"I am Nobody! Who are you?

Are you nobody, too?"

— Emily Dickinson

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April Song

W R I T I N G

random lines I wrote + the piece they belong to (mainly poetry)

" ... He Dressed my Skull — in Question marks —

And Pondered — Crooked stars —

Dust — to Dust — she bleeds — the Quill —

I leak — through Doors — ajar — ..."

— twO iN mE dwell

" ... I remember the way her hands shook.

I’ve never seen prettier shaky hands.

The pieces of us swept up and laid on the wooden island.

I float, you choke.

Until I get there... "

— Until I Get There

" ... I feel the sky weep

And remember

That we are all water... "

— His Crown, Our Roots

" ... The letters are stuck in my cornea. Stuck... "

— A First Class Seat to Vegas

" I gaze at her delicate fingers

grazing the verses of Braiding Sweetgrass

as I braid her hair

like wild grass, strands interlace... "

— In This Rubber Band

" ... For the horizon is a blade with all shades of warmth

A knife perpetually perpendicular on water

And us all ever-hanging

To soon be entangled in this citrus dream... "

— We Bow Not to the Wind but to the Lemon Tree

" ... Every day, a different outfit

I pick and choose the feelings,

The stories, the women

And pour them in a mason — me... "

— Too Dead to Die

" ... sea me hike levels, you rise with me

forests we climb fires I’ll be flaming beside you ... "

— Sea Levels Rise

" ... Most hearts simmer, some may sear ... "

— “Do you still remember that recipe?”

" ... Decorate our tomb Can we make amends?

I guess it's up to you Which way will we wend?..."

— Tidal Tears

Every summer, the town burns

the sky and calls it

celebration.

— Fire Works

"... Freeze, hush, wait — epiphany —

Still dawdling with me in the ever-gyrating

Ceiling fan — when you turned it

Off

Is when I realized — ..."

— Silence Has a Sound

"... Deep dark desperate

Longings so severe

The hippocampus

Splattered everywhere

What is this?

Why am I here? ..."

— Hippo Hunting