Spoken Word

Colonizer

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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

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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 […]

Spoken Word

Wounded Lovers

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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

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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

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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 […]

Spoken Word

Death of a Phantasy

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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 […]