You

You love the people that love you But you let them speak without love Let them act without love Let them think without love And now it’s Another night feeling like the worst one. You don’t remember what good nights feel like You don’t remember what it’s like to go to sleep with dry eyes…

bathrobe

Lather

I grip my sudsy scalp, trying to wash out every whisper of his skin, his breath, his convincing words and broken promises. This isn’t the usual small circles, a gentle lather. It’s jolted and furious and directionless, how I felt when I first found myself falling in love with him. I told him no and…