Used To Be Mine
You had held my hand for approximately three hours; walking in, and sitting in the dark with your face lit in a subtle orange from the man on screen’s t-shirt. I framed the ticket, but now the beginning twinkle of […]
Ode to Berlin : You’re Mine (If Only For a Moment)
I want Berlin again tucked away in my pocket The Brandenburg Gate my sanctuary. I want Berlin, strawberry-eating in abandoned airports adventure-seeking in sunsets and people, getting lost on the metro between Hermannstraße and Alexanderplatz, finding myself again along the […]
Lover’s Prayer
lover, you are the one who ignored the letter that got sent to you last week lover, you see so many different lovers that you make my bones break lover, you are allowed to walk down division street hand in […]
To The Man That Took Away My Childhood
To the man who calls himself my ‘father’, You made me feel as though I wasn’t worthy of a stable, loving family unit Being half of the person that created me, you should have been half responsible for providing me […]
A Place That Wasn’t Mine / A Place That Is Mine
1. I pick you out on a map a year ago today Received the blueprints for the house and traced every sliver of white with my fingers to then be demolished a hole within me cut clearly with a tower […]
Moving on
trauma[1] ˈtrɔːmə,ˈtraʊmə/ noun noun: trauma; plural noun: traumata; plural noun: traumas a deeply distressing or disturbing experience. synonyms: shock, upheaval, distress, stress, strain, pain, anguish, suffering, upset, agony, misery, sorrow, grief, heartache, heartbreak, torture; It’s not uncommon. There are times when it seems […]
Seven Billion Strangers
Seven billion people, It’s a mind-blowing number. Human number 672 Sits opposite me on the train, Hair the colour of pomegranate Seeds like jewels when the light Dances at the right angle. She sings of poetry, How it […]