Last Night

The only thing
I'll beg you for
Is your pardon
I am not accustomed
To being treated
As if I might
Not be as ugly
As I know I am
So forgive me

Blisters

Once a pebble
In their shoe
Begging for just
A blister
Just a bit
Of attention
Made smaller
With each step
Kept under heels
Stuck between toes
Hidden and forgotten
Now rock solid
Fully formed
Unapologetically
Alone until
Until
Until
I am held
In regard
Respect
Instead of in
Contempt
 

Nobody's Tune

Maybe nobody 
Will exhume
These bleached bones
Reconstruct these limbs
With tendons made
Of melodies
Maybe nobody
Will bless
This desert heart
Resurrect a pulse
With rhythms made
Of kindness

SapphoClique

Gold star
Dykecycle loyalty card
Just collect nine stamps
And your tenth fuck is free
But if you've ever
Kissed a boy
You're not allowed 
In the club
You can watch from
The sidelines
But you'll never be 
One of us

Exegesis

Make a prayer
Out of my ribs
Make an offering 
Of my spine
To the benevolence
Of silence

Flames

Tongue starved of kisses
Feasting on loneliness
Fire eating
Feet bleeding
Ripe for sunshine

Inked In

Storytelling skin
Lovelorn secret scars
Hidden in plain sight
Tattooed code