My Lies

Flames make a beautiful dance

but burns the one who has the fire

once your heart is lit

the smoke cloaks the pyre

#NaPoWriMo Day 23: Beauty hiding a beast

I used to hide behind numbers
but that’s a mistake when you’re
caught up
in all the make up
and you can’t see behind
the mascara

and when you cry
it leaves streaks
and people think there’s
something wrong with your face
and you can’t hide it
but you’re just lost

Reflections

I am drunk right now
and I was sitting at the beach
and the sand was soft and the sky had streaks of cloud
the sun was setting and the moon looked at me with half its face
I was drunk

I walked to the edge of the water and looked at the ripples
I wanted to take off my clothes and dip my body into the water
my entire body underneath the water
and hold my breath for just a minute
then I would emerge brand new
my sins would be washed away, dripping off of my body

Right Here

Empty nights and

days half full

I wish I could just

breath and leave nothing at all

I am alive

and everyone looks at me

I am a mirror with a

thousand faces

I am a grain of sand

in a thousand places

I walk and run and

laugh, but you are here too

and you come to me and ask

what is it that I want?

and I say everything

and the world takes away everything

we are alone

but I am here

right now I am here

and I am speaking

and that is all