Evelyn Jey
Hold her, Soft against you, She’s afraid to look down. Hold her, Your fingertips on hers,
Suspension is funny. Spiderweb– Pendulum– Noose. Mindly, ungodly things.
You, With your hair up in a ponytail. Stop, I love you. You are too pretty to cry.
Sometimes, I am lonely. I stare out the window And wish for the world. Not to share it,
What if We loved like We have never before Felt worthless?
You Are Drop-dead gorgeous All of your “imperfections” Are simply little pieces of your b…
Everything burst open. Ripping, Tearing, Junetime and Maytime When the moths exploded
When I can no longer write, When I have not the strength To put fingers to keys, or Ink to thinly sliced wood When I go silent
Some nails are meant to be painted… Bright colors of turquoise and bla… Some wrists are meant to be decora… With bracelets of gold and silver. Some eyes are meant to be embellis…
Take me, All of me, Into your strong freckled arms Small from the trees Brown from the sun
Why must the universe burn So big and Bright, stealing all the Attention when a Perfectly good
Red steams under pressure Engines eternally shifting underne… I wish I knew where I was going I wish I knew where I have been For I have lost my memory.
Something coughs inside me, Sharp and scratchy, Crude and weak I feel a cold black finger Pressed up hard against
Perfect S. not spherical You draw the curve Just right or else it isn’t what i… Was supposed to be the Dao. The Tao. The path the black and w…
Broken yellow beads Spill all over the floor She looks over her shoulder And my stomach sinks. Hello, I say.