Not That Girl

 

Dark Days

Down the stairs and into the kitchen A black bear appears suddenly, making coffee in my kitchen Using my blue travel mug with the broken lid I can’t...

Enough

I love him, but is it enough? I am heaving him back from the darkness against his will He wants to be down here In the blackness Unfeeling Alone My...
Cherry

Knickers

Six years later After the frantic fervour of lust After the shared washing basket After the sleepless nights of newborn bliss Six years later

And so

And so he held your hand for five minutes At least he held you And so he made you feel like a princess For a while At least you know that royal feeling And so he held your gaze

Remnants

She faded away into the mists of time misremembered misplaced a memory of having been But what was it? a life bent out of shape buckled at the...
Cherry

Things I have done since he left

Things I have done since he left: retched cried peeled off my remaining nail polish poured a glass of water (but not drunk it) read each of his 4...