la nuit ardente


we lie together


smokey breath tickling my neck





you pant in my ear


"soften the lens"


____



lost in gray


we mistake this
for gentleness



____



here

without light


we hide this picture
of twisted steaming
wreckage

beneath the sighs


____


my sorrow
sticks
to every part of you

and you call it love


Kelsey Upward is currently a junior music major in the LA area, working various jobs and writing music. She has much hope for her musical endeavors, but will always continue to write poetry.