poems.

{sonnet one}

fading, flickering, failingthe sunrays of Februaryare stubbornbut not yet strong enoughto withstand the cruel mouth of their foe called Winteras he swallows them up once againdown into the depths of his dark, dark throatbut they put up a fighteach day lasting longereach day growing strongerknowing soonthey won’t fadethey won’t flickerthey won’t failspring will comeand they’ll …

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{they said}

they said don’t let him buy the coffee when you go on your first datebut i didthey said when you celebrate valentines day don’t give him a cheesy mixtapebut i didthey said don’t write your name next to his just to hear how it will soundbut i didthey said don’t let your grandma meet him …

posts.

To be a Child Again.

What’s something funny you remember about being a kid? When I was a kid, I didn’t understand that you could use a debit card to withdraw cash from your bank account, so whenever my mom got “cash back” at the grocery store, I just thought we were getting free money. It never made sense to …

poems.

{dreaming of heaven}

I remember the night I dreamed of heavenmy body felt as if I’d just arisen from the deepest of slumbers my limbs were weightless, my eyes alertI walked into a garden so beautiful I could weepthe light cascaded all around me like diamondsthis light didn’t burnthis light didn’t blindit welcomed me like a pair of …