Annalise Wellman

Love is all, Only given, Never won, For prizes lose their luster When you find a new one. So, I’ll give to you: All my love under the Sun, And in my message I’ll write kindness To accompany amour To ease you sores. Even if you return my sentiments to your door, The package, I…

I hope she breaks your heart, I hope she makes you cry, I’d love to see your heart shatter A million and one times. When you call her stupid, When you say she’s easy to replace, I hope she’ll pull a card, And reverse it on you every which way. You know, I used to…

Lost and found Eclipse in June Turn to the sea I can’t be back Oil slick figures Riding in with The midnight waves I don’t want to go back Don’t let me go back ~Annalise

Never so black Deepest of blues Hello there, ghost Did you follow me from June? Recall I shan’t, But try I will: Why you haunt me from Bookcases and meadows Lacking ill will? I don’t shed a tear, My interior is seared, I just stare, Because I never forget. It’s all there In the veins…

I remember when you said These would be the days I’d miss the most, I thought you were lying But you weren’t. Eleven years old, Hiding in the trees, Running from daydreams Of things that weren’t Meant to be. Every face so familiar, Stained with suburbia. I grew up in a movie About the boys…

And piece by piece we’re here again Different place, Familiar feelings, Absent of euphoria, Lacking the nostalgia, Just losing to the the story cards. Do I still have legs? I feel like I can’t stand, Because I was up in heaven, And you pulled me down to Earth again. Is that good or bad? I…

Blessed be the angels living amongst men, For somehow out of tarnished, tin lives, They have created golden ways to begin again, I asked and they gave, Surely I will never be the same, For when heavenly spirits tinker with fate behind morning mist, Even the oriole’s song becomes a love sonnet to the finch;…

Mannerisms waltz with the cuts in my heart. A look, a movement, a tone: All symbols of pure enragement, With no preceding indication. It’s frozen inside, Not a fault in sight, And I’m frustrated this time, But only with my own head. I don’t want to push you away, But in my mind you’ve already…

Take your intentions out, Set them on the floor slow, Put your hands above you head, Don’t move while I search you, For hidden agendas, For misguided woes. Do you know how many times I’ve been told That I’m intriguing, Someone to get to know? The story ends always the same: With them leaving When…

I’m so happy to announce that I am publishing my second poetry book “Open Letters” on 2/14. The emotional journey this past year has been inspired me to write some of the deepest poetry I’ve ever created and pushed me to try innovative styles as a writer. I can’t wait to share this project with…