Amaranth grows eagerly
throughout my...

An inexorable wildfire of
nostalgia steadily...

There's a fire of ambivalence
that smolders just...

You are a loose arrow
launched from...

Whisper words sub rosa to
my rapacious soul...

You spoke as though you held
the moon hostage between...

The wind is roaring through my ears-
mesocyclones fill my ribcage and...

Happiness is a warm blanket
that doesn't quite...

I used to speak my mind freely-
now I bite my tongue and...

I will rest these wretched bones on this
cursed cement and wait for the...

Forsaken catacombs of esoteric allusions
lay neatly tucked behind my...

I taste you in the air.
Ragged breaths of bittersweet...