Saying… Goodbye

In the empty place Which is now my heart I wonder in years of silence waiting for you Waiting by the phone The ghost of what will never be hovers over me like deaths shadow And I wait here alone in the empty place that is now my heart A rush of panic creeps over…

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You asked me

You told me you didn’t think I knew what I wanted You told me you weren’t sure What do I want? I want to be lucky enough to wake up in the morning and find you sleeping next to me I want to see you dream and watch your chest rise and fall as you…

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Hold close

The waves are crashing on the shore as the surf picks up and lifts me like a kite into the air The deep ocean holds me like a lovers grasp to my board as I set sail into nothingness Watching the chaos of the waves knowing they can teach us so much Hold close then…

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I swam naked in the freezing ocean…

That’s a true story, but we’ll get to that later… “I wrote you a love letter and then tossed it into the ocean. Now only my soul and Poseidon knows what it said.” I wrote that yesterday while sitting on the edge of the Pacific Ocean in southern Washington State. Cape Disappointment, for those who…

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Relationship Status

I had recently changed my Facebook relationship status to “In a complicated relationship”. Now say what you want about your Facebook friends, but mine really are the best in the world! (even the people I frustrate every day with endless quotes from Buddha and Snoopy) My friends immediately surrounded me, like a wagon train, and…

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Reach

Though broken, my heart soars Falling deeper into eyes that don’t see me Running on dreams destine to fail Falling like rain into the rivers of  my lost soul I reach for you and again you pull away Leaving the essence of fear in the air Is it fear or regret? Do you see me?…

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Bobae

Your smile looks back at me like a ghost A haunting mirror image of my own crooked grimace Days are always brighter when you’re near Good and bad From your world coming to an end dramas To our early morning cuddles You’ll always be my baby My bobae A precious treasure kept deep in my…

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I am or I have? But you look so normal…

I’ve put a lot of thought into this post. Yeah yeah, I don’t post much anymore. I really do have a lot going on. Anyway, this post… I’ve put a lot of thought into if I should even write it or not. If you know me in person it might actually come to surprise you….

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You are here…

Sometimes you get that feeling. Maybe its nostalgia and maybe it’s regret. You try to fight it, ignore it but you just can’t seem to shake It. All you can do is smile and except the fact that the universe has a plan. It might not be what you had in mind, but look at the…

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