Tammy Le

ocean

now I understand how it’s like to get lost in someone’s eyes like you’re gasping for air every second of the way like your knees turn into water and you could hardly make a sound you wanted to stand your ground but you’re flowing towards her like all streams to the ocean. t.l.

wrong-sized ring

when you tried to fit a ring that doesn’t fit, you could lose all sensation in your finger or the ring would fall out forever. t.l. the same goes for a wrong lover.

3:21

when life suddenly hits you started to ask am i too fucking sensitive ? all the things that you did stayed in your mind forever like an old scratchy cd playing the embarrassing past over and over again like eating breakfasts you keep lying to yourself that as long as you have one of thoseContinue reading “3:21”

poetry

poetry is where clouds grow on trees poetry is where there’s no misery poetry is where i get praised for being needy poetry is where death is pretty poetry is where love isn’t scary poetry is where i can be my darkest self poetry is where i am most like me. t.l. that’s why iContinue reading “poetry”

Number 5, 1948

you asked, if i would get sick again and for a brief second, i forgot that i’m a broken vase the one that recovered from almost drowning i keep myself busy from thinking about dying but does that mean i’m totally healed? i kept thinking about what Matt Haig said, “the best thing about rockContinue reading “Number 5, 1948”

Sanity

two things i wanna keep closest to me one is you another is my sanity. t.l.

again

there you go again work until you forgot time again kiss her until you escaped time again cry your heart out until you passed out again listen to that same song until your ears bursted again run so fast like the stars were chasing you again drive so far from the people until you hitContinue reading “again”

Water & Wine

my phone screen snapped in half my limbs kept bumping into furniture legs the photos are fading, i think we’d better lay it down you said time will heal that our fights would play out we would reach a place where calm is found no more crying, we hoped to discover the hurricane eye butContinue reading “Water & Wine”

worthy

as long as i’m not running out of things to write i am still worthy, right? t.l.

let others love you

there’s no time to waste we’re all going to die anyway take the leap and change your hair hug your shoulders and cut your nails love them, and expect nothing back kiss them, and know that your heart is beating forgive them, and save your tears for happy times run after them, there’s no shameContinue reading “let others love you”