I shed my skin wafer thin as you watched from the sand I watched myself feed the fishes under your watchful gaze I let myself become the water I let myself become the grit between my toes And with the returning tide I became a new man With a new life Under a new moon … Continue reading Rebirth
Tag: short prose
Please
I want you to touch me slide off my shoes and lay me down. Help me breathe and kiss me please... Look into my eyes and pour out your soul connect with me, tease. Ease my mind with words I can believe lean into me and let it be. I need you to touch me … Continue reading Please
Lemons
It's raining in both our towns now though that's not the only thing connecting me to you. See, I left my mind on that stone studded beach and my heart blocked out the sound permanently and that night you drove to me through the dark I had to feel my way around you as you … Continue reading Lemons
Mr Polly Pocket
Opened up your woodland scene Mr Polly Pocket figurine With you I would love to play Hold your hand throughout the day Moving through your clamshell case Perfect, plastic, great escape Upon your lips I place my own Soft and warm they feel like home But your home can't belong to me Poly isn't the … Continue reading Mr Polly Pocket
Honey Bee
Sweat so wet it pours. Trickles down his spine like the first dew of spring. My neck, He bites, Bee sting. I'm trapped in his honey . Drowning in nectar I never saw coming. He feeds my sweetest tooth. Only the bees know the words to say. Building hives inside my heart and buzzing through … Continue reading Honey Bee
A Beautiful Thing
When you find someone who loves you for who you really are, its a beautiful thing. To hear the words spoken. To unlock the door to all the faces you hide. To feel a soft touch upon all of your imperfections. To feel soft lips upon all of your 'don't touch' places. To feel their … Continue reading A Beautiful Thing
lighthouse
you used up all of your love on the last one and the light you had flickered out with him you were once the lighthouse calling me home calling me home calling my home i thought i'd be haunted by the thought but now i am sleeping with the lights out and you will always … Continue reading lighthouse
20/10/2019
my bed was 2 years too late for you but I pulled back the sheets anyway I turned back all the clocks and reverted to another day another way another place in time when you were nothing but mine I believed in meant to be but this isn't that this is black and its dark … Continue reading 20/10/2019
Dopey
Confiding in me sat in KFC, the woman he had been dating had been hot and cold for weeks now. It was late, he had been working as usual, I still remember the look in his eyes as they searched my face for answers. "just get rid of her and pull yourself together" I advised, … Continue reading Dopey
Who Needs Love Anyway…
shades on my eyes as I look to the sky so the dragonflies dont mock the bags that they hide yeah I didn't sleep much just an hour or two once id passed out from overthinking of you thinking of love and all that it brings the hours or screaming and breaking of things and … Continue reading Who Needs Love Anyway…