Rusted Stilts

Your rusted stilts
were born to break
You keep your heart tied
to the ones that shake
Will you ever wake
When all the dreams
turn into dust
You lose the face
you wanted to trust
Are you just like him
Waiting on the wall
not ready to swim
And you can't give in
I thought I had
a hold of your heart
I watched you bleed
right from the start
And it looked like art
Now the splinters
have dug themselves in
You thought having me
meant that you win
Now you drip with sin
I can't drink
the tears you don't cry
I just watch as the years
fly by and by and by



-April 2017

This Wave

This wave
is beating me
Like a rabid
salty knife


- October 2018

Each Step

I still want to lick you
like honey
Even when my heart hurts
and it's hard to breathe
I can feel the change come
with the wind
How it blows across
my face
and twirls in my hair
I want to close my eyes
and dance each step
So close
So tight



-February 2018