Climb

Every dream that crumples at my feet
Another chance for me to climb
Over and up onto the rubble
Rising higher and higher
I will never be stagnant

Questions

Do you miss me?
Or do you miss how I could make you feel?
Can you tell the difference?
Does it matter?
Do I?

Neon

I can only pray
One day my mind will grant me
The mercy
Of not flashing your
Face
Name
Words
Like a broken neon sign
Every goddamn day

lush

I gave up alcohol
So now I’m drunk on sadness

Waiting

In youth I built a life
Sold to me by convention
College brochures and greeting cards
I wilted and twisted up around myself
Empty of emotion
Getting through life on caffeine and platitudes
Now I sit among the crumbling walls
Having seen the glow in the distance
My future a sunrise of orange and pink
Waiting for the sand to run out
In this hourglass
So I can flip upside down and start anew

Projection

Stop talking
So I can be in love with the version of you
I’ve created in my mind
Romanticized projections filling silences
By a person who only exists in my head

illiterate

I don’t ever want to read
Another word you’ve written