#rudy francisco

“… The human heart beats approximately 4,000 times per hour and each pulse, each throb, each palpitation is a trophy engraved with the words, ‘You are still alive.’”

Rudy Francisco, Button Poetry // I believe some of you needed this; I know I do.

did he hit you, my therapist asks,

and I stay silent.

I don’t know how to tell her that

the grooves of his knuckles are a city skyline

and the empire state building is powerful enough-

to stand still.

no matter how much you will it to move.

no, he didn’t choose to use his palms to grab

or his fingernails to scratch blood

no, he tracked the highway with quicksand eyes

and arms outstretched like the Messiah

Won’t you always stay mine?

and the words dripped out through his teeth,

I’ll kill myself if you leave-

curbside, I caterpillar curl up

and regress into his jack in the box.

I can take the pressure, tighter and tighter,

until it explodes, and I can’t.

did he hit you, my therapist repeats,

and I say nothing.

quicksand//r.t.

Writer’s Quote Wednesday

Writer’s Quote Wednesday is a weekly feature where I delve into famous writer’s words of wisdom and share how I have interpreted the meaning for my own creative endeavors to maybe help inspire yours!

I write best when I am either falling in love or falling apart

Rudy Francisco

Though it is true that it doesn’t matter what mood I’m in I write – never one to wait for muse to be inspired to go…

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“I’ve got a hamper full of really loud mistakes and a graveyard in my closet. I’m afraid if I let you see my skeletons, you’ll grind the bones into powder and get high on my fault lines.”

-Rudy Francisco

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I’m learning that the only difference between a garden and a graveyard is what you choose to put in the ground

- fromThe Heart and The Fist // Rudy Francisco