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Her smile… My road to love.

I remember it like it was yesterday. I guess in the age of the universe it was, but for us it was months ago. If you’re a regular on my blog or other places I write then you know that I write about all of my failed relationships, dates, and nearly everything else. Jennifer and…

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Heaven on Earth

If I were a bird I couldn’t fly as high as I did yesterday Walking Next to you I’ve walked with you before Holding your hand Watching your smile I walked besides volumes of books Next to priceless pieces of art Holding your hand Your smile the only thing capturing my eye I imagine often…

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I'll Wait

I could run away Sometimes it’s what I’m best at Where would you be? Where would I be? You’d be with someone else and I’d still just be sitting here Writing Some days my heart is a sinking ship Being dragged down by the weight of my own thoughts My own overthinking Fears only manifested…

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Thoughts on life and love

I don’t count my year by good or bad times. I just doesn’t make any sense to me. I can honestly say that my shitty vs. good days this past year were pretty even. Maybe, but does it really matter? So what? I had some really shitty times last year. I try not to look…

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Memories or Thought

My head spins like a top Out of control Memories or thoughts Sometimes it’s difficult to tell the difference We dance this slow death As if there is music Even though the hall has been silent For days I sit looking for you longingly Out of the window Of my minds eye Waiting for an…

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Untold by Gods and Angels

You were meant to be in my heart Our souls dancing to the harmony of the Universe Holding the hand inside you You holding me as close as the ocean holds it’s secrets Holding you like you’re the sun Too hot to touch Too far to caress So graceful and giving of your love Hidden…

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Ashes

Your words set like vile behind my eyes Seeping slowly into my brain Obscuring my vision of who I thought you were Long warming thoughts of what was never to be Permeating my memory with unpleasant aftertastes Bleeding my final notes onto my bed sheets Fast and hard like shooting stars We burned out just…

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Nowhere

I often crave the solace in the noise of the city streets Soulless No one knowing me No one caring Downtown Portland, Oregon As I walk I see faces all around me Many I see every day Most I’ll never see again It’s all the same I’m as invisible to them I like it that…

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Empty (Followed by the Instagram poem Bridges)

Greeting you in the morning That kiss that stayed on my lips all day The smell of body lingering in my thoughts My day couldn’t pass quick enough Only to lay next to you again Long nights now alone In the bed we shared I wait like a corpse Alone and broken Knowing you’ll never…

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Without You

It was really easy for me to imagine a lonely life before meeting you Before I met you I walked endlessly through a revolving door of broken hearts Moving from one shallow moment to the next Giving all and nothing to everyone I met Until I met you You gave me hope You made me…

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