marastarBeyond the long daysBeyond the long days and the heat of crowds The loud vulgarities and grating screech Of dead weight sulking on the laden beach Past all…Sep 23, 2018Sep 23, 2018
marastarCome—I dream of you. You come in and out of the room, as you do my life, laughing, hoops of light around your wrists, waist, hips. No one can…Sep 13, 2018Sep 13, 2018
marastarThe BattleMy words aren’t nearly good enough for what I have to say— I’ll write them yet another time then throw them all away.Sep 9, 2018Sep 9, 2018
marastarSong of ExultationI changed my name so that it would taste upon your tongue like the freshness of water upon the feet after a long day of walking.Sep 7, 2018Sep 7, 2018
marastarbraggadocioI’m mesmerized by our dirty lies and the way we let us go and the way we hate, and spit at Fate and stop the river’s flow.Sep 5, 2018Sep 5, 2018
marastarAwakeningDo you feel your soul awaken Like a small bird within an egg? I can hear the shell cracking.Sep 4, 2018Sep 4, 2018
marastaryou’re hot, you’re cold—you’re hot, you’re cold — you’re mostly cold. I pawned the ring you said you sold. I won’t feel guilty well, I might. I took it from your…Aug 27, 2018Aug 27, 2018
marastarOut of long horrorsOut of long horrors and slow recompense I count the scars as poets with their dreams. I lie here silent on my bed — it seems That blood and…Aug 23, 2018Aug 23, 2018
marastarThat day I reachedThat day I reached into my chest And handed you my heart — The glance you threw me when you said “I told you not to start.”Aug 23, 2018Aug 23, 2018
marastarLet Me Feel the LackBurn me with your absence, with the hell of losing you. Fill my veins with shadows from the river that you knew, That you loved like all…Aug 16, 2018Aug 16, 2018