Close your eyes. A lover is standing too close / to focus on. Leave me blurry and fall toward me / with your entire body. Lie under the covers, pretending / to sleep, while I’m in…
Source: Richard Siken – Snow and Dirty Rain | Genius
Saw this linked on Tumblr today and nearly wept. I need to read more poetry.
Important Note
This site features content going all the way back to 2000. The posts you’ll read reflect my views and writing style at the time. While I have gone back to clean up a few of them, I think it’s important not to sanitise too much. This site is a record of who I am and how I’ve grown. Any blog post written years ago may not reflect who I am today, nor how I would write about the same topic today.
