Ugly
Beware when you call someone ugly.What you might be seeing is pain.It’s the pain that’s ugly. Not the person.So insteadContinue Reading
Category: Free Verse
Free flow thoughts that turned into something genuine and beautiful.
Enough of this…
Odes to Black Lives Matter.
Onward Marching Ants
At firstwe triedto be KindWe coveredcracksAnd rubbedmint oilTo warnthe Antsthat they wereoversteppingIn our homes But Antsare sometimesStubbornI guessBecause theystill keptmarchingContinue Reading
Growing Up Florida
The heat gently suffocatesEarly in the morningAnd I roll out of bed and feel my clothesAlready sticking to my skinContinue Reading
Sudden Bursts of Doubt
There are holesInsideGaps in my Heart Voids where Kisses and night time storiesShould be Though nowI am blessedWith Love curatedContinue Reading
Unbendable Will
This poem has been edited but was originally written July 9, 2017 during a particularly difficult struggle with God. What’sContinue Reading
Ridiculed, Oppressed
When you raised your voice in urgencyI saw a lonely black manSurrounded by a horde, impenetrably lightBeing told what toContinue Reading
All the Tomorrows
Photo by Sasha Freemind on Unsplash Veins saturated with lead My head, barely lifting Eyes open to a glaze And I’m defeatedContinue Reading
