Amour

Perpetual

L.C. McQuillen 04.08.17 I never believed much in fate until I met you. Everything made sense and everyone around us observed and encouraged. But fate felt like it was quite claustrophobic. It felt as if this independent heart suddenly didn’t have her own choice. Nevertheless, I chose to leave knowing you were probably best for […]

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Forbidden Fruit

L.C. McQuillen 11.07.17 You were my Forbidden fruit But I’ve never Been good with Regulation It made you All the more Entrancing Eyeing you From the other side Of the garden Always in my reach Alcohol and desireTempting me farther I bit you And you bit back And this one nightOf flavour Of misbehaviour Wilted

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Sides

L.C. McQuillen 30.03.17 I have been   To all four sides   Of this ocean   And what I have   Learned   Is that they all   Look the same   I am sorry   That I left you To find that out. You told me thatIt would.You scooped meUp and whisperedThat it would

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Captive of Curiosity

L.C. McQuillen 01.02.17 You have wrappedMe in a suddenAnd simpleCuriosity.You guide meNot with anythingBut your wordsMy mind isIn overtimeTrying to catchThe glimpsesOf pure butConsistently alteredIntuitionI can’t helpBut to be drawn inNot only mentallyBut physicallyI feel the warmth ofYour skinConstantly creepingCloserNot by yourPursuing,But my own.These wordsFill up every inchBetween usEither inKnowledge orRelationUntil they aren’tQuite words at

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Phases

L.C. McQuillen 21.09.16 Even the moon has its phasesFrom brightestTo slightestAs I to youWill be like the moonIlluminating at your highest tide,Obscure as you seek the sourceOf my light,And half full am IBeaming enough for you to findAs I ascend or declineWishing you enoughBeauty and blushWith my hello and goodbye

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The Salty Sea

L.C. McQuillen 28.12.15 ‘I’m leaving.’I thinkas I float on top ofthe salty sea.I close my eyes and try to picturethe next few days.Days full of goodbye,not that I’m not used to them…I’ve just always knew who I wasgoing to say hello towhen I get to the other side. I still float therelike a buoy in

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