Theresa Taylor

poem by Theresa Taylor

Nothing I do will change what's done All my mascara lines Cannot turn back time Believe me I've tried We were more than half way there There's a scarlet scar where you touched me Invisible to them But it haunts me here I've be... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

You make my eyes dilate! And my mind's Shutter open. I'm blinking the lens only so I can remember, Click! to capture you Click! to seize you Click- Click! to take you Advancing nostalgic scenes with the flick of my thumb. I sha... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

You're in my veins like fresh morning coffee It's crazy how you get me like this way Shocking my system and burning my tongue Lets drink each other in today Stir us up in sugar and dreams Leave rings on my heart as if to say You... Read more

story by Theresa Taylor

Last night Telegraph Avenue was dark Broadway's restaurants were empty Merchants boarded their windows A propaganda poster shivered in the wind Crucified with staples to the street pole It seemed to scream a ghostly warning As ... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

There's a black snake knocking at my door it's body is from Bakken Shale to Patoka With venom mighty and a grip so tight But it's head stays in Texas And the spirits of my ancestors scream up from the earth, "Don't let it get us!... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

I was there when you lost your teeth Felt your release of such willing prey You could have had me teeth or not You could have had me either way Someone ate your heart out Their pockets now full of metal They striped you of your ... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

She was born with a gun in her hand Easy shot; she had you from the start You hold her body only; she's in your head, she's in your heart But it's red eyes and tears For you, my love, my dear This lil' beauty comes with a price ... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

I feel the pain i feel the cold I was your main She, shiny new gold If happy is being hurt then I'm happy for you True heart beneath this shirt Is slowly ripping in two You made your plan A brilliant escape While I held your... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

Oh to see the forest through the trees Living is a melody that slowly changes keys Our hearts beat and we are slowly dying A truth so terrifying Everyone from old to young At birth is so inevitably stung How will you sound after... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

I'm not as perfect as I seem You see, my life has not been a dream But I will not be painted by my past It consumed me with fire and I have risen from the ash You say Pigeon, I say Phoenix Gravity cannot hold me from my destinies... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

At the end of time I will walk with you to the edge of town I will hold your hand and we will lay down I will take you in without a caress, without a sound We will hold earch other with our eyes so dim light and memories can reflec... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

Oh how I enjoy tip-toeing through our kitchen In only your flannel shirt and my underwear Giggling when you touch me and stare Our house tells love stories for only our ears to listen Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

Driving this way makes it seem Like the wind's the only one that's listening I need more time To make things right in my mind There's no hope for this wicked heart Tires speeding in the dark What if it wasn't me, if it was you? ... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

As I wake up in this bed I am grateful not to be dead And with the Universe's consent I would stop this moment Share with me dawn's sweet kiss I start this day with one wish To study all the alchemy of time And forever make you... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

All these days you've been makin' me wait Tell me you'll be true 'Cause there's no one else but you Please, please, please you're makin' me weak in the knees Exchange these vows for love And I'll gift wrap the moon above How a... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

It took me 800 miles one way And 800 miles back It took me a few months, give or take a day To read between lines where nothing's white or black Flame you said you felt, I guess went up in smoke Truth is there's a wolf here, ... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

I'm so screwed when it comes to you I've never been so exposed without it ending in singing the blues Am I playing Russian Roulette with my heart again? Now that you've know where the curves of my body end Somehow when you melted ... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

Pour me an exotic poison Fruit of sensation fermented into an Elixir of forbidden feelings A burning dose to flood the veins Drink every drop This potion clouds the brain Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

Kiss me and kiss me well Weave your simple spell Put your fingers here Whisper I love you dear Press that palm to the small of my back Say I'm everything you lack And as you squeeze between my thighs Tell me all these little li... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

Here's to the girl who's ideal super power would be to disappear This ones for female who's been cat-called and objectified It goes out to that chick with the amazing body no one can see through Having lost her sense of internal wo... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

If I were a star You would be why I shine Because you wear darkness Like a fine tuxedo Standing there Holding my universe together Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

Don’t tell me I can’t It’ll be the last time you do I’ll prove you wrong This is the path that I choose I’ll stand and finish strong It’s you who will lose Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

Fell for the spell you threw I thought this was something we could do Well, I can disappear too Done with these games, time to be true Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

Pop Tarts and Coffee, Pop Tarts and Coffee Sugar and Spark Tastes to jump start the heart Pop Tarts and Coffee Today I exist because of Pop Tarts and Coffee Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

I hear the moon at night Whispering sweetly to the trees She tucks the wild flowers in their beds Leads the wolf pack in their lonely lullaby Teaches the lake to dance delicately, and shimmer in the dark All the world is dreaming... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

I can't concentrate, I keep thinking about your watch I can hear it tick-tick-ticking as I melt into this bottle of scotch Oh what I would do if I could spin those hands of time! Change everything, change the plot line Make it so ... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

I'm ok I don't need you anyway I know you knew I'd play cards with the devil to save you I did everything to show that I was more than loyal I know it scares you that I'm an extrovert But you are a jerk All your texts tell m... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

eyes open wide as the clock strikes at exactly midnight echoes hit my ears as the moonbeams appear to be pointing out my negligee on the ground and in the stillness, here in the darkness, we are making the loveliest sounds Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

Staring straight into the eyes of your whimpering tragedy You're dead inside and buried up to your neck now Swirling in the ashes of every truth It's so beautifully pitiful to watch you choke Such a fool-hearted man, little do you... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

Just shoot already What are you waiting for?! You're a coward standing there, your finger poised and ready Open deaths white door Flood gates are waiting, you hold the key, hold it steady Sever the chains that keep dragging me do... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

An ocean could not make the waves we make when we make love And if you were a star I'd place you the highest in the sky A light to guide me back to you, like a ship in the night Universe after universe I'd cross to put your heart n... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

Most nights I pray for you I plea for you come home So ridiculous but it's true I ask strength for my soul My spirit's so weak But nobody ever knows nobody ever sees "That Jesus is a liar!" I curse As I toss, I turn, no sleep... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

You cut me open Entered my heart and sliced me like warm butter It felt good at the time But I've been bleeding this love for you all over the floor What a mess it's made of my life I'm trying to mop up the red that I see But it... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

The day's age on I can get through the sun But here in the dark That's when it all starts No beautiful reason to bite my lip No puzzle piece match to the curve of my hips Longing to nuzzle under a scruffy chin To slowly ignite... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

I won't chase anymore I am important and I am here But on sleepless nights I reach into my iron chest and pull out my crystal heart Turning it in my hand Examining the long thin fissures reflected in moonlight I loved the wrong ... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

You took me beyond being just a human A feeling I'll never know again You've just made it so hard Loving you, it's been a battle of the heart I can pretend I'm giving up too But look at me, trying to get a hug from a T-shirt that... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

It's all Lukewarm after I've had you I thrust myself into the deep Hoping to feel a feeling that will keep But I' neither hot nor cold I taste nothing dull nor bold I'm blank... Blank as the space you generated in our bed The ... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

I feel the death of you on the inside Buried up to the neck and hardly alive Choking is no substitute for breathing Ashes of every truth around you swirling It's so beautifully pitiful to watch you Oh young fool-hearted man, I kn... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

I belong to no one Don't expect me to wait on us forever long I'm falling up instead of falling for you I get that way, when guys don't have a clue Brushing off my self respect I'm jumpin' the train, I'm catchin' the jet Don't t... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

I think The Other needed to happen to me I have survived what almost killed me I don't have to chase anyone To prove that I matter anymore Thus, you walk tall and directly towards me We will meet in the middle of love and action ... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

Get off... of me Your sickness is between my knees Pain comes when I cry, "enough!" Your spit upon my cheek and down my neck Oh God, are you done yet? You have my body so close but my head is so far It's all I can do to salve th... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

Presented you with the poem of my heart Let you read it end to start Imagine my horror when your fingers slipped Hearing the sound of rip-rip-rip Lifeless confetti on the ground My world spinning, a panicked Merry-Go-Round Tape,... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

I write my darkness I let it's blackness bleed across the page Feels good like holy murder I am killing The Beast Saving all of you from my Hydra Humans come in many shades All with wild and carnal natures suppressed Twisted up... Read more

poem by Theresa Taylor

When you look at me like this I tremble the way water does in a jar You're breath is so close Sweet condensation on my skin Kiss me, and spill me over the rim You can drink every piece of me I lose myself in the wake of your sub... Read more