A poem (published on Genius in a Bottle) They told her she’d be healedOver and OverWe believed. Oh, we believed We prayed We fasted We drowned ourselves in the mysteries of faithwe turned the lights off at sunriseknowing it’s the body that fallsnot the word We gathered her broken piecesinto our childish handsand wrapped themContinue reading “Blessed is She Who Mourned”
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Forbidden Fruit
I’ve taken a bite crisp juice dribbled down my chin An answered prayer from the heavenly hosts a clasped hand closed tight like a casket Banished me The ground churned toiled and labor pains shoot up from my hips flashes of lightening of memories that survived the flood The fruit swallowed left to decay inContinue reading “Forbidden Fruit”
Your Wife III
She pokes and prods Yells and screams She wants sex She wants to feel sexy And dinner out And he worked he worked his ass off But she wants wants wants And the kids are hungry And work is calling while they sit at the dinner table Chicken and salad…. again He’s glad he gotContinue reading “Your Wife III”
Your Wife II
His waves crash Like an ancient melody They play my song They pull me in I dive and dive Only to be denied I sit I cry I beg and plead Open up to me I’m left drenched with a Mouth full of sea foam Drowning in an eerie silence I’ve become a pirate ForeverContinue reading “Your Wife II”
Your Wife
She could climb right in the hot dish water it’s been days since she’s relaxed in a bath she soaks her hands just a second longer a crawler wraps around her leg brings her joy brings her frustration “just five more dishes” wrinkled hand wrinkled sanity the crawler lifts a pant leg “ugh, I needContinue reading “Your Wife”
Greatest Place On Earth
Welcome to the greatest place on earth where dreams make you come alive as they twinkle right before your eyes welcome to the place where anything is possible the secrets here rarely spoken out loud kisses are exchanged promises are made and Judas is welcomed cuz he’s in everyone but here’s the catch, as aboveContinue reading “Greatest Place On Earth”
Butterflies
Butterflies are set free from her mouth, the way none-sense usually is. You see, she’s the type to speak before she thinks, a quality others admire most about her. Thousands of butterflies escaped and filled the room. Her mouth hung open. Not word bounced off the walls, only thoughts and butterflies. -Saschia Check MeContinue reading “Butterflies”
I Feel It
I feel the madness trickling in Under the door- through the door Makes my legs electric and My heart flighty Madness waits for no door To be opened It stains eyeballs red As reality quakes out of view Let it trickle let it trickle Because there’s no escaping it. Check Me Out On Medium
Escape
I did it again I thought about sleep more than my writing If life could be full of sleep and cupcakes oh what a life it would be Of course in this life my body couldn’t handle it But maybe somewhere out there people survive on sleep and cupcakes Maybe they keep a batch nextContinue reading “Escape”
Makers Of Dreams
how bad do you want it does it drag you outta bed at one am do you do it even when you know it’s not perfect and if you don’t do the demons of regret torture you until you do would you sacrifice empty dreams to see a childhood one come true The truth isContinue reading “Makers Of Dreams”
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