Only beautiful.

Her face taught me softness hurt. His face taught me softness startled. I taught me softness softness taught me I. I am only beautiful when I’m soft. My face is...

1,000 bits.

Am I allowed to tell you I love you? Am I allowed to show you I love you? I’m scared if I do I’ll break into 1,000 bits. I’m scared...

Our love.

Heart ache pulse through me completely so that my body may vibrate in the depth of our love. Then I can bring you, here. Then I can call here, home....

Familiar Hands.

Your hands wish to hold her. Rid her of grief. I need to be held. I’m an infant, only. I need to be held. I’m a woman, lonely. But your...

In stillness, together.

Can you hear me? My quiet hymn. How I long to sing you her silence. But desire, distorts. Dread of imperceptibility, contorts. My souls song sped up. Forced words fill...

A woman.

You look at me and see a woman. Why can’t I see her? What courage  your eyes ask. To soften the space between my lungs, between my legs. A body...

How sweet the sound.

Unheard ache sounds furious. Flinging daggers. Once cast, come back. Murder, suicide is no way to live. It’s living without her. She doesn’t say “rid yourself of fury.” She says...

Warm inside.

My desire to touch and be touched finally outweighs my need to self-fulfill, self-detest. I’m here to love your body, from mine. To embrace you with the warmth inside of...

Am I her?

She won’t let me rest. Not until she reaches you. Until her words pour out my lips my breasts my heart my hips. They’re not my words. They’re hers. She’s...