• the house is cold the birds are singing calling to one another for comfort mother, oh mother I wish you could see the snow And these rotten, musty leaves

  • Hold Me While the World Burns [Old Review]

    Here is the first thing that you realize about falling in love as an adult: One of you will die first. Depending on your disposition you might hope to avoid that pain or to spare your lover from it but the unavoidable fact is that when you are in love, the best you can hope…

  • Dungeon Crawler Carl [REVIEW]

    When I was much younger than I am now I would get deeply obsessed with book series. In Elementary school it was Goosebumps. I would tear through each and every one I could get my hands on in a single day during the summer. Sometimes, I’d tear through two of them. In middle school I…

  • Peace

    To be so full of loveTo be so full of hateNeutrality is not passionPassion is my inevitability End me, end meNoLet me keep going and goingLoving and hating Oh When will I stroke your face for the last time?When will you fuck me for the last time? When will this fire go out? The lack…

  • Curio Cabinet

    When I was young I thought“Oh, to be loved by you”Every manWho could understand Just a fraction of my thoughts“Oh, to be loved by you” I sit a broken tea cup being loved by anotherI look down the curio cabinets of lovingA small part of me whispers“Imagine being loved by you” Repair the cracks with…

  • To Be Alone With You

    I remember the first night I held you. In person. Not our texts, not our YIM messages, not on Pounced. In person. Shivering alone until in subzero temperatures at the bus station until you pulled up. I saw your face and your smile and I knew the brightness of heaven for just a split second.…

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