when the worst what ifs and could be try to swallow me up, the brightest burning little star finds me. wraps his arms around my heart and flashes the most brilliant smile that saves me from me. what a gift you are. you make me laugh right through my tears until they’ve disappeared.
Category Archives: Poetry
close your eyes…
imagine your toes sinking into coarse grains of sand. you spread your toes wide and wiggle. chin high, nose up. you breathe deep and stretch your arms high and wide. chest open, you breathe out. relax. think of the sun kissing your face, enough to keep you feeling warm against the fresh breeze. just forContinue reading “close your eyes…”
holding it together…
… by a string.
immaculate
my spirits fly higher than movements under fire. violent and emotionless, you can’t see me. but you can feel me. and i vibrate. between you and i. breathe heavy. breath heavier as i wrap my legs below your torso. thoughts provoking motion. this love below so feed me your fuel. vibrations beneath our waterbed. secure.Continue reading “immaculate”
sinking
sink or swim. you think i might swim, i’m so good at it. but the denseness of underwater blues is so much more appealing these days. the quiet abyss wraps its arms around me. sways me left to right, its just the way i like it. it’s just what i need right now. the wetnessContinue reading “sinking”
it’s…
the quiet night. blue light glows quietly. orange. the sullen movement of the freeway keeps me company. and that’s okay. and you check on me. tell me it’s not alright. but i’m fine. alone. listening to the crickets. feeling an easy breeze. it’s alright. with a fire in my belly. desolate. i always stop. alwaysContinue reading “it’s…”
cold fingers
empty spaces between us. engaged conversations, forgotten embraces, distracted by the bodies that surround us. dim lights and screaming music, i forgot to find you. smoke my thoughts outside and ramble on the happenings of yesterday. i remember to find you and become distracted by giving undeserved apologies to obnoxious attitudes. angry and anxious,Continue reading “cold fingers”
swollen
i feel like swollen metal. i know it’s impossible. you don’t need to tell me different. let’s just lay quietly. please. as my edges show rounded. hard to believe, i know. but here it is. dull. and exhausted. the c in me can barely breathe so come close and hold me tight. i melt beneathContinue reading “swollen”
taking time
my inability to write is specific. i’m not producing as much for a reason. there are bigger things i am trying to consume right now. a dark side is pushing its presence on me and i’m learning how to enfold it but the itch to create is increasing. i promise you that. there is somethingContinue reading “taking time”
desolate
dig a little bit deeper. when i close my eyes the blackness fades to blonde. here is where you can find me, resting against the slow melody that’s playing sullen and sweet. there’s an ache in the pit of my stomach that doesn’t want to let go of my chest. it’s married to the twitchContinue reading “desolate”
Ciara Ashley Johnson 