Differential Settlement

May 20th, 2025

I’m deconstructing a house
Removing every layer and brick 
Searching for the foundation beneath
Causing everything to unstick
Figuring it out now  
The house was built wrong
Remodeling or changing tenants
Wasn’t the problem all along
Because that first layer
Didn’t know how to stay
With every earthquake
It just chips away
So I need to start over
Uncover the mystery 
Thirty-two years 
Holds a lot of history

People You May Know

May 1st, 2025

Scrolling through suggested friends
There are people who are there for a reason
The past plays in my mind like a show
Full of people who only lasted a season
Profiles available to quietly remember
Even when they’re not your friend
Easy to get caught up longing the past
When you can still see where they’ve been
The last person I slept next to
But I can barely remember his voice
It’s been over a year since I heard from him
And I hate that it was his choice
He celebrated his anniversary recently
With the girl that he ghosted me for
And even if I still missed him
There’s no going back to before
Now he lives in a place that I’ve never been
Where no trace of me still lingers
Unless he still has my keyboard and mouse
With memories at the tip of his fingers
And I know that I should stop looking
It’s healthier to just let him go
But I hate when someone I loved
Turns into People You May Know

I Love The Way

October 30th, 2011

I love the way you hypnotize me with your eyes
the way you bite my lip
the way I feel when you grab me by my hips
I love the way I feel wrapped in your arms
how you laugh at me when I yawn
the words on my back you had once drawn
I love hearing your voice
or seeing your name light up my phone
the way you make me feel like I’m not alone
I love the way you call me the woman you’re in love with
the words that make me melt
the way you make me feel like no one else

Note: This might be the first time a poem I posted from the past lined up with the same day I posted it! Thank you all for your support while I posted some of my writing from when I was 19. I will resume posting 2025 next week!