Word Scribbles

// @lilac-wildflower

Leap year girl; tonight you are vanilla candle wax and unvoiced pain

23. Icy rain; I curl into the warmth from my cup of chamomile tea 24. Soft nose nudges my hand; mother bunny curls up into my lap, tired 25. Crescent moons; Winter wraps its hands around my neck and the silver bleeds 26. Amethyst eyes; you cling to her cold hands and pray for your mind to clear 27. Hints of lavender and rosemary stains my hands; now the garden sleeps

17. Morning light; angels pour honey into the glass bowl of the dawn sky 18. Black tea leaf future; the cup stings my fingers so I push it away 19. Stagnant waters; I crack my skull open for just a moment of peace 20. Firefly wishes; the buzzing of its wings carried your name from my lips 21. Fish hooks in my chest; I cut my palms on the line but I still can't breathe 22. Worry is an old kettle in my chest and I am drowning in it

Hot chocolate smile; her name is sweet in my mouth but it burns my throat

Slit my tongue open on a memory; shrapnel stuck behind my eyes

Bit the words stuck in my throat; now these splinters are making my gums bleed

This cheap vodka burns my tongue a lot less than the taste of your name does

My fingers bleed from picking at the thick barbed wire sunk into my throat

February rain; I can hear Autumn's laughter swelling in the wind

Lightning confessions; the thunder calls your name but you are still asleep

Ear pressed to your chest; ocean winds reverberate through every inhale

// @lilac-wildflower for @voidlightmoon

You hear her sea salt voice from beneath the depths; eyes meet over the waves

Hushed lullaby; I fall asleep to the whisper of rain against glass

Awake at midnight with white noise gnawing at the edges of my mind