Posts
-
-
Four and a half senses
I was gifted with four and a half senses
The first was the gift to see the world
Opening my eyes
Seeing the sharp lights
Blinding at first
-
Losing Control
Every day I spend
Afraid
Of what you might do to me
Every word you say is like a gunshot
To the chest.
Loves
-
living
" if i am killed for simply living, let death be kinder than man. " - Kinder Than Man, Althea Davis.
if i am killed,
mangled and beaten,
for simply living,
-
Sit and Listen.
“Harris is a communist,” My grandfather protests.
“Better a communist than a felon,” My father shoots back.
-
Stained-Glass Girl
you should be an image in stained-glass windows
the same ones you trace with your eyes every sunday
while hymns echo in your ears, words
you've known so long you forget the meaning.
-
Morning, But Not Really
it’s 2am and i’m still lying awake
with thoughts in one hand and feelings in the other.
how can i go to sleep with a head full of stars
and my face running away
up into the sky
-
A Girls Dictionary
Bossy
Adjective
The word people use when a girl takes charge
Synonym
Leader
To boy who takes charge because you’re supposed to
Feisty
Adjective
-
Nothing anymore
For years when I would look at your face, I saw my future, my life, my whole world in your eyes, but today I for once just saw your face. The same lips that I had once longed to kiss, the same eyes that I would get lost in, yet I felt nothing.