Poems from almostapril
Keep a smile when you’re crying.
Never stutter when you’re lying.
Laugh even when you’re burning hot.
Act delighted when you’re not.
Your sister told me last night, “Don’t feel bad if he doesn’t tell you a lot. He doesn’t really tell anyone anything. His brother is the...
When I was younger, my mother’s name for me was Doll.
Her hair was golden thread, her eyes were glass.
She would dress me and undress me,...
Every morning
You ask me how I’ve slept
And every morning
I lie
Because how can I say
That last night
I held you on a bloody battlefield...
When we first met, I saw the glint of your armor in your eyes, the knives hidden behind your teeth always turned against yourself. You...