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  • A Wish

    I wish wanting you were enough. Enough to quiet the distance,enough to soften the timing,enough to make all the wrong piecessomehow fit. But some people arriveand feel like almost everythingyou’ve been waiting for— and still, somehow,they are not yours to keep. So I carry the ache quietly,loving what is,grieving what could be,and trying not to… Read more

  • Strangers

    I wish you stayed a stranger. I don’t think there was some grand plan behind us —I think the universe just slipped up.Got careless.Looked away for a second,and by the time it turned back around,we had collided.And the damage was already done. I don’t think you were some beautiful lesson.I don’t think you made me… Read more

  • Nose To Nose

    Nose to nose, here we layYour body against mine With darkness all around usI make a deal with time. Give me one more momentTo stop and soak you in. Knowing time, it’s fleetingFor see, that’s just the thing – This time I have, it’s borrowedIt was never mine to keep My lips, they move to… Read more

  • What if I

    What if I kiss all the spots you taught yourself to hate? What if I placed my hands on them and left them still, long enough for my heat to join yours and you to forget there was ever air between our skin? What if I love all you loathe and what if I spend… Read more

  • How To Love A Hippie

    To love a hippie is to take a walk into a soul’s garden and stop to smell the flowers. It’s early morning sunshine stretching across a bed tangled with “I love you’s” and the soft gasps of dreams. To love a hippie is to escape from the mundane into a world that is magical—seeing the… Read more