Dedicated to Darnella Frazier

Dedicated to Darnella Frazier

by | Apr 21, 2021 | Poetry

Brave, watching witness A seventeen-year-old star undimmed by fear How beautiful you were You were a pillar You were a conduit You were a mirror And now, today Standing in the light you created Fearless and free You are a pillar You are a conduit You are a mirror The...

Eternal Perspective III

by | Mar 27, 2021 | Poetry

“Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds…” My voice and history Feel like perpetual Robbery or Rape (capital “R”) that I try to see the beauty in Because Despite this history I never lost my divine Me Divine Like the Earth...
Eternal Perspective II

Eternal Perspective II

by | Mar 13, 2021 | Poetry

“Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds…” Her legs are so small and golden but she holds the past in her stance. Tiny little thighs underneath the beautiful weight of her beautiful heritage. Cafe latte calves strong like her...
Eternal Perspective

Eternal Perspective

by | Mar 9, 2021 | Poetry

“Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds…” In my melanin is quantum time Love often has skin on History folds in on itself I’ve heard worse I’ve felt worse I’ve done worse And then I breathe in the peace Because I am...
Room Needed

Room Needed

by | Mar 6, 2021 | Poetry

The poetry inside of me has just been eeking out, and there has been no context. Normally, this wouldn’t bother me, but I feel like the nexus to experience and expression has entirely too much room for all kinds of unintended results. So, in a show of...