It’s fire on my skin These memories that only You and I reside in Whispers of words Images slipping through me I cling to it and it becomes Sand in my fingers A piece of you no one else knows A piece of me that you hold I smell your […]
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Colonizer
You’re vultures of TraumaCreating a woundThen feeding on the flesh Peering into precious spacesTaking joy in the sufferingEntertainment for the massesClaiming you came to serveThen stealing from the poorCloaked in entitlement Claiming an inheritance That wasn’t yoursBecause the truth isYou are spiritually poorSo you seek their spiritsCelebrate their treasures With […]
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Fearing Me
I have unbeknownst to myselfAlways feared becoming the woman who I have forever longed to be. Every woman I envied. Every woman I admired. Every woman I looked up to. Every woman I feared. I have always feared my own power.A fear that has no scentThat made no senseThat was […]
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Rage
I had a disturbing experience this week that pulled out what many might say “the worst in me.” My rage. I once upon a time may have also named it as “the worst” but today I know it simply as my justified emotion. Just as vital and necessary as all […]
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Grieving 20s
I feel like I’m grieving my 20s. An entire decade of my life. There is so much I lost in those years. So much life I lost. So much chaos. So much destruction that I then internalized into self-destruction while simultaneously building a career in the mental health field. I […]
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Wounded Lovers
She longs for loverHer homieHer friendTo find resolution Forever apartOr together again. What is it that she longs for? His eyes remind herSomething in his soul that sought out to find her A woman to love A place to rest Escape from the lies A purpose in the quest. What […]
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Evolution
Percolating in the backgroundThere is a new flavor of emotionCreating commotionIn slow motion I host it. Growing in the womb like an Egyptian tombOld dusty wisps of magicLets take a crack at itUnpack it It grows. Slowly unfolding and then explodingIn bursts and tinglesDuplicating out of singlesThen inter-mingles It spreads. […]
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Innocence Buried
It once was lostBut now I’ve buried itThe Earth it opens and happily welcomes it. White, wispy, webs of sweet silky tendrilsDrip from bones Entangled in my fingers it longs to stay where it feels most at homeInterwoven into my womb and chestProtecting my labia from unwanted distress. I whisper […]
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Death of a Phantasy
Where do you find the time to tend to your own wounds when you are a single, fulltime working parent? When your baby daddy can’t even be referred to as your coparent cuz that just isn’t a thing. When the term “baby daddy” unfortunately is the best fit. When that […]
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Anxiety Signs
All right look, it’s time to make a decision.To be okay with your situation or stay locked in your mental prison. I don’t wanna get high cuz I’m done dealin with the lows. Intoxication leads to painful sobriety that simply reminds me of the struggles in life that remain right […]