A Witness

Hey you! Yea you with the graceful walk and the dimpled smile You don't fool me for a second cause I see you No not the bouncy wand curls or the perfect red pedicure in those red bottom pumps. I mean you! The you that I see through those hazel contact lenses. Under that matted...

That Feeling

I've heard about this feeling that grows deep within a heart, A friend told me about it, said she'd felt it from the start. Said there were no words that she could use to bring it out, All she knew was she was happy from the time her feelings sprout. Another said he knew it...

See Me Now

See me now… At the feet of bitterness I make my rest Tattered and whipped from the tides of time The name is Ivory My face, adversity And life…consuming misery Never alone but always lonely Strangers, Saints and Foes all knew my name or my body Every piece of me, sweeter than a rare rose...

Redemption

I see the pain in your eyes, the disappointment from those who came, conquered and left and the happiness you seek. The darkness within you screams for peace, the scars of the torment is evident, your spirit is weak. Come unto me, put your burdens on my shoulders, cast your fears at my feet. Exchange...

Resignation

I can't tell you all the times I tried to fit in. Waste of time, thought and energy on a puzzle that was not my story Realizing that I was an irregular piece refined by the flames I went through Yet I am a carrier of flames that are ever evolving, Created to create and...

Memories

I remember when I fell for you, we were about 8 years old. It was the first day of the fourth grade and the first time that I saw you. Even then you had flow rocking that yellow polo and those black Reeboks with the yellow spotted laces. Your book bag even matched your lunch...

Let Love Live

To love is to let love love and to take not love. To shape that love, elevate that love and to proclaim that love. Break not love don´t erase that love, generate this love and then trace this love. It is proud this love, never hiding love, ever trying love, never dying love. Procreate that...