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I remember the time I was scared to claim where I came from. Ashamed to speak the land of my ancestors. Afraid of the looks, laughs and giggles that I knew would surely follow. But now look at them- more…
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Emotional Poetry: Love’s Compelling Affliction
Cold wind strikes my skin. Each gust hits me like sharp shards of glass. It attacks every inch of me. Cuts down to the bone and deep into my core. I fall numb to the pain as shivers turn me…
Timeless Love
May our love be like the branches on a tree… which not even the strongest of winds could break. May our love rise above obstacles… that block its path towards the light. May our love stretch its every inch as…
Why Do I Hurt?
This rip in my spirit has been expanding for quite some time.I’m not sure how or when it started, but it’s getting harder and harder to hide. How do I prune to this garden filled with bruises and cut stems.…
Red Scars: A Poetic Confrontation of Boundaries
The power that I gave to you over me was never rightHow can I say I am a victim when I let it happenWhen I smiled and comforted you afterWhen I should’ve been yelling and running away from you I…
Making Music
You play sounds out of methat I never knew could be composed.I’ve always felt like a broken pianoOr a violin with the wrong strings.It turns out that I was mistaken. I was never meant to be mundane or subdued.Only a…
Rise With Me
Thoughts of you come together effortlessly I close my eyes and your Shadow invites itself in my mindWhen the light touch of your hand glazes my bodyOh so gracefully I sink into fantasiesThat won’t let me go following me Urging…
You’re On the Right Track
Everything happens for a reason. Every situation unfolds information. Every friendship reveals transformations. You are exactly where you are meant to be. You are the author of your own story. Yes, it was not your choice to begin this story.…
Love through the Ages
The older I get The more apparent it becomes how adults are still like children looking for someone to love them. Contrary to popular wisdom, that need does not change with age.
Love through Mediums
She writes of him as though honey drools off her quill.A flavor awakening her deepest desires.He paints of her using the blood of his essence.It drips from his body.It exits out of every pore.They are both each other’s muse.One a…
Deception
What seemed to me like diamondswere only droplets of water reflecting light from the sun
Two Cracked Souls
We are two cracked souls patiently counting the days until they shatter.It’s our subconscious pulling us close, stacking all our bombs together in hopes of creating a greater explosion.The kind where shards of us continue to falllong after we are…
The Last Few Days
The last few days were so long.I did not know yet what was to come but I could feel it.The brightness of the world shined a little brighter.It was as though nature had a premonition of my departure.So the flowers…
Take Me On A Trip
Take me on a trip to the darkest corners of your mind I’ll show you that yours is heaven compared to mine. Tell me the things you never dared to say aloud. Show me the things of which you are…
Half way there
Fill up my cup until I am no longer half empty but half fullFill my body,Overflow my spiritteach me to see another perspective that I am no longer half empty but half fullAlmost complete,no longer bone dryAfraid that one more…
Solo Companions
How can you touch me and still be able to lift up your hands. Why doesn’t yours feel as heavyOr reluctant as mine.The universe signaled to us not to take this further, But why did you listen?Why did you not…
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