warm breeze through the desert twilight
floating on the dark dirt
dreaming of serenity
as if it will be achieved
though calm is here, now
mood
Poem #717
hard girl wants to be soft
tiny, fragile, precious, lovely
so kind that she’s an angel
hard girl wants to be soft
but she speaks too loudly
and jokes too roughly
hard girl is soft
she cries everyday
she is more fragile than she knows
Poem #716
somersault in the grass at midnight
come inside with green on my back
the dew chills my forearms
I am happy
Poem #715
cry until she screams
she is enraged
heartbroken
powerful
she can do anything
she will show you
Poem #711
“fuck me,” she says
as another semi changes lanes in front of her
she’s an English major
Poem #710
a vice gripping my vagina
white-black rips the edge of my vision
it’s been building the whole time
I shove pills in my mouth
chasing them with scalding water
please, make this work
I gulp another one for good measure
the light turns green
the car slugs home
every position is pain
until the medicine creeps in
Poem #709
blue melts out of my skin
a galaxy flowing away
I am sad
blue puddles around my feet
no longer inside me
I should be happy
Poem #708
shadow of the fan strobing on the ceiling
my skin burns like hot ice
maybe I should sleep
fall into the heavy slumber of summer
dream of lazily watching bugs crawl over me
their minuscule legs tickling my arms and legs
they bite
I scratch the pink welts raw
maybe I should stay awake
Poem #704
out in space
sitting on an asteroid
my ankles are crossed
no more air to breathe
ten million light years away
no chance of return
thank you for trying
Poem #703
tired and awake
waiting for sleep