Outlier

There was always a distance between you and them you knew very well when you felt an inexplicable discomfort those shallow eyes were the hardest to look into those unnecessary words were the hardest to utter when pretty much everyone seemed to 'get by' you wondered whether your 'clan' existed. But you always ignored your …

Twenty three

I admit my words should be written in grey for I have not much to say every time I intend to rhyme sounds like I am trying didn't know in my good old days I would still be lost at twenty-three didn't know in my golden days I was better off back then didn't need …

Lanterns

Photo by Alex Hussein on Pexels.com A flicker of lightin my darkest nightlike a fireflybasking in the glowI saw lanternsfor the first timethat was the momentI knew my eyeswere not made of stoneI never needed a charmto ward off the evilI never needed the fireto scare away the wolvesfor all the sinking shipsall my broken …

Walls

These are the walls that have seen me bleed when they thought I was a thick skinned old banyan tree. These are the walls that have seen me weep in my darkest nights when they thought my glitter was gold. These are the walls that have heard all my rustic secrets with no judgments, no …

The man too afraid

The man too afraid to hurt me the man who chose to run thought he saved me. We were dancing under the chandeliers before we lost anything in the fire burning red. There was beauty in his evasiveness the way a cold breath disappears into thin air on a still winter morning. There was art …