My work:
Patheos,
The Job, The Space Between Us, Green,
The Unlikely Bounty, Straight Love, The Heart Factory, The Half Paper Moon, I am Bexley and Atonement by JMS Books
Silent Bites by Eukalypto
I play “guess, touch, think, win,” With you, my love, To keep our days together I want to hold you to my heart I want to keep you safe.
By Melissa Ingoldsby3 years ago in Poets
Taste your imprint, lips I pretend to know your taste time warp. Stuck in hell.
you beat my days down, like finest grounded flour Never to make bread.
I immersed myself inside a cell of shindigs and bright whimsical color Of something more true than I could ever hope for,
we settled the ground, “The floor will eat us alive” Our kiss, seal up cracks.
Dear Jane, How is your schooling going? How was your last few weeks, I hope you are doing well, or at least at peace. I miss you so terribly.
a man mops the floor. He pours the syrup on her. Her tears stain the floor.
maybe it feels like a breath of fresh air when you get away from the blows of an icy, angry hold Like a prison sentence of judgment without a crime,
you’re lucky I like blondes, man You’re getting on my damn nerves You like to dip my fries in your shake I don’t like soggy fries
I now know why I feel pressure Building up All These years And my need to steal my dad’s dirty magazines and his button up tops
my darling Big Eyes. My darling Moon eyes. Didn’t you once pronounce your attraction and elevated affection toward me, or twice?
so stupid to think I could win you, cold wind cuts Teeth chatter, long holds