The cotton candy sky above the highway wasn’t as pretty
as your hand on my wrist, when you told me I was flawless
You’d be at the door in one of your gray shirts
Damp hair and clean shaven
I thought you only smiled at me that way
The flowers bursted and the warm air pat me on the back
when I had enough, when I was finally brave Read More
I wrote this poem in 2008 when I worked at a dog boarding kennel. It’s about remembering the dog I grew up with.
It smells like her, that collar
Once tangled in fur,
now a decoration to my room
and a memory for my heart
Foggy, but I can remember
the first time I saw her
Like a frightened bear cub
hiding under kitchen table
An old poem of mine that I recently rediscovered while cleaning my room.
Maybe they’re hard to tame because
they’re invisible
I feel them living in me
On me like a bad itch
in a difficult place
I want to pick them off
like fingernails
But my brain is an
addict
and my heart thinks they’re
important
A sickness I wish I was immune to Read More
Nicole DiGiose 