eglantine : Writing

2:38 a.m.

2:38 a.m.

A Poem by eglantine


I awoke to a pianolullaby ringing in my earsand moon lyricswhitening my lips,goosebumps illuminate my pale skin.The stars talkto me: they blinkMorse-c..
I've moved to the bathtub

I've moved to the bathtub

A Poem by eglantine


Go away reader-- I'm nakedand bathing in orangeblossoms, trying to washthe stare of his pistachio eyes from my skin,you do understand, don't you?Thorn..
Honey and milk bath

Honey and milk bath

A Poem by eglantine


... seaglass breath,lullabyes and bubbles.I write hallelujah on my skin,where your lips used to murmur my name.one by one, mermaidsfall from my eyes--..
Disassociation

Disassociation

A Poem by eglantine


They tell me to pray,that He is always listening,but God is blue from loveand my hands have forgottenhow to hold.God of moths, God of the lonely, God ..
The last time I saw you

The last time I saw you

A Poem by eglantine


Your silhouette still standingin my pupils, I cutout my heart and carveit into a bird housesince the pulse it once playedremains in the memory of our ..
Soul-ache

Soul-ache

A Poem by eglantine


wrap me in rose-thorns, I have no need of skin and this morning is too bright to kiss.cold palm on window-glass, legs shaking like prayers, leave me ..
Thoughts

Thoughts

A Poem by eglantine


there is something delicateabout a moths' wing undermicroscope light,like flossing a heartbeat between your teeth.little moth, little moth, I weep for..
Three things

Three things

A Poem by eglantine


feet, bricks and rainthat's all this April Tuesday is:my paper-smooth feet against sanctified,red bricks as the sky wipesaway my tears with its own.An..
Ravenous

Ravenous

A Poem by eglantine


My scream was hoarsebecause salt seared mythroat the night the zombieepidemic became non-fiction.I hid behind my ocean-ghosthair, inside of the giantc..
And the cow swam under the moon

And the cow swam under the moon

A Poem by eglantine


My sanity tastes like ocean-tangled yarn. It hangs frommy cranium, dripping, while Idream of sea-dragonsarguing the mossyconcept of reality.I toss and..