Skip to main content

Eleven Flowers

this bouquet bears but
eleven flowers
three weeks late

i smile
to myself,
he doesn’t see

he runs ahead as i try
arduously
to catch up

there’s an S shaped
curvature
against my chest-

it is uncomfortable
but i embrace it tightly
anyway

he snores,
slightly
it keeps me awake

i run my knuckles over his
u n s h a v e n
cheek as he sleeps

our hands are clasped
in a way they are only
at night

the blood pulsating between
our fingers
is comically romantic

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

PS- I think I'll eventually think of a more creative title for this page. Although Jalisa vehemently disagrees.
2 comments
Read more

An Antoine and Cara Fiasco

Antoine and I tried making a poem this summer back and forth over facebook; here's what I can recover of it. I'll use this as a starting point, add on to it! and he emerged from the shadows, begging please as she walked away into the hollow petal of a nightfall it's ok only one of us died here tonight and I'll be reborn from the ashes of your leftover deceit stab my heart with your heel, just to be stuck on you The ground breaks my fall as you plummet with vindication This is love?
1 comment
Read more

Go G-Dawg. It's Your Birthday.

Gavin is one of the first friends I made in college. He was my rock freshman year. We met moving in all our stuff into A-complex because I lived on the 4th floor, and his 1st floor apartment had a back door into the building that we   demanded very politely asked if we could use because it was pouring rain. His apartment also had AC, which I kind of hated him for, but fully took advantage! We may have had our squabbles, but he has a great heart, and an immense tolerance for people. He accepts all my quirks, and has realized that he can't bring any more hard liquor to my birthdays (I see you, Moonshine and Jack Daniels!). In the time I've known him, I don't think he's ever missed my birthday, and there were a few years there where he really saved it from being a terrible memory. He always makes the effort for people he cares about, and is a great listener. Plus, we like to talk about ghosts, so that's always cool :) So here's to you, Gavin. Happy birthday
1 comment
Read more