Horror & Headphones

Metal limbs mimic man hands. Coldness on my stomach, my neck, my lips. Rust on my eyelashes like falling snow. Do you feel my warmth? I touch your tin body. It’s rough with dents and scratches. You touch my flesh. Mine can’t be felt. An intimate metal embrace. I give you my warmth. And all I receive...

Velvet heart laying at my door. Velvet heart given to me by my past paramour. Velvet heart covered in specks of dark red. Velvet heart reminding me of all of those dead. Velvet heart that anyways I still adore. Velvet heart follows me all the way to the store. Velvet heart only grows with more gore...

I’ve kindly titled this: How can I be happy when you’re on discord at 3 am with your drinking buddies playing Call of Duty when instead you should be talking about our pasts on messenger FaceTime with me. There’s the Snapchat sound on my IPhone, We go through this intricate dance daily, Through ...

Just a year ago, I was looking for someone like you. I was at an all-time low, Desperate for something new. I was dating an unusual guy, Who wasn’t exactly the best. By the time it hit July, I was ready to take a rest. Then I met you, With your perfect, happy smile. You gave me a view, Of how life...

I want everything. So why do I have to choose? I want to experience a fling. Yet find someone I wouldn’t dare lose. I want to experience the heat of a stranger And talk deeply with one I’ve loved forever. I want to put my feelings in danger, Yet have heartache never. I want to know someone like ne...

I thought you were gone forever, And now, here you are, Showing up like it’s whatever, In your old, rusted red car. You left across the planet, Without so much as a goodbye. I didn’t want to lament, But you left me on standby. I desperately want you, I’m not sure if you know. I don’t know if I’ve ...

I enjoy you when you’re here, But hate you when you’re away. I know it’s hard to hear, But I just don’t know if I can stay. You are everything I wanted, Or, at least, what I thought I did. Every day I’m haunted, By my dreams from when I was a kid. I envisioned a wonderful boy, Whose characteristic...

I delight in praise, I need it as much as I need to drink. It’s why I put so much work into essays, And why I always wear the color pink. But you can’t be liked by everyone, As much as it aches. I feel like I might come undone, Everytime my ego breaks. I know I shouldn’t take it so hard, They’re s...

I’m so ready to leave, I can feel my feet itching to wander. Some may call me naive, But I can’t stand this town any longer. Every day is just the same as the last, An endless loop of people set in their ways. I feel like a thousand opportunities have ed, While I’m stuck in this city of daze. ...

He was absolutely ordinary, Not particularly one thing or another. With him you would never use the word very, There was nothing to uncover. He wasn’t beautiful nor unattractive, Neither witty nor bland. Not dominant or ive, Yet everything he did was perfectly planned. He wasn’t awful to love,...

It’s been so long since I’ve seen your face, It made me pause in the middle of a street. I felt my heart begin to race, And my cheeks fill up with heat. There you were just as you always were, Knowingly giving me your casual grin. I said, “Where do you think you’ve been, sir?” You chuckled and repl...

Her name was Daisy, And she cherished art. Her personality was a little crazy, But she filled the cracks of my heart. I’ve known her since I was a child, And we’ve watched each other grow. She used to love to run wild, No one ever knew where she would go. Everyone wanted to pick her, She was the f...