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school kinda sucks :/
If i take a deep breath in
Will i suffocate on the fight?
On the trying
The trying
Ive been trying
Desperate
Ive been so desperate. Please understand.
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I lost my book
When you lose your art
you cry.
your music,
your drawings, your poems
gone.
there goes happiness.
there goes memories.
there goes progress;
and problems.
there she goes.
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a dream; perhaps a nightmare
I was on a plane
I don't know
the rest.
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Silent Screams
My sadness reaches down my mouth.
Her cool slippery hands snatching the breath i have left to breathe
She persuades my anger to do the same;
They love to torture together.
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The Next Step
What do I do,
as a black woman,
when they get control?
When the consequences
don't matter anymore?
When I watch my people
get bullied,
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I think it's over man
Let freedom ring
a ring we won't get to hear
the ringing of silence that won't come
the world is becoming loud.
soon will start the riots
the protests, the fights,
the deaths.
Loves
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The Rot Inside of Me
There is an inexplicable rot inside of me that is incapable of removal
The urge to extract it has incessantly bugged me since birth
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Reporters
In the car
After dark
With the headlights shining
On the wet pavement
Like stars on the ground
I curl up in my seat
And the news is on
Voices fill the car
Not my own
Not my dads
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November 6th
November 6th, 2024
Today my grief is loud
She is shaky and terrified
I hold her gently in my arms
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Bones
I got these bones in my closet,
too bad I forgot to lock it.
You will soon find,
all the darkness that's hidden inside.
I have too much to hide,
it'll seep through the cracks,
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After the fifth day of November
note: partially inspired by Mary Oliver's "Wild Geese"
and for my mom
i want you to sit and stare at the glistening horizon.
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Bigger Windows
Collect the raindrops left scattered on the ground, cut the dying trees before they die. Live with your hands until you die in your mind.