A Journal in My Back Pocket

A Journal in My Back Pocket

I keep a journal in my back pocketI scribble to-do’s in receipts, in store pamphletsI hold on to photographs to put in a locketThis is me trying not to forget. I gaze a little longer into your eyesI hug you a little tighter before goodbyesMy eyes close to feel your...
An Empty Room

An Empty Room

An empty room, nothing but silence and, you—A recurring thought of a distant memoryWhere all I felt was misery;I think I can’t ever forgetThe moment our eyes first metI never knew the sun could fit in hollow windowsAnd scorch the very being of meAs if to thaw my heart...
The perfect time.

The perfect time.

I’d like to think I’m saving us for the perfect time. For the time when we’ve grown on our own and we’ve learned to love ourselves. I like the thought of coincidentally running into you in a street somewhere back in town after not having talked for years. I would...