fear creeps up my spine

the sense of being followed

from each dark corner

the water wont stop

despite how i turn the taps

i found it like this

it was past midnight
the sky filled with UFOs
i’d lost my camera

you see yourself there

you don’t know how you got there

and yet there you are

i’m not welcome here

i have nowhere else to go

scratching at the door

keep me at arms length

lest we confuse love with love

there’s no going back

wake in an orchard

sunlight breaks through the branches

grass between my toes

i started typing
and kept going and going
until my hands bled

wake in an orchard

sunlight breaks through the branches

grass between my toes

she climbs the gutter

a huge knife between her teeth

someone has to pay

staring at the door
i dreamt it was your birthday
and that i loved you

my gun misfires

scorch-marks lash across my hands

i hear rabbits laugh

memories rattle
at the bottom of my lungs
i know what i am

with you until the day you die