Tapping fingers on a keyboard, writing directly from my mind. Stuck in the numbness of detachmen… not noticing the hours that tick b… Tracks from tears made slowly,

“Can you breathe?” the air is asking, as smoke fills my lungs. I am crouched under a leaf, the tears streaming down my face

Lord, Things are unbearable. I have been shouting. I have been crying. Hoping you would listen.

Joy, light, happy moments, big smiles, comforting arms,

I was sixteen when it happened. My best friend Lilly convinced me to go to a party her boyfriend Joe was throwing and like an idiot I caved. As Lilly and I walked in the door she ran of...

I close my eyes to surrender to th… but instead get bombarded by image… Your smile flashes at me from the… Your laughter bubbles out, and it’s like I’ve gone back in ti…

Dear Man, I’m not going to pretend that I u… Pretend that everything is alright… It’s not. I’m hurt.

I say it with my time. I say it with a rhyme. I say it when I touch you and tell you that you’re mine. I say it with my kisses.

Love life, but love death also. It isn’t the end, only a beginning that we don’t und…

Cousin. Brother. Best friend. All one person and now he’s dead.

This morning, I was so happy. Clean and ready to work. I thought you would care. Care enough to clean me,

In my eyes I see us, standing side by side, nothing can come between us, no matter how hard people try. In some eyes they see him,

I see your face. Lifeless and pale, resting on a pillow of white silk. I try to pretend you’re sleeping, but the tears in my eyes betray me…

Waking up in darkness, the moon shining through my window… With tear filled eyes I sit up and remember what I was dreaming. His smiling face shining.