and never enough all at once.
“Soaked,” he muttered.
“Yours,” she whispered.
“Soaked,” he muttered.
“Yours,” she whispered.
He nodded.
“Good boy.”
He nodded.
“Good boy.”
I barely had time to scream before they were on me.
Boots pounded against the floorboards.
Masks, black gloves, heavy breaths.
Hands .... too many hands — grabbing, wrenching, pulling me roughly from the couch onto the floor.
I barely had time to scream before they were on me.
Boots pounded against the floorboards.
Masks, black gloves, heavy breaths.
Hands .... too many hands — grabbing, wrenching, pulling me roughly from the couch onto the floor.
beneath the weight of monsters
I named after myself.
beneath the weight of monsters
I named after myself.
I trip over it.
Then apologise for bleeding.
I trip over it.
Then apologise for bleeding.
forgotten by time,
remembered only by ghosts who whisper leave
but my feet are concrete,
my shadow is screaming.
forgotten by time,
remembered only by ghosts who whisper leave
but my feet are concrete,
my shadow is screaming.
Not the kind made for fairy tales or freedom songs.
Not the kind folded by children, thrown toward ceiling fans,
hoping for lift-off in living rooms too cramped for dreams.
Not the kind made for fairy tales or freedom songs.
Not the kind folded by children, thrown toward ceiling fans,
hoping for lift-off in living rooms too cramped for dreams.
But yours is barbed, and gags the tide.
But yours is barbed, and gags the tide.
Stripped me down to splinters.
Stripped me down to splinters.
hold me down
hold me down
The pub was buzzing - laughter echoing off old brick walls, glasses clinking, low music curling around the conversations. But in our corner booth, tucked into shadow, none of that mattered. You sat close, your thigh against mine, your arm stretched casually across the back…
The pub was buzzing - laughter echoing off old brick walls, glasses clinking, low music curling around the conversations. But in our corner booth, tucked into shadow, none of that mattered. You sat close, your thigh against mine, your arm stretched casually across the back…