Kaiya Knox

I need some paper, all I have is skin—
and skin won’t win the battle raging here
between the words and mental blocks within
my head. Why don’t I have some paper near?
Why is my pen not read…

With painted eyes and salty lips, I felt
a flower blooming. Roots grew deep beneath
the fertile soil and caused the snow to melt.
My leaves were sun-bound, soaking in each breath.
Warm wate…

I should have known better than to fall,
To climb that cliff you’d toss me down.
I am so small, I am so small.

Your chill makes my skin crawl
Away from your eyes, your seas that drown.
I…

This just goes to show that we had something beautiful,
but at the heart of it…
It was dark.
And because of that dark heart,
the blood was dark.
And because of a wound, dark,
the darkne…

how was your day yesterday?
did you feel the pain,
did you feel it all the way?
‘cause I’m telling you now
I don’t think you’ll ever know
how I felt on the nineteenth of May.

it came an…

I can’t stand this lack of word
staring at me from a
blank page
taunting in a cruel way
pointing out my flaws
while keeping my hands tied
down
untalentedboringrepetitive
I can almost he…

I want to e x a m i n e you
p i e c e by p i e c e
R u n my h a n d s along you
f a c e to t o e s
Count your f r e c k l e s
and your s c a r s
F i n d the s p o t s that
make you l a u…

i want winding roads and tear-jerking sunsets on the horizon
tall grass and wild flowers consuming the earth
a white house with a porch hugging all around it
sun-kissed children playing in t…

He sits there like a royal
Dark hair disheveled with style
Eyes as dark, shimmering with mischief as they reach hers
A hand near his mouth
Drawing her eyes to it
Lips chiseled into a small…

I feel sort of hollow
On this day of all days
The technicolored liquid of my core
Resides not in its usual chamber
So, I don’t know where to look

I’ve searched
Meticulously
Through the…

yet something lurks in the corners
passion, heat, fire
waiting for its chance
patient and anxious

I guess it’s safe to say
that I’m
losing
my
grip.

My palms are getting slick,
my fingers slipping.

It’s taking so long for
my feet
to
touch
ground.

I’m falling so slowly,
I c…

when a person
so real to you
stops
existing

tell me how to f e e l

when the memory
becomes the oxygen
impossibly
solidified

tell me how to b r e a t h e

when a person
who…

"Name?"

I stared at the balding man with a blank expression. He already knew my name.

"What is your name?"

Rolling my eyes and tossing my crimson hair over my shoulder, I answered …

You asked me once,
"Can you see the moon tonight?"

It took some readjusting of location
and craning of my neck,
but eventually I found it.
"Yes, and it’s beautiful."

We talked all nig…

and it feels
so
deliriously
good

You keep me going,
Day to day,
The smile on my face.
I really want you
To believe
You have The Special Place.
There’s just but one thing
You must know:
My heart will grow and grow.
For…

What’s up with all these love songs?
Written in a moment of bliss
Then tossed at the first diss.
If you meant those words you wrote for me
Keep them close to you
Don’t abuse me for hearing…

Of all the people
In my life
I can’t believe
That I can believe
What it was you did

Turned your back
Then faced me again
I turned away from you

Now I’m the bad friend
The failure
…

Holy fuck. No way. God, please no. I’ll do anyth—

"Like, ohmygod! It is you!"

She came out of nowhere. I turned just in time to see big tits and bleached hair flying at me.