Cuffing Season

When I bloom, my pollen stains
everything it touches.

I plead,
breath me in
Let me color your cheeks.

Plant me deep inside you,
I will fertilize your soul.

I will tend to the garden,
in your heart.

When the flowers that grow
leave your mouth,
I will water them with mine.

Six Feet Under Hallow Earth

I was a ghost,
baring a heart, hollow from death.
  

Buried under feet,
lying like the salt between us. 

I watch as winter passes. 
The stones I placed set a path to the trees,
now dusted over.

It's still dark here,
even when the clouds drift. 

It's still night here,
even after the moon has came and went. 

I hope the tips of the pine 
poke holes in the sky and let the light in.

I'll haunt until the day I die, waiting for the sun to shine. 

Come Clean

Chipped pink nail polish
surrounded by dried blood. 

Finger nails and soft pale skin;
adorned with the crystals of mania.

Gripping my hands gently
from the hospital bed.

You snap at the doctor again,
to let your abusive boyfriend back in.

You tell me there is nothing to worry about,
right before the surgery.

When they said
you may never move your arm again.

The day you tried to die.

Her for You

I am trading eyelash shadows

For beautiful bare lips.

I am trading in the miniskirt and boots,

for the pair of perfectly white converse

and calloused fingertips. 

I’m trading in the beautiful buzzed, 

for the beautiful curls.

I am trading in the “oh honeys” 

and “wow, okay, hi's” 

and “actually I’m on a date” 

and “I’m sorry I should have told you the truth” 

and “I’m sorry, what were you saying?”

and “I work every day this week including doubles”

and "how can I un-salt the earth that I have already salted?"

For 

“I’m crazy about you” 

And “I just want you to be comfortable” 

And “where did you come from?” 

And “I can’t wait to see you”

And “Are we crazy?”

And “I can hardly stand to look at you, you’re so beautiful” 

And “I want to show you every day that you deserve the world"

And let me tell you, 

it’s not a trade at all...

It's an upgrade.