somewhere along the way, he forgot to mention the swarms of flies & wasps that would eventually come to cover everything we made together. the spoilage of all this misguided longing.
orihas quotedlast year
“that you had every reason to lock, bolt, & paint your door shut, but you still had enough space in that trusting heart of yours to leave it ajar & brave the cold air for me.”
orihas quotedlast year
airless,
upside-down
orihas quotedlast year
you’ll bleed yourself dry for me one question at a time—no passing. i’ll lick your wounds
orihas quotedlast year
slip from our fingers like a haze of barely-there smoke,
orihas quotedlast year
ache in the worst ways.
orihas quotedlast year
begin to miss meals
orihas quotedlast year
you
told me
i was as
vital
as
that
after-dinner
cigarette
you
could never
have just
one of.
Baraah Balagemhas quoted3 years ago
they will
make you think
every person
you meet
is wearing
a mask
to hide
their fangs.
- & they will be wrong.
Baraah Balagemhas quoted3 years ago
way flowers always—without fail—wither where they stand & slowly but surely return to the earth, particle by particle, back to the home they keep most of the year