sleepdancing |
how surreal the thought,that i am laying like i am dead.my neck is braced straight between two pillows, my spine stretched tautto my toes that point towards the tucked blanketslike a nocturnal balleri... Posted by Katie on Fri, 09 Feb 2007 03:15:00 PST |
untitled |
i start. white knuckles cling bloodlessto white sheets and another nightmare i don't rememberthrows me into conciousness. night knocks his little knucklesagainst my window and it's two thi... Posted by Katie on Mon, 05 Feb 2007 02:44:00 PST |
nine |
silence descends on this room fullof ghosts; nine spirits breathe theair from my lungs and quiver,taunting me and dancing their nine little dances,throwing shadows on the wall.ten cigarettes become ni... Posted by Katie on Mon, 23 Oct 2006 02:35:00 PST |
affirmation |
inhale, as my arms outstretch lazy at my sides,my head tilts back, and the phantom, my smile,returns to its old stomping grounds on my face.i lay bouyant, like a body in water,the frail little fingers... Posted by Katie on Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:21:00 PST |
blindsided |
sometimes, with eyes wide,a memory expands like my pupils,and i am breathless in a moment from years ago.i taste, touch, smell,i have to remember to breathein the fascination of you.beautiful in wonde... Posted by Katie on Mon, 04 Sep 2006 02:49:00 PST |
postcards from mars |
with a flicker and a spark,a flame dances two inches from my faceand i inhale, watch the paper peel back.exhale. for days now,and the nights that fade into them and back again,this has been my escape... Posted by Katie on Wed, 21 Jun 2006 08:51:00 PST |
asleep at the wheel |
tired eyes in midnight shadows close,if only for a moment,and open. blissful whisperof breath from my lips and iwatch it evaporateinto nothing.my demons sit before me,nicotine fingertips and tob... Posted by Katie on Wed, 24 May 2006 09:58:00 PST |
shudder to life |
my life in a box, like a casket,two weeks buried andcovered in dust.i am a vulture, a scavenger of memory,peeling back the layershoarding their insides for my own.i am fed on familiarity,i am warmed b... Posted by Katie on Tue, 16 May 2006 12:36:00 PST |