A warning to all Who fear falling in love And starting their plans to marry Just spend time with me You’ll find your mind changed And that these things aren’t so scary What’s that you say? “Content where you are?” Posh, when was your last adventure? Just take my hand Throw cautions to winds And … Continue reading The Fear of Falling in Love (a poem for Valentine’s Day)
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Nevermind (a poem for Valentine’s Day)
What right have I To keep you in mind When I am not owed A tick of your time Should my heart not stir At the lilt of your voice When I never occur In the bed of your choice I will tuck it all away Pocket the emotion You will not have to say … Continue reading Nevermind (a poem for Valentine’s Day)
To 1-B (a poem about power)
The feeling is emboldening, Perhaps. It is as if . . . I have been a Pawn My whole life. Crossing straight through a board Not a care in the mind, Marching along to the orders, A system designed To force my expiry, And all of those like me. By our own hands, No … Continue reading To 1-B (a poem about power)
A Clean Break (a poem)
We are not broken up inside Stiff upper lip and dignified
Adults are all liars (a poem about growing up)
We heaped lies on lies to cover up lies, We lied because we wanted appeal. We had never even known anything else, We did it to make ourselves feel real.
Blindmen (a poem)
Women no longer tolerate the male gaze falling upon themselves. It is always molestation.
Why is she beautiful? (a poem)
Her beauty laid in the grace with which she handled hearts, how she knew where the cracks of hurt were, without even asking.
Is this enough for you? (a poem)
The foundations to be shaken were already taken down By hands and unheard voices mistaken Of the downtrodden, low-down found out To be rotten, begotten of times and rhymes designed To ride the fine lines dividing divines
Holy / Hostile
It’s so holy, it’s so hostile. ~ To tell my dreams to you, To build all around you, To finally forgive you, To work it out with you, To lose all of you, To rip away from you. ~ It’s so holy, it’s so hostile.
presence / absence
Your presence makes my heart sing, / Your absence makes my ears ring.
