by breathwords | May 28, 2019 | Bright Breaths, Extended Exhalations
i wake on sheets as soft as flower petals, tulips and tiger lilies pressed against bare skin the day tastes like orange blossom and amaretto, sunbrushed summer exploding on my tongue and there is no waiting for love see, i prayed for heaven, and it was delivered, all...
by breathwords | May 22, 2019 | Bittersweet Breaths, Extended Exhalations
i stood beneath a shivering sunset, wrapped in the soft brutality of its fading light i listened to the night life heralding the coming stars, and i remembered all the wishes we’d made from cold balconies on lonely evenings, all the promises that were whispered even...
by breathwords | Mar 7, 2019 | Bright Breaths, Extended Exhalations
i asked you to give me space, and you gave me the most luminous night m a g i c you’ve always known how i love constellations how i search for them when i am overwhelmed in a world that is too much chaos and not enough calm and we sat there watching until they said...
by breathwords | Mar 7, 2019 | Bittersweet Breaths, Drink In the Dark, Extended Exhalations
you were barrooms and bedroom eyes filled with sweet nothing promises, and i swallowed down your love but couldn’t handle the burn it left me with a black heart and a mouth full of ashes and now i regret the way i let you breathe me in because your words left bullet...
by breathwords | Mar 5, 2019 | Bright Breaths, Simple Sighs
we planted words and watered them with honey, our own little garden of love, lies and lullabies we watched them grow side – by – side we told ourselves that love would survive — it was either bloom or die (we chose to bloom) – ashley...