“we both mistake solitude for safety find comfort in wishing ourselves untouchable you a cloud & i fog daily i remind myself every life must be s e e d e d with fingerprints i say a prayer to an unnameable god the constant motion rotating constellations across a sky that will always be my favorite blue the cactus that has & will continue to bloom every spring of my life & hope it's enough to find you whistling a song only birds sing in morning's memory waiting for me to be present in our living” LifePrayerSkyComfortSolitudeSafetyMemoryPresentWishingUnnameable God Book:Poems to Carry in Your Pocket Source: Poems to Carry in Your Pocket
“once upon a time i decided love was too much like drowning made myself an island where if i scream out the ocean swallows entire cities until i see my suffering is small enough to cradle before miracles went extinct...” LoveSufferingMiracleMemory Book:Poems to Carry in Your Pocket Source: Poems to Carry in Your Pocket
“you look at me like I'm deserving of real care & devotion, the kind i've given but never seen up close until you i didn't know how to hold a miracle i often think i need to make my needs small enough they hide under my giving” NeedsGivingCareMiracleDevotion Book:Poems to Carry in Your Pocket Source: Poems to Carry in Your Pocket
“i envy anyone who accepts love without practice my mouth opens most often to let out humid silence fear of loss worries at the hem of my heart i hear it hum soft still” LoveHeartLoss Book:Poems to Carry in Your Pocket Source: Poems to Carry in Your Pocket
“Before the sun has licked across the fields, I wonder how to save myself before guilt sets like a stain. I wonder if the constellations above me can lift shame or if they're only a temporary solution for what I feel.” PoetryWonderShameGuiltFeelConstellationsTemporary Solution Book:The Cartography of Sleep Source: The Cartography of Sleep