by breathwords | Jul 4, 2019 | Bittersweet Breaths, Extended Exhalations
i once liked roses, but you reminded me that they have thorns and that honeyed lines carry a hidden sting you’re all poison and pearl, the cold caress of pretty words that bite, a kiss of the abyss with no love in sight and i found freedom in my own soul shimmer, all...
by breathwords | Feb 10, 2018 | Drink In the Dark, Extended Exhalations
She pricked her finger on the spindle of your thorns, fell prisoner to your irascible temper and lying eyes, the jewel in your own vainglorious crown, locked up behind the rage of daunting nights She felt you reach out for her to hold your mad hands as if to save her...