there are days there are nights when the only thing keeping me from sliding completely into the abyss from dissolving into something shapeless nameless is your skin against my skin your mouth against my mouth grounding me calling me home when the knowledge of where I begin and where I end starts to slip away … Continue reading The Shaping of Clay
unraveling frayed threads at the edge of a sleeve cuff that I cannot stop worrying I am coming undone nuts and bolts release themselves with a ping roll onto the floor structural integrity dissolving warning light flashing sirens wailing meltdown imminent encase me in foam in glass reduce the core temperature evacuate the area i … Continue reading She’s Come Undone
darkness washes over me spilled black ink viscous puddles on my skin like oxygen-rich blood iron-tinged air darkness an icy breath on the back of my neck skeletal fingers sensually stroking my spine leaving me no-comfort cold painful goose bumps raised on pale skin darkness wraps its gray smoky tendrils 'round my throat caressing me … Continue reading Encroaching Darkness
Originally published by the Sudden Denouement Literary Collective the line between the face I show the world and my shadow self increasingly grows thin superimposed images blur no longer clear where one ends and the other begins I walk deliberately heel to toe on the knife’s edge between light and dark heaven and hell embracing … Continue reading Wire in the Blood
i used to worry that others would finally see the truth of me my midnight darkness entwined with silver light reject me as the monster withdraw their love threaten to set my house ablaze with their self-righteous torches i no longer have the time nor the patience for the faint of heart the weak of … Continue reading That was Then, This is Now
What lies at the heart of this woman? Surprise myself sometimes at all I have hidden from others from myself Each day brings me closer to stripped down truth revelation I can almost touch what lies at my core it singes my fingertips scorches the air I breathe Steely strength aching vulnerability fierce independence voracious hunger … Continue reading #tbt Phoenix Rising
Brave & Reckless 