06: Open - June 2021

My Murder

The last time I felt love in the hands of another was after my own hands went cold on my bathroom floor. my fingers caught the pills one by one, one bottle after another, little white bullets being drowned in white wine. I didn’t clean the crime scene – I simply fell asleep. I wasn’t counting on the vomit or the ruination of the plush bathroom mat. I just let myself freeze under the trickles…

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06: Open - June 2021

Lavender

call me, lavender when i’m back on that bench  the sea now bringing in fresh waters whilst i’m back to where i started  staring out  stranded somewhere between missing you  and letting you go  and between the muffled crashes, your voice  just say you want me too  call me, lavender  on the same night that i lay awake with the moon  realizing that i fall for people like my father and wondering what about absence…

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