sea lily : Writing

of love

of love

A Poem by sea lily


love is selflessness they told me. well i say i've loved and wanted them always close to me. even when they didn't want to be. feel guilty, ..
girl

girl

A Poem by sea lily


i wanted to be like that beautiful meaningless wide blue eyes girl. he loved her first and loved me last. so i couldn't have kept him, i was ..
flight

flight

A Poem by sea lily


a week apart, and they all descend. no surprise through drinks, i cried and longed for... a safer place than this. a familiar face to kiss. k..
taxicab

taxicab

A Poem by sea lily


heart and head. one of which, i'm ashamed to say, drove me back through the night in a taxi-cab to your bed. and further still, the day afte..
[untitled]

[untitled]

A Poem by sea lily


i have drunk i've drunk, been drunk every night since i left you. maybe i like the way the drink slides over my tongue and e..
o'connor

o\'connor

A Poem by sea lily


silent boy, offered door-opening side-stepping art-dedicating beautiful boy. i want to grab you by the tufts of your darkened roots. kiss your ..
crux

crux

A Poem by sea lily


we made plans, we built them high in the sky. it wasn't me. how can i say, i'm not there yet-- i love you, i love you, i love you. in a nuclear w..
in search of

in search of

A Poem by sea lily


i was told it was foolish. i am too dark to see the bottom, and who was he to only stare dumbly at his reflection? and they all knew... the one,..
lost

lost

A Poem by sea lily


just like before, but i am not here. i am no-self girl. i became you; and we became us. the barriers collapsed i learned to trust. i lost mysel..
at fault

at fault

A Poem by sea lily


i've never drunk so early, so alone. i remember a time, days in a row, a bottle of merlot and a memory of a girl. but that was in night's embrac..