Protects her Heart's estate, Fear Blocks chakras, Shocks cells, Existential paralysis, Cautious Of foul intents, In lonely hours Reminisce, Productive dwell, Organizing memories, Contemplate Which ones to sell, Anticipate Hoggy's next anthology, Fueled By death of technology, Written apologizes For dropping my temp, Attempt, Unbury the profound poet Within, Without A visual corpse, Promise To cry When it hurts, Speak From the soul When its horse, For myself Of cours

Filthy feet no longer tred The roses that bed my burdens End the trampling on seeds of mercy The traffic triples Still imprints refrain from the mud; Armor barricades my garden The roots take breath again A protective force Is felt In the form of a fence Sense of God & self Discernment reigns on Her Meadows Peace grows again

Whenever I think of your name I choke, I didn't realize How tough it is to be an adult, Have expectations, addictions, and 5 children, That ain't no joke. I was so young back then, Didn't know how to cope. Chose to hold it all in, Didn't even bother Picking up the phone, Give you a holla, When you moved to another state. I can't remember the last time I saw your face, Spent so much time in my mind's Cozy private island, Where I can dream with open eyelids, You are still a p

Global warming reaches its peak I hope I burn first, Face in the dirt, Thirsty. I don't want to see it, Don't want to watch bodies Light up like matches, Dispersing bones and graphite. Turning into ash right before me.

My energy is demanded I cower. Kissing bounded paper, Hide behind the covers. Sugar of my words are craved, I spew only lemon sour sorrows, A tiny hope for tomorrow, Pages of pain. Tucked away I work for a wage, Makes me question my own motives. Running from a promise, Seeking purpose; I once said, That you would always have me to relate to. When my fingers lose strength to hold a pen, l peel, Layers of my sins, My way to heal, In Silence.

Morph the image Tickle my blistered toes I am tapping my heels on the surface A melody Ankles seep Sinking soles As I remember My spine a wave A tongue treads lightly Eases into diving Limbs laughing with the water Recall the moaning coral Famished fish Tucked fins and puckered lips There's more where no one has been New light and sentiments Lusting to swim further in

In Earth's floor, Silent prayers, Shake a Queer's core, Filthy wreckage Left from loved ones' Steel-toed boots, Stomp on roots New Foundation, Ideas consumed were ripe, Igniting the plight of a growing girl, Seeds unburied, Chaos to a woman's world That ignores Lessons, Patience Cultivates her blessings

Broken record Affirmations Movie on replay Affirmations Midday snack, Cigarette replacement, Affirmations Bathroom breaks, I don't get sick, Affirmations While I rub on my clit, Sing them to myself while I “pick”, Affirmations Dipping out the crib, Affirmations Slip tho, Affirmations Not in my grip When I have to deal with Shitty people, I'm working on it, Affirmation, Added to the list, "I believe in love more than a Lil’ Bit"

Resting in a sundress I don't fill, Dreaming of a sunset, Apple eyes, Taste their bitter blinks, Between scenes of a changing moon. My core trembles without the warmth of your palms on my lips.

Slipping, Sitting on that pedestal, I hold you in, You polish it quite often Maybe that's why your ass is sliding. I'm sorry l've been hiding in my bedroom, I do miss the sound of you, Even when you're yelling, Better than selling your soul to silence. I'm a hypocrite, So are you, Still you are my favorite dude, Chicken, laughs and bass lines it is a mood, Hugs like glue when I fall apart, I hate that we are so far apart, You convince me to make a move, I gotta be prepar

Three bodies unite on the night of someone's sabbath, Ego becomes habit, Three disgustingly tangled tongues, Thirty toes and dirty towels, Our skin cries heavy, On each other's, A pint of dark liquor Stares from the desk, Encourages face cheeks to become seat cushions, Fingertips drip, Caresses his taint, Right now rolls into tomorrow, Juices of an apricot Washes the sheets, Untamed screams Sage the bedroom And we Hold wombs in our palms, Mouths full of pussy, She wrote her o

My notepad gets really messy when I'm nervous. I sing to the woman that I am at 30. Courtesy because I'm blessed, Healing is a part of the process.

I hope your daughter has someone to turn to, When her body is picked apart like chicken. When boys lick their lips At her forming breast. I pray you're there Explain that the bones place beneath her skin belong to her, Not men, Drooling mouths, Wishing to suck her on her marrow. I hope you tell her As untouchable you always pray her to be, There may be a day She'll have to use her knee Like a sledgehammer, Tell her to keep mace and a box cutter when She's walking home, At a

I can only imagine what you must taste like, After a long day, on the night of a full moon; Lying on the floor of your bedroom; No chance given to scrub the sweat, Blood of lonely off your torso. I wonder if your tears reek of real, Like if nakedness was trapped in a pitch-black room You still would be able to feel it Without fingers. Vulnerability thicker than the concrete walls. A scent of bravery lurks the apartment hallway. There you lie in distress. Unaware that you are

I tie your presence to things that remind me of something, Anything. Nothing can be replaced. What am I not saying? Microphones hold the remains of bones I once kept inside of my closet. There is nothing new for me to shout about, to write about, to cry about. but you, Keep sending me blue, In nail polish color, on coffee mugs, Tv screens and on the bedroom walls of a stranger.

They tell you Success is as effortless as imagining Willow trees in the front yard of your future apartment. Tell you submissions of poetry won't pay the rent consistently every month, Being a famous poet, Is often off a stroke of luck, Even then it's not guaranteed to bring in enough bucks to own property, Definitely ain't as easy as dreaming, Feels more like bleeding, Describing your scars through ink, For millions to read, The reality breathes, Our society doesn't apprec

Since youth Withheld from truth, Told to follow our dreams, Take thorough notes about the hoax that happens While drooling on the seams then, Everything will make sense, We’ll be at our extreme best, Making dollars, Being close friends with success, Made it sound so stress free, We’re re told Possible to have it all, Every single thing our cerebellum draws, Truly remain obsessed Scenes seen in our head, What's next You wake up Alarms rage and the Sun comes, Expected to

You brew ideas plenty, All take time to manifest. No sense in drooling, Eagerly desire scones, What was said, When men tried turning food from stones, It’s already written Bodies don’t survive off bread alone.

Buy it in a box, Boil it in a pot, See it simmer, For 10 mins. Drain the water, Squeeze the cheese, Mix it up, Time to eat.

A time clock or shackles, Do it all in eight hours.

You give your working limbs to a corporation, Allow them to put a dollar amount on your time, Force your teeth to smile While they're grinding harder than your feet. Your templed body is handled like plastic packaged meat, But don't bleed in front of the customers, Don't scream in front of anyone, Stay silent. Stay shuffling your soles across the tile floor, Keep moving your sore legs, Until they say otherwise. When you get home, You are not yet granted the permission to rest

A story, Her navel plays a page My tongue spills saliva ink onto. Her skin, soft and thin, Doesn't tear when damp. She floats down gently on top of the grass blades, Lays on her bare back, Manages to fight the wind from carrying her a stray, She remains silent, Prefers to hear the scribbles,. With no lines to cross, She is art within existing, I trace over her collar, Pray she doesn't find a way to erase The sonnets.

In this moment, Something significantly empowering, Life changing, Shelter, Me the wings to your home, Pulling all that you have together, Comfort zone out of bones, Rest your flesh on my gaunt pelvis, We’ll create a nest on my chest, When it is time for you to feed, Feel free, Bring worms, Toss and turn,  In the bends of my limbs, Chirp, chirp, chirp.

The metal burned my mind's fortune A chance to truly fly. My heart decides to confide In little white Lilies. Whispering into my linked hands I've learned, The wind is too blown away when I pray louder. I float, in front of crowds, And still My roots reach deep. The ground too shakes when I am speaking. Vibrates strong enough To break The chains that kept me silent.