Alternate

Alternate

by | Jul 25, 2020 | Poetry

perception reality highbrow banality look around make sure your perception can learn critical thought questioning life open up the comfortable lies We are not dumb, and we are not blind. What we are is soft. We don’t want to move from our comfort zones. Our...
Hurts

Hurts

by | Jul 18, 2020 | Poetry

I hurt inside my body as I heal from my fourth cut preparing and birthing my son my daughter my son I hurt inside my heart trying to understand the world I want to teach my children to navigate like a substrate feeding on confusion and hate I hurt alone in this muddy,...
You Don’t Get Soft Love From Me

You Don’t Get Soft Love From Me

by | Mar 21, 2020 | Poetry

You don’t get soft love from me It was burned on the stone of harsh words And painful abandoned moments Scorched earth Salted ground You don’t get soft love from me It doesn’t mean it isn’t love It is in the foxhole In the midst of your fires...
Hurts

Truth Melts Magic

by | Feb 22, 2020 | Poetry

Truth melts magic and there is no voice stronger it hides sometimes but cannot be denied Truth melts magic like old music in a gramophone singing songs not yet written because those meant to write them are still too scared to open their throats Truth melts magic it...
For Billie Holiday

For Billie Holiday

by | Feb 1, 2020 | Poetry

To those who know. You know. God. Bless. You. And to Billie Holiday. And to me. And to my people. To the American Black. …She would close the evening with the song; the waiters would stop service when she began; and the room would be in total darkness except for...