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LeVee

The monologues behind closed doors How they easily bounce off the walls! Only to escape heaven's doors The black man's cross The sike...

The Queen's Gambit

Snap! And just like that she became her mother Too drunk to move any further Her talent spilling all over A pleasant bother Stuck! And...

GLORY

In their thousands they gathered For a dream unheard of A revolution had begun And their wounded souls were tired So they picked up their...

About last night

There is something about two lovers who figure it out for the first time The discomfort in their timing The tightening of their tummies...

Auto Pilot

My mind escapes me It seems to be roaming in conversations A nod here and a smile there All seem to suffice Because at the core People...

Illusions of happiness

We stared at each other from opposite sides of the room, our emotions beckoning each other yet too scared to move. Too scared to break...

EMPTY

There really is a hole, isn’t there? Deep and unwinding its road is inconspicuously clear The pursuit of happiness An absent presence...

Trauma

It shows up in every room Back talking my logic into corners Stifling my breath I barely breath nowadays I dream of jumping off ledges...

I am...

The nap of my hair The fall of my breasts The dark of my skin I am black The poetry in my veins The spirit that doesn't break The...

Freedom

Memories I will never recover Moments where I felt so free Suckling on my mother's breast Relishing my innocence Days my skin bore no...

Closure

It's absurd how I could both want you and still hate you so much I've wondered about this moment maybe once or twice in a year I flip...

Perfect children

I held her hands Hoping she will guide me through this journey I watched her Watched her intently watching me Letting me go as my soul...

He/She?

Jane clenched her jaw jealously at the sight of his beauty. It hadn't really taken a lot for her to feel unworthy. She knew the slightly...

Doppelgänger

Sie waren laut Meine Gedanken Sie waren breit und bunt Mit unterschiedlichen Meinungen Sie waren sie und ich ich Ruhig Zurückgehalten Sie...

Ariel

I heard it scream My skin At birth It longed, fumbled and wrinkled Peeling away the softness Preparing me for toughness I heard it scream...

Cigarettes and broken dreams

She took a long drug of her cigarette And stared directly into nothingness But if you looked close enough you'd see her mind race Race...

In. Out. In. Out

These words escape me Slip easily out of my head like The world is noisy And my mind plays the accordion Loudly, brazenly higher than all...

See me, Read me, Feel me

These emotions are liquid They spill easily in conversation Gathering at your feet Grappling for your attention See me! This brokenness...

Unlucky ones

I stared at her Her eyes full of bleak As if she had peaked Into the future of pain And disdain But her lips They spread wide Like bush...

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