Submissions by Thesilverymoon (Lauren Brenner)

For the love of god
That was the worst rejection ever
Please don’t let me do that again, NEVER

I really created an epic smashup
All of it was essentially made up

What, with my stupid unsolicited text messages
And the candid confessions
The incessant spamming
And night time obsessions
A trailblazing dogs breakfast
of imagined transgressions
I laid it all bare not thinking of the repercussions

In my mind I’d imagined a bone fide connection, full of possibilities
But both of us have partners, children and...

To rest upon
A bed of glass

I’d scarcely lay my cheek
While blades of shard and thorn
Razor sharp and caustic
Precise in their motive

Tear my flesh
And twist my bone

Entangled
With a restless spirit

Wandering
Craving
Begging

To possess
That which evades me

Pigs are fat and fathomless
Pigs are fancy free
Pigs are faithful to the end
They’d walk the earth for me

Pigs are great adventurers
Pigs are clever friends
Pigs won’t laugh behind your back
Or careless condescend

Pigs are strong and self assured
Pigs don’t often cry
Pigs are honest to the end
They never, never lie

Pigs are pink and passionate
Pigs are smooth as ice
Pigs are boundless happiness
They dance the march of life

For D

There are some things I want to say to you
Just, you know, a few things.
Not many.

I can’t say any of them
Out loud
To anyone
Not yet, anyway.

Secrets
That should be kept
Out of mind
Out of sight

Else they become evidence
Of my betrayal

Tonight I am safe
I own these thoughts
No one can censor them
No one can judge me
No one can take the words

Off
This
Page

So I’m telling this keyboard
And this screen
And this empty room ...