The sadness of your words

The edge is rugged and yet it shines with a subtle grace The darkness at the bottom craves to find its place Assumptions based on stories from people who evade the truth Tales of brimstone twisted into smiles breathing sooth But its embrace feels saver than the other holes surrounding it Each sole purpose is…

Catch 22

Slowly but certain I can feel the curtain Enforcing this burden of a unknown person Chipping away at this display What to say since I’m the prey Words lose meaning feels like I’m dreaming My courage is leaving my body is scheming To abandon hope I just can’t cope With the pressures of upholding vain…

It was here

It was the month of May, it was a rainy day Hiding beneath her umbrella, with a smile on her face Staring at the sky, as if the rain was out of place All alone in an empty field, looking at nothing but rain Without a word being said, I understood she was in pain…

A letter from …

Ok so seriously, this is how you wish to treat me Portray me to be a vindictive little baby Who holds a grudge to such a degree That innocent bystanders mean nothing to me Seriously … I mean Im not saying Im the nicest guy out here But COME ON, you are just exploiting fear…

To be perfect

To be black in a world of preconception is uniquely frustrating As if the color of your skin depicts the person they are seeing Or perhaps not a person but a thing An animal lost in a future due to its history being stolen Stripped of one but left with a clipped wing Forced to…

Freedom

Oh freedom, the sands of corruption blanketed your once gorgeous bosom Your smile lost in a maelstrom of injustices and empty promises Yet there you stand with a passion that burns ever so bright But upon further inspection, the flames aren’t flickering right They are burning the rights of the souls lost in your eyes…

Wolves and Green lines

I stood in the dark as two spotlights appeared before me The sound of footsteps reached me ever so gently Two men walked into a light each and stopped as they reached the middle The one to the right of me was dressed in a suit The other was in rags, wearing a green sneaker…