I’ve always found it difficult to
write in straight linescut a straight edge, andspeak straightforwardlyWhy I’m so crooked and wavyand bent all over the placeeven myContinue Reading
Category: Free Verse
Free flow thoughts that turned into something genuine and beautiful.
Even when darkness
wraps me tightly within its claws, even when darkness squeezes me like a vice, I can’t help but smile;for IContinue Reading
Her fingertips were soft feathers
at a time when feelingwas greater than thinking;and she delicately tracedsmooth lines across my backto halt my tears andlull meContinue Reading
I stand, dead center
in a heavy roomstaring, no — fixatedon a single white wall I yearn for the thing:the moment that remakes me.ButContinue Reading
What secrets do you keep
and what promises do you sweepunder that thick, wool rugwhile no one’s watching Here I wait at the thresholdfingertips itchy,Continue Reading
The morning dew
Stretches slowly coolAlong each green bladeA faint smell of rosemaryReminds me of a warm hearthWhere my love patiently waitsFor myContinue Reading
I dream in ocean waves
which steadily flow out fromevery curly coil of raven hairdraped across my lavender-scented pillow And each hope contained withinsends outContinue Reading
Grief lashes
like a whip with daggersof bone shards tethered toits ends each flashopens flesh pink and bloodyand ready to turn intoContinue Reading
Stay with me, right here
in this purple reverie of flowersunder this marble blue skywhere we can whisper our deepest secretsbetween sonorous pauses of quiet,Continue Reading
At the base of her feet
Psalms rung out reverentlyAnd kissed every blade of grassOaths were uttered mournfullySacred promises lifted to her breastWhile she listened, bemusedWonderingContinue Reading
Alexis Attempts to Write 