Category: Poetry

  • indecent worship

    indecent worship

    Tell me you love me without using your words Crowd me with your presence Kiss me until my knees are week and my lips are bruisedLay me down and show me my body is a temple you’re happy to worship at Rattle me to my coreShatter my expectationsShow me your love until we are nothing…

  • know better

    know better

    Did I know better than to fall in love with you?I’d like to believe that I didn’t, but I didI knew you were all harsh edges and tough loveBut I thought I could love you smooth Instead, you cut through meSo, did I know better?Yes, and I did it anywayI thought I could be the exception…

  • pumpkin spice

    pumpkin spice

    You tried to tell me I was basicLike a pumpkin spice latteI had to remind you that bleach is basicAnd I can burn you just as badly Why is it bad to be compared to pumpkin spice lattes in the first place?I’m sorry you hate sweetness and comfortThat you cling to your fragile masculinity in…

  • oh husband

    oh husband

    do you still long for me?even in our ancient age of midlifedo you still crave me?even when we are too exhausted for any kind of intimacy beyond laughter when you wake-up and my side of the bed is emptydoes your body curl toward the space where I should be?when you have good news or bad…