Whispers of Slate

Unbelievable! Am back here again, a moth to his flame. She the flame that still burns deep inside of me and I, the moth, slowly turning into ash as this disastrous desire for her bubbles away red hot like lava. I steal another gaze storming deep into her once brilliant eyes and all I can…

Echoes of Innocence

Poetry Prompt For Day 16: slow growth Describe a phase in life that was difficult to say goodbye to. In this place, things fill like brush strokes,blues gloriously merge with the greenrainbows filling every glassy surface, and I the painter weaving worlds from  pieces of life not yet ventured: vibrant, and fertile with every knock…

She Who Wears Faith

"I'm not afraid to use my voice, I'm not afraid to be uniquely me, I'm not afraid to stand alone, and I'm not afraid to step outside of my comfort zone". Stephanie Lahart If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be, and why? She was stripped, left bareto the elements,…

Chin Up Queen

Dear Sexy, Dirty Thirty Lady... I hope this piece of my heart to yours finds you well. I hope that curvaceous line still graces your visage that you still aim to do life in your own terms. I hear the streets loudly whispering things that have made a part of my heart hurt and sink.…

A Vessel For Dreams

Poetry Prompt Day 15: Curiosity, if you look closely you'll see the flaws that resembles the creator but the beauty of the overall effects overshadows them. Describe the most ambitious DIY project you've ever taken on. In a quiet corner of my room,where sunlight dances with dust and curiosity,a creators hands and thirst weaved dreams,crafting…

Mental Check (Pt 2): How Do You Deal?

Even with its beauty and power life has it downs, those grey moments that come say 'hey' and make you feel insignificant, alone, lost, a failure among other feelings. Taking away your healthy mental state down the drain. Could be because of all the violence around, the economy squeezing out our last coins, lack of…

Your Table

Pic courtesy  Knecole.art, Poetry Prompt Day 14: Hardest Part You prepare a table before me:and remind me of softness. the kind I want to get lost in. the kind that soothes and smoothes kinks. the kind that's a healing elixir. You are the kind immortalized in the Bible: seeing beauty for ashes, you plant where…

Dance Away, Lil Mama

Poetry Prompt For Day 13: Black and White Prompt: What advice would you give to your teenage self? Oh love, life is notall black and white (sometimes)they merge into an adventure of greysand there are other colors that'll igniteyour soul just about dulled by grey light. Use those colors, draw beyond the lines too. You've…

Okanyal!

Prompt: What bores you? Melancholia came visiting todaydark as he can be, cold as wet hayhe wanted to play and later laywith the thoughts he draggedout of her lair. dazed, druggedwas this child succinctly huggedby his cousin fear. Her aura sagged, sucked into a cloud dimming her shine. They infiltrated her, threatening to drown. 'Okanyal!'…

Poetry Book Review: Never Catch Me, Darius Simpson

Title: Never Catch MeAuthor: Darius SimpsonYear of Publication: 2022Publisher: Button Publishing Inc.Pages: 121Series/Standalone: Standalone “...i'm beggin you / unravel your fists/ unknot your shoulders/ unclamp your jaw /please / the bell is coming to save you / please / we are still trying to unjail this building / please / if you can / hold…