Poetry – e l i p a u l e y

intimacy

September 26, 2017June 7, 2018 elipauleyLeave a comment

is seeing you up close hair follicles pimples bruised bits and pixelated parts i can't see how you glow when i walk in a room when we live in the glow and gloom just you and i staring at each other arms folded how will you get in now we ask silently while the backs… Continue reading intimacy

the g train.

July 7, 2017June 7, 2018 elipauleyLeave a comment

i numb my tongue wanting to cry out all manner of things … Continue reading the g train.

at my most alive

June 11, 2017September 26, 2017 elipauleyLeave a comment

and at my most alive i wish someone would say yes. i love the way your heart beats when it's falling out of your chest. i recognize you. i will not hide and then shame you for wanting to be found.

delbert wells: cowboy, man, adored.

May 10, 2017March 25, 2021 elipauleyLeave a comment

i grew up with a cowboy in my life a tap dancing, law teaching, treasure having cowboy. not all little girls are so lucky. he let me climb on him like a mountain holding my wrists up and up my little pink booted feet climbed up to the sky blue eyes of this cowboy man those eyes… Continue reading delbert wells: cowboy, man, adored.

I’m a Romantic.

February 18, 2016July 6, 2021 elipauleyLeave a comment

I'm a romantic. I believe in the hard, true struggle of waking up each morning and choosing the sprawled body next to you over and over again. I'm a romantic because I am built to last. I'm a romantic because I didn't throw away your Grandma's funeral program even though she never bothered to learn my… Continue reading I’m a Romantic.