drifting... retweeted
You'll find me staring out the window, cheek resting against breath's misted glass.
drifting... retweeted
ruin
there is something obscene
about the way you sit there,
all that ink and skin,
your face hidden
like the rest of you
isn't already a confession.
i want to know
what carved your edges.
what put those flowers
beside the dead things,
what kind of violence
wears a woman's skin
and looks that fucking innocent.
i have never been good
at wanting gently.
i see those tattooed thighs
and think of religion,
not the kind that saves,
the kind that makes men
crave hell.
i want the mouth
behind that fucking phone,
the trouble in your eyes,
the parts of you
that learned to bite
before they learned to trust.
and if there is a devil
beneath all that beautiful ink,
tell her to come out.
i have spent my whole life
making peace with monsters.
i'd rather meet yours
with teeth bared.
I sat in the dark corner
scribbling
a woman in a red coat
asked me what I did for a living
i told her I was an expert
at wasting time
she smiled
bought me a drink
and proved me right

















