I rest my head on my pillow
And let it soak up my dreams...

I see the universe in the iris of your eyes
But the Big Dipper threatens to tip over...

I often find myself crying in the shower, my tears...
I almost don’t question it anymore, allowing the...

Leave it to me to cave further into myself,
Only I did not think I could sink any deeper...

I can’t look at your pictures
They’re so bittersweet...

Nine years later and it feels the same,
The rhythm in my chest when I see your name...

You’ll scratch at my surface until I’m...
You’ll throw me into your fire and tell me...

I have no ability to shake or ignore this feeling...
It eases into my veins, paranoia bubbling under my...

It’s like you’re fire in my blood
Setting aflame the moth wings in my stomach...

Call me a good girl
So I may revel in my eager subservience...

What I turn myself into for others is unhealthy:
I’d give my last drop of blood for a pinprick...

I wonder how long before this bleeding stops.
My salty tears, no longer antiseptic...