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...
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...
Oh, my poor, neglected blog section. Hello, there. *echo* Right. Anyway, I’ve started blogging/writing/posting/whatever the kids are calling it these days on Steemit.com. According to them, they are “a blockchain-based rewards platform for publishers to monetize content and grow community.” Sounded easy enough. Here is a sample of my...
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...
illumination i am stardust the stuff between galaxies a collection of energies unformed glittering across the uncharted sky with no gravity to chain me to a dead rock hurtling through space and time on a crash course toward a burning orb of flame unfettered senses seek my majesty build...
faux freedom oh country bound & gagged by liberty to thee i sing these words stolen land of the free terms & conditions apply if skin & prayer & beloved don’t comply cities my forefathers built whose walls have restricted access children my foremothers nursed neglecting their own...
phantom tears carve rivers of flame down my cheeks as they spring fully formed from my evil-seeing eyes and flow to my hastily sealed lips seeping through the cracks of my chapped flesh to burn my tongue to ash sand fills my nostrils and ears to better embrace the...
my face is blurry in the mirror as i squint through steam and soap scum to catch a peek of the person i used to be who were they that youth with supple skin and eyes bright with vivid dreams who wore hope as a cloak and had raw...
waving the blood-stained banner of unity you feel fit to uncover me leaving me drowning in acid rain galvanized by excuses imaginary spouting rhetoric with no pillars of belief intimating to me that my place is nonexistent by popular demand while waiting for the bus to rumble past so...
homecoming crown of gold crown of thorns crown of iron shackle & chain despair prepare to be denied thy name deep in the vessel in the waters from whence your goddess came say her name say her name offer up your praise & pray she’ll rise troublin’ the...
requiem for the living healing for the dead in honored memory of the self inside my head black & red w/ a splash of white burning candles at the crossroad ankh on my shoulder wooden beads on the locs that caress my back traded my halo for a hollow...
good evening my darling sun off you go to the place you call home slip into the bed you made and thank your lucky stars for another day storms march across your horizons winds howl and slash away
in order to feel at ease i released my hold on all the negative things inside of my mind in order to see myself as a complete being i had to completely free my shackled soul things will fall apart but the pieces will remain and in order to...
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