i love the sound of car’s seat belts i wish that i had that alert sound that invisible thread that pulls me back from my wildest dreams. so every time life’s about to hit so hard i won’t hit my head while jumping out of a moving car going 80 thinking i was flying forContinue reading “Going 80”
Category Archives: Poem
freak show
i’m a three-hour freak show i can go up fast and down slow i often laugh when I wanted so hard to cry i squeezed the toothpaste from the middle sometimes too much, sometimes too little. my limbs just move on their own i often don’t feel my weight or feel too much like death,Continue reading “freak show”
slow
i used to love driving so fast my head twirled in heaven and my foot hit the pedal so hard like i was running from my own depression like it was the last day on earth. when the truck’s headlights exploded in my eye, i wanted to let go of the brake and just letContinue reading “slow”
free fall
left your stuff scatter around my place like how you appeared casually in my brain we never know when the last leaf would fall but can we stay here forever like this for now? i never liked it unorganised i needed my life to stay the way it is but i like how you splashedContinue reading “free fall”
the reasons
you’re looking for something in every lover, something to fill in your hollow and fix the never-ending pain. you’re looking for something to stop you from feeling so alone you wanted to die, but did those things make you any less lonely? you’re looking for something to make sense of this life, to help youContinue reading “the reasons”
living
everything is fading the water is rising did you forget to breathe? the sparrows are soaring the skyline is closing time to decide: stay or leave? i know your heart is tired and your limbs want to give up but you’re still moving with every inhale i know your core is weary and you haveContinue reading “living”
home
it seems easy, making the house look better buying new furniture like it’s nothing but the one person you called ‘home’ you did nothing but get trapped in them. t.l.
someone like me
oh god, that face is so pretty maybe too pretty for someone like me and a good personality? now that’s tearing me in half do i want a lovely skin or graceful heart beats? can’t god make me both? the more rotten I feel inside the more beautiful I wanna look outside. t.l.
stay
stay i could be much better i could be a boy i could be more alive i could sing you that song you like i could stop crying i could be more obedient i could take out all the piercings i could be more quiet i could be a brand new person i could evenContinue reading “stay”
meteor
if sadness is your best friend and self-doubt is your lover how do you make room for another partner ? how do you take up so much space being so small and frail ? when you left, the bed sinks further sleeping with anxiety every night no wonder your teeth are crooked what are newContinue reading “meteor”