Between the Margins

I’ve been waiting to hear the smallest things from you.Not I love you that’s easy, that’s surface.But you’re safe here.I want this.I want us.I want you. I’ve been waiting to hear that I’m not just the convenience of comfort,not the in-between when life feels lonely.Tell me I’m enough.Tell me you’re crazy about me not quietly,not halfway,but out loud,… — read more

Since you ignored my painand met it with silence,maybe I should too. Maybe if I stop speaking my hurtit’ll stop echoing in the space between us.Maybe if I smile enough,pretend long enough,the ache will fold itself back into meand you’ll think we’re okay. Day by day,I’ll learn to ignore the pain act like nothing happened,like… — read more

gave myself away to you not just my body,but the quiet places I don’t show anyone.The parts that tremble, the parts that trust.You touched me like you meant forever,and I believed you. I thought what I gavewas an exchange for loyalty,for home,for something I could build my heart around.But forever, it turns out,was just a… — read more