I tear at my cuticlesWhen I’m anxiousAnd they bleed on me this weekAs I gnaw off my nail polish Run to breatheRun to resetJump off […]
Octopus
This is your warning that I’m rewatching Avatar. Therefore, this. If you’re fishing for an octopus, my nephew, you need a tightly woven net, or […]
Windows Open
I’m learning to leave the windows openRemembering that August mornings can be coolAnd that when the sun is out I lean my face into itTo […]
Porcelain
In the summer of 2015 my friend Jenna and I started a collection of writing prompts we titled “Highland Drive”, named for the street we […]
Friends
I keep thinking about how she glowsWhen she talks about what she lovesAnd how what she lovesIs helping, connecting, empathizing, empowering And when I talk […]
Hydrate
Refill your cup And up and up and up Pour it on out And out and out and out But as you hydrate the world […]
Writings by the water
Waves lap upon the rocky beach The red-orange sun grows as it sinks over the bay All I hear is the wavesA perfect quietIt calls […]
A tribute to hard things
A tribute to hard things:May they always comeAnd pierce our skinAnd sicken our stomachAnd make us take long walksAnd sweat until our heads clearJust long […]
For the better
I’m reading on the back porch of the cottageUmbrella up, sipping Diet Coke in the shadeLooking out at the life my parents builtMy dad carrying […]
A haiku about my experience buying property for the first time
What the flying fuck This is the part where I scream In the end, a lake With Love, Natalie