A kiss

Hot and cold combine
Your lips tastes like strawberries
A frozen delight

Bored

I glance at my watch
Standing on the tiled platform
My yellow shoe falls.

Danger

If you are poison
I will be mad and drink and
Die in ecstacy

unpretty

my eye liner smears
black shadows on my wet cheeks
swift brush of the hand

Art Class

I paint a black cat
On a house, where the sun shines
And apples grow on trees

Clouds float in the sky
Girl twirls her red parasol
Up a grassy path

I tore the square page
Is this picture not perfect?
And threw it away.

Toothpaste

I sit on the edge of the bed
looking up at you
with a puzzled expression
a tooth brush poised in my hand
you said it's okay
and you don't mind
my lips
to taste like coffee
i excuse myself to the bathroom
and splash water on my face
wondering
how many girls you've told
it's okay
if they tasted
like strawberries
or
mint.

A Cut

I winced from a cut
Small, yet it bled profusely
Ruining my day.

frozen

ice on my lashes
i blink to see that the snow
has ended summer.

Pickpocket

At the counter,

color vanishes from her face.

She pulls out her pockets,

filled with tickets and lint.

(18 word stories)

Untitled

your beam of sunshine
created ripples that echoed in my whole being
destroying my peace
which was calm like a river
on a windless summer day.

Invisible

no sound, not a beep
these words I go on and keep
silence is a friend

First Kiss

In one hot moment
Darkness, red lips, in silence
Over and done with.

summer fling

hot days
remind me of little umbrellas
cherries
and margaritas
getting lost
asking for directions
holding hands under the table
feigning a laugh
wondering if your friends notice
music blaring on the stereo
the car on hazzard at the curb
a kiss goodbye
a wave goodnight.

Learning how to swim

The endless blue sea beckoned
Heaving, sighing, pulling me in
I sit silently
Rocking in its waves
I held on to the sand
To steady myself
Yet the stronghold i thought that would save me
Was slowly vanishing through my fingers
Washed away by the ripples
Telling me to move
Or
Float away.

Imagine this

Imagine this
The words ‘I don’t know’
Echoed in my head
Like the sound of silence
When I dialled your number
Or wrote you a letter
Everytime I close my eyes
To sleep
I die countless deaths
While feeling hot tears roll down my cheeks
Reminding me that I am still breathing
Before the alarm sounds
I roll out of bed to tell myself
I am awake but I really need to dream
My fingers fly
Writing you words of sorrow and love
Yet my heart plummets
Remembering your empty promises
Calling myself stupid
For thinking that maybe
Just maybe
There is something left of us.

Selca

A tilt of the head
A slight smile on my red lips
A bright light blinds me.

Gone

I hesitated
To say something nice to you
Not even goodbye.

Sweet tooth

Oh chocolate love
On a very warm summer's day
Melts on hungry lips

numb

water hits my skin
flows down my back, to my toes
it feels icy cold

Full Volume

Turned on the radio
I lie awake in the dark
Singing in my head
Clutching your shirt
Forgetting the lyrics
Inhaling your scent
Humming the melody
Thinking, this is what it's like
Unlearning me and you.

Dyeing

I couldn't bear
shears cutting
my crowing glory
instead they
bled tears so black
mourning
the day
I learned of your lies.

Saturday morning

I burrow my face
Between your shoulders and neck
And I sigh, I breathe.

Stormy the weather
The TV loud and blaring
And I sigh, I breathe.

Your arms around me
You kiss my head so gently
And I sigh, I breathe.

Selca

A tilt of the head
A slight smile on my red lips
A bright light blinds me.

What now?

i look up at the
calendar to see that time
has caught up to me

and what i have done
nothing much there is to see
quite lost that is me.

a dream

heat flows to my face
i feel your breath on my lips
i close my eyes tight.

Holding Back

Your memories surge
I sit silent on the train
Blinking furiously.

no haikus

I can't think of the right combination of words

To describe what I feel for you.

I feel happy, sad, and scared

All at the same time.

I feel restless yet,

I also feel I'm already home.

On the sofa

I have rashes on
My face from the kisses you
Showered on my heart.

Wonder girl

My hand in your hand
You say you want to see me
In silence I wonder

good times

you always tease me
when i start crying over
sweet sappy movies.

Alone

Bumps, lumps, cotton humps
I hug my pillow tightly
My back against yours.