maryletsflyaway

This is basically the beginning of something that I hope will turn out quite lovely. Sorry about the awkward ending. My world is in Paris. And I’m gliding down the ...

As the subtle rhythms ofMy world enact upon my beingI realize my Wrongs and I feel nakedResting head upon hand, IOnly notice that I have failed, theNull suddenlyGrowing until the ...

Once upon a time there was a girlAnd her name was MaryOnce upon a time she fell in loveWith a novel boy named HarryOnce upon a Daniel RadcliffeThe girl named ...

I was lying there naked. The light coming through the window was golden, warming my body from the previously cold night. My body was half covered with the whiteness of ...

I am walking slowlyAs if to pay attention to everything around meI close my eyes, and let the air come over meI feel surrounded by the simplicityAnd nakedness of being ...

We are two witchesYou are male and I am femaleI see you as aLoverYou see me as a witchAnd that is what I am, loverYou are a witchWomen fall in ...

There used to be a hammockIn a great expanse of green lawnBeyond the house and next to anotherNear the edge, the stairs leading down to a dockStairs decayingThe same stairs ...

I glance across the room.I am in your bed.I am heavy.I am dead.You cradle child in your arms,Like it is glass.You can’t even look at looks like me.I am a ...

George Boleyn had a womanAnd he was in love with Francis WestonAs you are in love with Henry VIIIAs I am with my history teacherWatch us!Prancing around courtMe married off ...

I have a bracelet made of your faceTwelve, for twelve centsFive dollars if you are welded And wornI hope you bring me luckA penny for your thoughtsHow cliché I can ...

Resist loveResist not loveResist not the resist notResist resistingResist meResist not youResist yourself and your brotherResist, my brotherResist not love, but resist the thunderous applause that sur

I am pissedThat I’ve had a dream about me Necking youAmidst an epic Clash of the Titans battleAnd then we break into WalmartYou don’t even realizeThat the time we were ...

I keep having dreams about youAnd it’s driving me crazyI hope you know thatYou elusive boy-manI hope you know that I can’t stand That you don’t notice meThat he said ...

I tried to sell Edna at my yard saleAnd no one bought herI think it’s because people don’t like dollsThat have been painted purpleI would buy EdnaHer and her “dual-life”Who ...

You have red hair in your beardAmidst the brownLooking so much like that Tudor doucheGrowing fatOr in your caseMore masculineI prefer youDid you know?I think you’re decadent and deliciousAnd I ...

This was an essay I wrote for a philosophy class that I just took at a liberal arts college. It's a comparison/argument between Plato's Republic and Tim O'Brien's On the ...

I have a Harry Potter shirt from fourth grade. I still wear it, often. I’m almost eighteen and I feel like I’m twelve. My face looks the same. I feel ...

Is this a poem?You tell me.I’ll punctuateThis Po-uh-tree.I like this poem.How ‘bout you?A doodly, doodly, doodly, doo.

I’m a little dryMy poetic breasts no longerNourishMy womanhood is not sufficientFor pen and handThe children I bear are runtsAnd they are slaughteredLike pigs and cattle,HangingFor what I’m worth,

I realized the picture of us was sitting next to the bed and inhaled quickly. “Are you alright?”, David asked. I moved my gaze from the pictureand onto his face. ...

My name is Mary Gross. And I’m going to start with that because anything else I would say to you would be a lie. I think about this everyday, what ...

I am your criticI am your judgeMmmm, it tastes goodJudgment doesI’ll spread it on your toastIf you spread it on mineI’m fine reallyJudgments rhymeLet’s get to togetherAnd celebrateOur mutual hat

Jerome and I were walking hand and handFour feet marchingTwo heads bobbingJerome insisted we walk through the fieldA million stalks swayingHigh above our headsHand and hand we ventured into the ...

Be my England,Watch me as I walk along the River ThamesAway from the city,Foot in front of footOn that my EnglandAnd watch me from the cloudsAs the raindrops fall,Drip drop ...

I’d rather watch a movie that spanned only a few daysThan some adventureSpanning yearsA lifetimeThe best stories happen in a weekOr lessThose defining weeksThat feed off our soulsOr nourish themThis

It’s funny how I can feel so nauseousAfter such an stomach is lurching,Singing, groaningOver and over again Inside meNothing I do can make this feelingLeave my bodyOh, woes of a ...

I walked up to his front door, the porch light shining dimly to the left. Through the window I could see that the lights were off, but I rang the ...

MessagesIn the airIn our hairAnd EverywhereLingering from lipsLike drip drops of melted chocolateSeeping, oozingThrough cracks of s’moresAnd broken heartsMessages, messagesChasing us in our carsPull

I take a drag on my cigaretteI know I am going to smell like an ash trayJacob is sitting next to meAnd the rain is becoming heavierThe tree will no ...

Today, Sam told me that I was “temporary”. So I ask him, see I like to manipulate people sometimes, if I was a placeholder. Sam says, “Yes”. I reply with ...

1 I don’t think I can stand being away from you any longer. One month has been enough and I am very anxious to see the blue of your eyes ...

1 (after the train) I knew I was in love with you when I woke up that Friday morning (after the train) and I didn’t do my hair. I knew ...

I don’t like thinking of you being all alone with her in that big house. When you pick me up tomorrow, I will not ask you if you know how ...