you swept over me
like a sudden summer rain,
your thunder echoed
in my ears as your whispered
words of endearment
settled into the dimples of
my cheeks,
warming them with the dying
rays of a hazy summer sun;
and like lightning dancing in the heat
your calloused hands danced
across sunburnt shoulders
until the skies
turned an inky grey—
and I was drenched.
i can feel your fingertips
trailing down my shoulder,
losing themselves in the
freckled constellations that
paint my arms in
a warm afternoon glow,
now
they’re drawing
infinite circles into the
hollows of my palms as
I stare into the infinite
circles of your hazel eyes.
they savagely hold me captive,
i don’t dare move as they
daringly trace the outline of
my lips,
painstakingly marking
every last weathered crack and line;
i feel an immovable heat
as the hazel fades into
an intricate kaleidoscope of
browns, golds, and greens.
your fingertips.
they’re pressed against mine
as we're pre
my eyes flutter open
to the light of the full moon
seeping into the corners of my vision,
the smell of last night’s alcohol
and your sweet perfume
clings to the shirt that now clings to
my bare chest as
I wade silently through
the maze of bad decisions
and discarded clothes
that litter your bedroom floor;
i hear you sigh into the mattress
as you mourn the absence
of your favorite pillow.
***
the smell of your burnt coffee
and my mid-morning cigarette
lingers on my skin as you
run your fingers through
my delicate mess of hair,
enjoying the sun rise
view of my smiling
cheeks as we sit
all legs and ankles curled
up in the shado
nebulous afterthoughts by crystallized-skies, literature
Literature
nebulous afterthoughts
i sit alone
cigarette in hand,
the smoke from it’s flickering end
licks at the chapped frame
of my nearby window;
I watch the
cloud swirl upwards toward
the studded sable sky
as I breathe in deep trying
to settle the restless
Beast nestled
behind the warmth of
my oceanic eyes,
(he doesn’t like quiet
evenings spent at home.)
the cool evening air
brushes against
my freckle-kissed cheeks and
stirs the collar of my
unbuttoned shirt,
sending goosebumps trailing
down my outstretched arms
until I shiver into
the well-worn chair
I have found myself
curled up on
like it is my unlucky
throne.
i’m not
The orange light of the street lamp
peeks through the curtains
casting your face in
a northern lights kinda glow
and I smile into the valley of my pillow as
my fingers brush through
your wildfire hair before slowly tracing
the sloping field of your jaw;
I wanna kiss the sleeping
breath from your lips
as you lie there quietly next to
me dreaming in midnight ecstasy;
I can’t help the butterflies
that settle into the hollows
of my stomach as you shift closer
to me and I begin to think
about how damn lucky I am
to wake up next to you on
nights like these--
angry sunlight filters
in through shuttered blinds
a
my head hangs heavily
amongst melancholy clouds
and the rain soaks my collar clean
as I sit staring at the
cold stone monarchs
of my ancestors;
that’s when I feel
your whisper in my veins.
fire sparks in the whites
of my eyes as your fingers
warm the hollows
of my threadbare hips,
I can feel the smoke filling
my lungs as you pull
me to my feet and
brush the dirt from
my ruby stained cheeks.
“dance for me, graveyard girl”
you call as your hands
pull me into a swinging embrace;
your smile seems to brighten
even the darkest shadows
of my worn out souls and
I can feel a lightness
bubbling up
i’ve got a picture of you
tucked into the back pocket
of my masochistic mind and it haunts me
in the darkest hours
of my early morning sleep but
I can’t really seem to bring myself to
care because part of me
craves
the fire that
you continue to
reignite in the valleys
of my singed synapses--
i thought I had moved on,
left those feelings to drown
in the depths of a darkened lake bed
(good fucking riddance)
because I didn’t need that kind of
twisted, gifted misdirection
in my life
but,
here. i. am.
(the lighter feels warm in my shivering hands)
the taste of ashes dances on
my tongue and
the sm