sometimes the butterfly is afraid to leave the cocoon that its wings are too bright that it might be shunned by caterpillars

for wars not fought and battles not waged axes that fell from the hands of warriors

coiled in a moment of wonder to ponder the venom of his existen… remembering every instance that he prepared himself to strike with no recollection of hatching

i drifted onto your shore a withered vessel the skeleton of a ship torn sails draped over masts like dead bodies

when she doesn’t love you the guts are pulled out from insid… life spills from the bones and your heart forgets to beat you become a ghost

if significant to one and not to another maxims adages cliches

she always turns a light on when she thinks of me checks under the bed to see if i left behind a kiss

where every man has gone before and i don’t think i’ll be too far… but still it’s too bad that we couldn’t make… it’s too bad that we ever fell fro…

we wait under a black umbrella beneath the branches of a silhouet… for clouds to be chased away by th… snarling jaws of light

if the fairy spreads her thighs for the goblins finger the happy ending never comes even if she does

in the name of what whispers we sing softly the final song of the end of the w… as a lullaby to each other and minor melodies pass over our l…

if ever he drowns a swimmer will miss water life regrets no death

human beings are animals and we should absolutely celebrate that when we are hungry

i wanted to vote but looking at the ballot i wondered “for what?”

let’s say you’re trying to go somewhere who isn’t? but let’s say you never get there