Peony

I staggered all my—
longing, fact-checked, peer-reviewed,
you are my thesis.

we’ve spoken the words,
erased meanings, consumed in
complete destruction

write your name
along the ridges of
my every marvel
my starry-eyed gaze
my fascination

in adoration
in unsaid agreement
in dovetail

#poetry

#poetry

juggle feelings of
envy, insecurity,
and pit to compare.
#haikufeels

I drink you in, with—
reverence and obsession,
until the last drop.
#haikufeels

trust the readers more
show and not tell, mind the pace
…and that’s what she said
#haikufeels

I see the shadows,
words, desires, and wishes too grand.
Hiding in your hurt.
#haikufeels

Thank you so much. I’m speechless. Thank you for uplifting other women, you are a role model. I really appreciate you!

Thank you. Haha. 😆

#poetry

I’ve spelled your name on
wheat fields, blue skies, sunny days,
in promises and dreams.
#haikufeels

DARE seemed like a joke
when the dude always looked high—
or something stronger.
#haikufeels

vending machines are
safe, the risk of death is low.
only thirteen died.
#haikufeels

didn’t win today
sportsmanship is keep smiling
with a broken heart
#haikufeels

don’t talk the talk, and
not walk the walk. Truth exists
in daily kindness.
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I carry a drum
that carried another beat
until there’s me left

#haikufeels

Multiply, subtract,
divide, the labor and each
estranged custody.
#haikufeels

#poetry

tie the knot between
my conjoined twins of chaos
and innocence now
#haikufeels

one step at a time
slink, sliver, slither toy spring,
insist the purchase.
#haikufeels

dive through the deep ends
we’ll meet where subconscious mind
starts and reason ends.
#haikufeels

You are a picture
I’ve been sketching and shading
drawing and failing
#haikufeels

cannibalism’s bad,
but I was in a bind, what—
did I agree to?
#haikufeels

use the stick and stone,
have no mercy on my soul,
dislocate the joints.
#haikufeels

how to make friends, but—
they’re like duckweed, come and go
without permission.

#haikufeels

what are the secrets?
metaphors, misfired feelings,
and truths that you keep.
#haikufeels

is this real life?
quicksand, deceit, hopelessness—
do we grasp at straws?
#haikufeels

some are destitute,
some are born with silver spoons—
where’s my patch update?
#haikufeels

please excuse my aunt—
order of operations
has nothing on me.

#haikufeels