In the car on the way to another place that wasn’t there I asked her how her cuts were healing She told me they were

Zip that up and put it in your pocket shrink it down now box it and lock it See if you don’t

Nearby to a riverbed under the shadows of the night was a string of gumnuts, illuminated by moonlight Now upon approaching

I have found the hardest parts of matters of hurt regarding the heart Are those where love

I laid it down upon the bed the soft blanket of anxiety which would cover me while I slept wrapped around me tightly

I walked into my bedroom after a nine hour shift and caught a whiff of heat and the feeling of him. It’s been eight years:

I loved you like a cockroach dying– painfully slow then squash all at once

I do not know what you can see when you stare like that at me I hope its love not apathy when I see you I’m only free You are no catastrophe

I miss you more than I can say Why must I be so far away All we wanted was to stay Now I am gone It’s not okay.

Growing up I learned to love all things bruises bruising being bruised how the colours so easily

It’s human nature to want to fix things Find what’s

there are a lot of things that I d… how to say or maybe I’m just afrai… to I don’t really know well actual… I do I am and how great is it for everyone else who is the reaso…

I don’t know if you’re saving me or killing me nice and quiet. Some days you taste like air to me and others you taste like dirt.