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I keep this blog as an archive for poems, thoughts, short stories. I've written for so long, and I don't want to lose anymore of my words to time. This is my little safety deposit box, and if these writings inspire, touch, relate to, or otherwise entertain another, I'm happy to share them.

To Let You Down Easy

August 29, 2020February 8, 2022 ~ CaliStray ~ Leave a comment

Wrap me in your silky arms, ribbons of love around my wrists. I’ve found myself within your knots, Tied up, then down, then in your kiss. This noose that hangs around my throat, A final breath I'll never miss. Suffocating in our dreams, Consoled through death by wandering lips.

Doodling with Words #4 – Fire in a Storm

August 15, 2020February 8, 2022 ~ CaliStray ~ Leave a comment

My hatred for you is like fire in a storm. It burns as long as the rain takes to fall, and the smoke is nonexistent when the clouds disappear.

Doodling with Words #3

August 15, 2020August 15, 2020 ~ CaliStray ~ Leave a comment

When you’re raised to be the caretaker- When everyone relies on you- When you learn to give everything you have because even that won’t keep the boat afloat… Not only does it leave you hollow, while providing a comforting feeling of inadequacy, or guilt, or selfishness If you are not providing your blood to soothe … Continue reading Doodling with Words #3

Doodling with Words #2

August 15, 2020February 8, 2022 ~ CaliStray ~ Leave a comment

They promised a younger me that love would be sweet. It would hold me, late at night, and listen to me weep like a child calling for mom, or a wolf howling to pack. I’d wrap myself in my lover’s arms, safe to simply act. But that is not the case, for truth is never … Continue reading Doodling with Words #2

Doodling in words #1

August 15, 2020August 15, 2020 ~ CaliStray ~ Leave a comment

It seems this is my hill, My long awaited test- I roll this boulder up the slope And lose it as it crests. While it plummets down, I’m trapped in my disdain Of walking toward the valley’s edge To roll it up again.  My gaze is lost in mild stress, And I cannot see the … Continue reading Doodling in words #1

Here for You

August 10, 2020 ~ CaliStray ~ Leave a comment

I let my guard down, to be replaced by another’s secure arms in an embrace that felt as natural as falling in love. In that moment, a star shot through the sky as if to say, “I’m here for you.” For the first time in a long time, I knew I was where I should … Continue reading Here for You

Another Love Poem

August 5, 2020August 5, 2020 ~ CaliStray ~ Leave a comment

You have awoken me, my Spring Sun, from a cold and barren winter. My weathered branches are now colored by the vibrant palette of a heart in bloom. What of you, beauty? Will you keep my love as you have kept the smile on my face since the day we met? Or am I in … Continue reading Another Love Poem

What Was I?

July 30, 2020February 8, 2022 ~ CaliStray ~ Leave a comment

What were you to me? Would you believe You were everything? Did you see this coming? Holding me and pretending We'd wake up together If we refused to let go... But we let go And now I don't know What I was to you... What was I to you? A good excuse? Someone you could … Continue reading What Was I?

The Cleansing – A WIP Fiction Concept

July 30, 2020April 13, 2021 ~ CaliStray ~ Leave a comment

Where were you when the first one happened? I remember where I was. The sky was bright, sunny, and abnormally blue. My mother was inside, trying to push my brother out of the house for school. “You’re going to be late!”  The tar-black clouds rolled in shortly after, while my brother and I were packing … Continue reading The Cleansing – A WIP Fiction Concept

On Memory – 2

April 25, 2020August 5, 2020 ~ CaliStray ~ Leave a comment

I don’t remember the last time I watched the sunrise. At least, not from somewhere other than the I5 freeway. Was I with a loved one, or all alone? Did I plan on that memory lasting forever? I can’t imagine thinking I’d forget it as thoroughly as I have, much less planning to. Likely, I … Continue reading On Memory – 2

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