Lilies & Lace

Hi Lovelies. Welcome to my first ever post on Volatile Velvet-- join me on my fashion endeavors. Chicago Autumn is upon us! My Fall necessities? Black coffee, Radiohead and a serene place like the Alfred Caldwell Lily Pool to write poetry. This outfit contains multiple of my signature style markers, such as these lacy/floral patterned tights, to give you punks a better picture of my every day style. Burberry's classic plaid compliments a heather gray pea coat and amplifies the dark red of a thrifted sweater and Doc Martens. 

Autumn in Chicago

with all the white Autumn light in the world

tucked, brooding, between my fingertips,

I breathe in rhythm with October’s crisp respiration.

unlike the tug of an addiction, I know

that one day these months will crave me

like I crave them, and I rise

into the fresh air and leap down the streets of Chicago.

green vines bless brick architecture

with their gentle caress, run in harmony

alongside the varied shades of gray.

starkly angled skyscrapers

reach their talons to brush the clouds.

lovers decorate sharp street corners,

red and raven black pea coats meet in embrace

along Millennium Park benches,

new and old companions’ intimacy excused

by the air’s brisk inclination

to nudge bodies ever closer.

the season is simple if you let it,

but poets with campfire eyes

breathlessly ponder

why some voices are soundless

and why leaves are most beautiful

in the wake of their eminent death.

I walk along ashen gravel paved

with cigarette butts and the satisfying crunch

of chardonnay, amber and amaranth

leaves fallen from their branches.

on Fullerton, a Maple tree’s finger tips crack

as they reach for a last embrace before the fall.

the foliage is reassured by the promise

that they will create a most lovely Symphony

beneath city dwellers’ heels.

Somewhere, someone is falling

like Autumn leaves in Chicago,

and somewhere the branches

reach for them, too. 

 “one day I am gonna grow wings

a chemical reaction

hysterical but useless

hysterical and a let down”

--radiohead

T-Shirt dress (Target), Sweater (Thrifted), Tights (ModCloth), Pea Coat (Macy's), Shoes (Doc Martens), Purse (Burberry)