Images play in my head, from a night reimagined, redefined to satisfy a hollowness lodged in my stomach. I had altered facts and created thrones for lies to sit on, to rule ruthlessly in a body that was too strained to put up a fight. You weren’t its first invader, claiming void rights, stomping onto…
Read MoreTend la main
Hello my lovely, It’s a privilege to have you take a trip in my realm. Please feel free to drop me an email and reach out. I would love to get to know you better. Best, Rita
Read MoreUncovering hidden wounds
Between the margins
In a distant memory of mine, i see you laughing on a sunday morning, turning timid morning light into magic, flirting with the sun like you would with my heart, cradling my pulse into ecstatic serenity. you smell like that perfect cup of coffee my mother makes when she needs to feel at home. you…
Read MoreYou don’t look lost when you’re alone.
you are love.
you stretch your fingers and flirt with the morning light, arch your back and then curl up against the curve of my neck. i draw on your skin, like i would with my tongue. you feel the way love should. like warmth has cradled my heart with tenderness. like serenity has drizzled in between my…
Read MoreLillies
If I slice my heart open, you will see flowers sprout and roots sewing the pieces back together gently and softly. If I turn my back to you and offer up my spine as a fishing rod, you will see feathers nesting in between my bones. If I open up my palm and reach out…
Read MoreLinger•
Fickle is my touch when I come across your scent on my sheets… It takes me by surprise and pins me down, like a dream within a dream. A reality I can’t wake up from. I stumble upon particles of your memory drunk on my pillow, swaying between my neck and my thighs. My throat…
Read Morehome•
The ocean speaks to me in misty whispers, tells me secrets from across the atlantic… I dip my toes in the freezing water and reminisce about the times light fluctuated on your skin and extended to my spine. There are mornings when I wake up and feel your love engulfing me with tenderness. And there…
Read MoreUnfaded.
You’re way ahead by now, a million miles into the river that leads you back home. My heart is spread too thin, fluctuating between wanting you and craving the death of every feeling you birthed in me. I’m way behind by now, walking down streets where you have sung drunken promises, only to whisk them…
Read MoreMorning dew
Please don’t be indefinitely broken, little heart of mine. Beat kindly into the night and sing me the lullaby of how you used to be tender. Please pick yourself back up and paint the stars in the sky, save them from being forgotten memories of ancient lifetimes. You’ve done this before… I’ve witnessed, in awe,…
Read MoreThe unbearable state of desire.
My name is forever tainted by the sound of your breath. It is in deep embrace with each moan that escapes your muffled lips. My name has been tamed. Each time they call it, I throb in anticipation of your fingernails digging into my spine. Chain my vocal chords with strands of your hair, my…
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