hellocharley
she will not bare witness to the darkness in another lest they turn to witness her own
the only barricade he has is a self-deprecating smile. when that is knocked down he is open & vulnerable - that's when you see his true face.
it's been so long since she's seen the sky that the only rainbows she can recall are those that sparkle poisonously from the oil stains on the floor of her stone prison.
call her what you will, whatever label you chose. she knows the truth though. she is & will always be ... rad-ass bitchin’.
call her what you will, whatever label you chose. she knows the truth thought - she's never been anything other than rad-ass bitchin'.
the compounds of the air around us are endless. every first kiss, every last breath, every sigh. every star, every cloud & every ocean wave. the witness to every occurrence will find itself in your lungs.
the lemon tree out the back was frail & twisted, the fruit late & pale. it had little to offer her but she smiled more in her tending to it than any of the rose bushes out the front.