Dulcet

                                       

                                          (Two friends, 2014, Wellington, New Zealand)

      "You don't get that many people in your life that you can just tell anything to" - Lauren Conrad 

Midnight Howl

(Paihia, New Zealand, 2012)

The love of a lonely wolf,

full of secrets and strange midnights-

drawn out of darkness

from forests thick with black oaks

hills riddled with riddles-

that love is sharper than a bed of thistles;

each kiss pares away flesh.

The love of a wolf

can eat you up all the better.

Nightshift

(Hamilton Gardens, New Zealand, 2014)

And I'm sure you too look back at things

and wonder why you made things so

difficult,

so much harder than they actually were.

You felt like it was you

against the world

but really,

it was you against yourself. 

Honest Gasp

(Lauren, 2014, Wellington, New Zealand)

What do you love I asked her?

I love unmade beds. 

I love when people are drunk and crying and cannot be anything but honest in that moment. 

I love the look in peoples eyes when they realize that they're in love. 

I love the way people look when they first wake up, disorientated, innocent and confused about their surroundings. 

I love the gasp people take when their favorite song starts to play.

I love when people close their eyes and drift to somewhere in the clouds. 

I fall in love with people and their honest moments all the time. 

I fall in love with their breakdowns and their smeared makeup and their daydreams.

Honesty is just too beautiful to ever put into words.