Jenny Penland2 min readEvent Horizon ‣ My Achilles, you'll always be.Is this what you need to see The empty soul I’ve come to be A heart collapsed to singularity Just a black hole, ever widening Long...
Jenny Penland6 min readXV ‣ Violent Happenstance. I wanted you to be able to look back and reflect upon our intertwining, because you happen to me just as much as I happen to you.
Jenny Penland1 min readLate Night Dopamine ‣ This is your brain on love.Perhaps a mind's only fine when it pretends. Must be why it always begins again.
Jenny Penland1 min readEnvisage ‣ A broken glance that whispers - never, ever, ever.Imagine saying no until it excites you; 'til it bores you. Imagine saying no until you can't imagine wasting you breath on the syllable.
Jenny Penland2 min readHeart Shaped Rain Clouds ‣ how far we go to forget.I’ve never much identified with sad. I’ve been hurt and torn and scared. Flippant, anxious, wary. I’ve known the sting of betrayal’s...
Jenny Penland1 min readWarning Label ‣ The itch you can't scratch out.Remind yourself at the end, before I crawl my way in, under your skin.
Jenny Penland5 min readVIII ‣ The girl who lived.This time, eight years ago, I laid beside you, contemplating life. Specifically, my life. And what was left of it. I was so young. Too...
Jenny Penland3 min readVII ‣ Never Grow Up.I've read that seven is an age of exploration, self-critique and combative complaining. I'm here to report that in the case of one...
Jenny Penland2 min readGrowing Pains ‣ She's my litmus for all others.I close my eyes and try to memorize the patterned sound of squeak-creak-squeak-creak, as our chair rocks back and forth atop the uneven wood
Jenny Penland2 min readA Flame By Any Other Name ‣ The day she learned the difference.You know when the train’s comin' - How fast it’s goin’ - And that you’re standin’ - Where it’s headed.