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The pen becomes more than a writing instrument. It morphs into a vessel that transcribes thoughts, channels them onto its companion—the…
We pray on stoops where light fights concrete, where pigeons know our names and old men keep time…
For ten years I’ve witnessed friends turn into enemies strangers turn into kin MADNESSES! Where it all begins. I’ve witnessed losses &…
Do you remember me? Do you remember where we grew up? Do you remember the very first time we met? What about the time we had our first…
When I lost you I lost everything my home my family & even some cl friends words will never be enough to express just how much of a impact…
The moment you look into my eyes my heart explodes & my mind begins to race like a track meet you bring about feelings I’ve kept dormant…
I know I don’t talk much & haven’t spoken to or seen a lot of yall in years just know in my moments of silence I do come across the paths…
It’s been a long time but I feel as though I’m headed back towards the right direction admittedly I let my light diminish over the years…
Sometimes I like to let my mind wonder do other worlds actually exist & if they do exist I wonder if life is as complicated for them as it…
Your evolving embrace is electric, but it is not what gives me light…
Until my lungs cease to draw breath, Until my heart counts its last, receding beat…
Winter is coming reminding me of the hole in the pocket of a coat…
We baptize the block at dawn—steam rising off manhole lids, coffee cups like chalices, the corner store neon blinking amen…
Im hitting them with both and Im making sure its hot. Why not, I was not born into this world to be mediocre, im stoking flames, taking…
Stretching on tiptoes to reach the edge of his lips…
I can’t put into words the destruction & chaos I’ve seen in the last month or so thousands of civilians and innocent people wipe out in…
I see a lot of frustration in my counterpart face I see his days filled with silence & anger I haven’t seen him like this before and I’m…
Let’s talk about how much we spin as the planets…
You wouldn’t be able too tell just by looking at him but he’s a man surrounded by darkness a choice he’s confidently made time & time again…
The architects of Make america Great Again A diminitive mind said to b a drunk in charge…
the stars are speaking they share tales in their twinkling…
Come to me in the middle of the night when my mind…
Silence became my default setting For my input and voice…
Please stay, don’t go— for if you leave now you won’t know…
We pray with our hands in our pockets, with the TV on low—news anchor smiling…
Bind me with your words like pages from the Bible…
I walk not alone. Guards shield the unknown…
If she but whispers ‘come’, I will set out on foot…
Love is not a property line Empathy is not a lease to sign…
I'm trapped in the future, a relic of the past My currency's all digital, I don't have any more cash…
Got these two Ram 1500 pick up trucks 2006…
You are safe with me— code for I’ve got you when…
Each touch, those faint ones that tickle my senses…
Stretching on tippy toes to reach the edge of his lips…
A graveyard exists, where tombs lay…
The city hums like a prayer between teeth, neon halos on stop signs, breath fogging winter glass…
I always wondered what it was like to be loved…
A solemn prayer nests within my heart…
Can I be your mainstay, by your side amongst the countless…
Yes, read my Oracle, my Nubians Enrich your mind once again, tell yourself you are a Queen, a Goddess, a Hebrew King in the hue of your skin…
The Waterloo Below Sea Level…
I should had known once I stepped in the ring as a light weight The warning he was way out of my league came too late…
Grant me your ear, my love, for my heart has a request…
We are carbon based entities A shell of our former selves…
We pray with our knees bent to the cracked concrete, hands cupped around warm paper cups and colder truths…
The moment I met you, with my mind out in space, the world…
My heart is in a different place, unfamiliar to this particular door…
Hold me like a cadence— one that claims to whole on my…
A LZ is a firebase or Landing Zone the LZ I was on was called LZ Hard Times…
A sweet serenade is your heart, while I lay my head on your chest…
I’m sitting here on this bed wishing that I was all that you see…
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One Nation Under God, and the Pursuit of Happiness has been lost in this world we call society. The world is slowly cruising to hell…
(Poem Dedicated to Once Bitten Twice Fallen Novel) Valen Emotionally Serenading Nay'Nina…
I’m in love with a handsome vampire Loving the fangs of his throbbing desire…
We learned prophecy with cracked sidewalks and mama’s frying pan, prayers folded under nylon grocery bags…
