Alicia Keys

At night it crusts my eyes
She breaths out tendrils that snake in and seek out
For.a year and a half it burned in the third degree
Her name means "inferno" and yet still
She riddles my heart with soot



 

Anna Tringale

NC

17 years old

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  • What If She Said

    And what if I asked her the question?
    What if I asked the thing that plagued the mind
    If I coughed out the sentence that would kill her
    And it engulfed her with a pain sharp as a scalpel
    And she laughed until stitches sewed her mouth
  • Floyd

    My father scratches CDs and sandpapers vinyl
    He leaves the burnt bits of water in the pan after a fresh boil
    He cooks his alfredo with a bit too much garlic
    And in the evenings he danced to Floyd