First Love (Part 22)

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A letter arrives. A lone sentence on paper, “I’m leaving you”.         There’s pavement on my knees,         How come I’m feeling empty?    

First Love (Part 19)

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She believed her return would save me, as did I and yet I find myself lifting a wounded soul, I never wanted this. I’m soaked in her tears as I’m forced to ponder my fears; Will she nourish me smile or consume it? Will she tarnish me to bloom anew? Do I sacrifice my candle […]

First Love (Part 18)

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A plea from the heart, an apology in tears, despair by my hand.  

First Love (Part 17)

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Upon her return her colour turns strange, my appearance is nothing but wrong, I’m suppose to be weak but I’m strong, It surprises her that I’ve learned how to breathe on my own. I greet her with an expressionless silence, while her expression is demanding of me words I cannot say: “Say you burn for […]

First Love (Part 16)

I’m waiting… on edge with the sole company of fading stars. An hour or two, a day, a week… I’m losing a sense of time holding my breath ‘til I see your face. Waiting… just to catch a glimpse of your skin, a scent of your perfume to please the shattered pieces of my heart […]

First Love (Part 15)

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Tonight I died. Without resistance towards the knife she held in her hand, scented in lavender to ease the pain, my heart paused. I was living a dream that wasn’t mine; my smile, her kiss, our night… my light was borrowed. And though the moments are gone, like a child, I want them anyway. When […]