Beverley Katherine Poems

the sightless girl lies awake on the floor
lamplight touches her skin
and she feels the warmth
others mistake for air.
...

I drink my morning coffee, and there you are.
It always happens just then.

My whole world, it stops
...

if he was as fragile as he seemed.
(splinters of his heart
connected to his aorta
or to her veins?)
...

the silence that is falling from your mouth is deafening
it used to be the sound of comfort;
the sound of undisputed perfection.
...

his hands, my protectors
saving me from the eternal cold placed into mine.
to speak to him again would be shooting the sun
with beams of ice.
...

hidden inside me is a heart of gold
atria plated with 24 karat diamonds
ventricles of rubies
valves made of undiscovered gems; peals luminescent in the shade of my chest.
...

It was a void
in the lives we lead.
ourselves.
maskless and brave,
...

the restless wind
blows over where
we once pocketed dreams.
...

I see you walking toward me
and I'm frightened of your smile
rows of glistening teeth that rob my lungs
you are beautiful when you are glad
...

littered with sidewalk, the broken glass reflects
all the things
I've never wanted to see
even all the cracks
...