Knees Deep

Mahogany Smiles
Nov 13, 2025
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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

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