sea lily : Writing

artificially in love

artificially in love

A Poem by sea lily


typically,tired.and in love for tonight.my limbs are the shallow tubesof my own designi would pray.to hollow out my insidesto clutch those limbs tight..
frank

frank

A Poem by sea lily


we begged to be frank,well i will.i loved the dark pigmentationof your upper arm.the bleached rock and driftwoodswaying from your skullthe way your ey..
summer sigh

summer sigh

A Poem by sea lily


i wantthe summerwhere love will sighfrom our skin.floating skirtsconcealing bare feet.burying daisiesin each others' hair.kissing your closed eyes.two..
soldier

soldier

A Poem by sea lily


i like to belong to people.the first night,back in the home countrywe wrote each other's namesand telephone numbersin sharpie markersup our armsand ot..
bluebeard

bluebeard

A Poem by sea lily


in the war cemeterythere lay a boywith arms for wingsand crystal eyeslike twin blue demons.at his side;the dark girlscreaming at himfor the last time...
going home

going home

A Poem by sea lily


on sundaythe day we left the citythe clouds swelled,hugging the rainand we twisted through the streets,you and meonto a road that was sunnyand let us ..
like me too

like me too

A Poem by sea lily


i don't want a kind of punk-rock relationshipevery fashion spread a DIYon how to hurt each other.(just to show we can handle it,we're so blaséw..
lover

lover

A Poem by sea lily


lover of no night encounter,grasp me by the eyeswatch mestirring patterns in my teafollow meas i slot between the paving stonesand the roof slatsof th..
scatter

scatter

A Poem by sea lily


i don't write,because i don't think.i stuffed my earswith the cotton wool fluffthat we use to take our make-up off.like the fifties glamour queenswe p..
beautiful, beautiful

beautiful, beautiful

A Poem by sea lily


i was all white innocencedrinking at the barmy friends took photographswishing me luckfrom afar.she is sullen,i wanted to make her smileand in the dar..