Bonafide Hurt

“Have you ever broken a bone?” Being human is not easy;people are walking around with bonafide hurts, bodies fullof rotting bones all crumbling. They home bonafide heartspieced together with broken parts,piercing, poking and mocking them. Things that can build you and people that are meant to love cause these fractures and teardown wholly structures.Things like…

Leave Me On My Pedestal

Image Courtesy: Tangled Roots You can't take me off my pedestal caress me for a time, even feed methen leave me on the couchcatching some more dust and moteswith embers of conversationsfloating on the light waves ofyesterday expecting I'd be filledwith satisfaction if not love.I want to be held and stockedon a daily, connect with…

Robed Love

“What's the oldest things you're wearing today?” I didn't know I could be loved like thisuntil you placed your key in my lockopening up drawers I forgot I owned.I didn't know I could open upwithout fear of being broken intorobbed off my valuables and leftagape, hollow with scrapes on my wood. Instead agape love coats…

The Leader Who Follows

“Are you a leader or a follower?” Now I know you believe you are good enough. No one ever told you before perhaps that's whyyou couldn't believe it when I told you so; you're good enough to lead, good enough to follow too. And sometimes you'll lead, sometimes you'll followother times it'd be a mix…

Self Amnesty

“What's one small improvement you can make in your life?” How is it so easy to bestowthe crown 'I forgive you' upon others yet to selfthose words choke andeven mock just a bit?I've seen the healing powerof the small portionsI've fed you: this pilland potion breaks chains, fills wounds, transforms life. It's time, time to…

Just Do It!

Poetry Prompt Day 17: Zoom In Just do it, my heart whispered, dare to take this walk alonglife with him. Run wild and hopwith him: walk a mile further than you ever had with another. We both know he's been runningamok in your system, taking downwalls you built and raising bridges in their place. He's…

His Vows

Poetry Prompt Day 18: Crumbling He said:let my essence draw youinto the throes of my rhymes, you the page my wordsstand on and shape form. Bestow me the powerto stroke your assonantwith my sweet consonantssinging sultry soulful hymns. Allow my stanzas to cradleyour form into sensualsubmission while your faithand my love alliterate. Let's my ellipsis…

Bloom

I will no longer take rootnor flower on gardensand in other people's spaceswho'll no longer nourish menor water me so I can shoot.I will no longer allow toxicthoughts to weed in my soilnor grow feelings that chokeand mock me. I uproot allthat weighs heavily on my crown, all that no longer makes mestand tall and…

Potent Lines

Dear Son, “Do you have a quote you live your life by or think of often?” I hope this finds you well. It sadness me that you're finding it hard settling in university what with the new environment and challenging beliefs that has you questioning who you are and your ways. I am deeply sorry…

May May…

May May be the key month that'll open youup to awesome opportunities and rich festivities, a month full of possibilities and positivity:May May be full of 'Yeses' instead of 'maybes'and that the 'no' you might receive be a steppingstone to greater heights, if not foundations forsuccess. May the joy May would deposit on youmake you…