Photo Source: Pixabay anathema for the love of all that is holy and sacred banish the bruises from these bones and slay the shadow dragon that breathes fire down my spine and sinks its talons deep in the meat of my thighs and devours a bit of my soul...
190818* she is haunted by the empty spaces by the gaps in her carefully conjured dual reality by the blood that crossed the sea and she weeps into the ashes of her dreams Sumayyah Talibah © 18 August 2019 *This poem originally appeared on the now defunct Narrative.org
immolation (in reverse) gather me from the asheslest i rise to the skyand repeatmy tragic flightinto the sun tamp down my roaring flamesmake themsleeping embersthat smolderwhen i awaken Sumayyah Talibah © 10 February 2019 Cross posted to my Steemit blog. Tip jar: PayPal Cash App
This is cross posted from my blog over at Steemit. the valley scrutinize the crooked lines of the path that i tread inquiring as to why everything i’ve touched has turned to sand parade my pain past crowds of ones who despise parade my pain with silent cries...
gravity it’s heavy the weight of this existence with its expectation to be better to be a credit to be one of the good ones whatever that means to prove that my life matters and not just to the person who birthed me i carry it with me on...
dreamscapes & space rocks the wind howls through my dreamscape its sound covers my heartbeat and footsteps as i scurry about and second guess the location of every ornament i place and the night blankets everything because i forgot to hang the moon dead rock reflecting light that will...
lemons i sat down to write a love letter to myself but my chair was wobbly so i fixed that first and then my dollar store pen was out of ink i found a crayon in 3 pieces under the bed next to a box of photographs of people...
sirens bathing in the flashing lights trying to name the victim identify the crime red trucks black cars silver and gold shields pale fingers hover over the butts of their guns when the screaming starts the story stops every one of us knows just how it ends red blood...
In The End here i am bleeding from every pore snot and shame and tears cover the face which you ignore still i sing for my supper and i dance for your dimes even as my feet are cracked and broken and my voice is hoarse from whines and...
5th of July And once the smoke dissipates And the sky is again clear And the litter is swept and discarded And some of us are still not free What will you do? Cuz see we honor the vets And their blood sacrifices With words we cannot define As...
finally at last the end of the road has presented itself to me giftwrapped my prize for going on but now the finish line has been crossed over the applause has died away i can leave the path on which i fought and bled to forge another way home...
procrastination solid unmoving wall of pain obstruction of my vision interruption of my plans day into night and still i’m laid low with regret should have done everything every other time whenever i had the chance but i counted on tomorrows that hadn’t come promised myself another revolution of...
indecision minefield of infinite possibilities stretching out before me what do i do? no GPS navigation or signal flare no handwritten signs or suspicious arrows no majestic owl fixing me with a glare giving hoots of derision no matter which way i turn as i spin and hope my...
criminal behavior dereliction of intimacy deflection of responsibility inability to uplift or promote increased visibility or simply to just let me live indicted on these counts found guilty by all my peers run away into hiding don’t even start with gaslighting you’re wrong you know damn well you’re wrong...
haunting articulation of the state of my emotions brings an induction of terror all i manage is to hide and abort the mission batten down the hatches let the horse escape and lock up the barn doorways into my turmoil swing open and invite in orders of execution and...
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