Short Stories and Poems

Poems

 Day One. Again.

 Autumn is almost here. 

Knocking on the door. 

I'm smoking on the small porch. 

My first cigarette

After I quit. 

Kids are playing across the street. 

Laughing and breathless. 

             I check my phone. 

Once.

Twice. 

              You still haven't replied. 

You never will. 

So.

I'm deleting your number. 

Again. 

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The Boy Dressed in Black

Ling sleeves and sad eyes

I always wonder what he's listening to on his headphones

But yesterday 

I saw him walk a small, cute dog. 

So I thought

If he likes dogs

He's probably a nice person

Right?

Should I ask 

The doggy's name next time we meet?

 Shards

I wish I could 

Break all your walls down 

Tear apart the curtain you drop 

every time I ask

 how you are 

Smash the cage 

you've locked yourself in. 

Until there are only splinters left. 

Until you allow yourself to be vulnerable. 

With me. 

But I can't. 

And that breaks my heart. 

I scream into the endless dark void.

My voice cracks and my lungs burn. 

But you don't hear me. 

And I can't stop. 

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                                                    Why is the monster a monster?

There's no Good

or Bad.

Because we can never know

the whole story. 

Maybe God was good

for I could have you. 

And then bad

when he took you away from me. 

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                                                   Healing

Of all the wounds 

I've ever had

You are the deepest. 

The one that 

Never heals

The one I keep picking scabs off

To remind me

You were here.