for kayt
Things happen when your not looking
—you don’t ask, that’s when it comes
seems like.
Tag: micropoem
Simulacrum
for papa
I guess this is why I never really miss you
even at a distance
we are so alike.
Something Like That
My mother says I need to get out more
stop confining myself in the space
of four white walls
mistaken comfort
but this is what I call safe.
Bad Mind
Trying to take refuge in a body
waring itself to live
with a mind getting too comfortable with death
your tongue clutching onto survival.
?
Sitting in empty
thinking how I just
want to be enough
for you, a place to call
whole.
Western Holidays
Stop celebrating holidays
that aren’t a part of your
culture. You’ll ruin the real
essence of the tradition.
How Poets Say Goodbye
When it is time
I will be done with
all I have
to say in this world.
All you will have of
me
is the writings I left
behind.
Psst Listen
Creating your art
through the lens of others is sabotage
of the self.
Untitled One-hundred
Come love, and let this journey of
o
u
r
love
take
flight so even the
gods
could envy us.
Earth’s Daughter
How can you not love
the melanin the gods of Earth have
blessed me with? Even the sun was
jealous it couldn’t pierce through me.
Untitled Ninety-seven
In between your legs
like a bee sucking nectar
from a flowers fruit.
Untitled Ninety-four
Snow covered mountains
bleeding rose petals
holding you by its thorns
why does your love hurt?
