The devil’s in my midst.

You met me in the winter When I was a petal, Something you desperately wanted t… You loved me in the summer, Underneath the palm oil trees

Splattered you All over my body And flecks of skin Inside every crevice. I can’t get rid of you

You don’t ask me to speak. You never expect my opinion. I was your second child In a runaway marriage. I suppose I loved you once,

She looked like innocence And felt like sin And died like grace And fell like a bird And fell like a bird

She has the piece that holds it al… What was revealed to her came slow… When it all comes together, it’s l… When it all falls apart, it’s dead… One little lie can tear a family a…

Sometimes, I wish I was a tree: Tall, wide, and majestic as can be… One with branches that sway slowly… Watching above, everything I woul… Sometimes, I wish I was an oak.

Then he said, “I never said I was… Then I said, “I never asked you t… Then we kissed.

Mark, I miss you, And I love you. Each day is lost Without you.

It’s over. It’s okay. The parting is such sorrow And relief. It hurts like a crushing force,

Like Augustus, I fear oblivion When I should pass.

I died on Tuesday. My soul floated up Above my milky corpse, And I smiled. I saw my family,

Am I incurable? It seems so. I’m an incorrigible invalid Of the heart.

What does it feel like on the day… Does it hurt? Today, I have just realized that, And it burns. It has burned the piece of my hear…

Shambles: They hold my life together. I’m shredded into slices, Trying to hold it whole, And I wonder if anyone