The cradle of humanity is hurting,As humanity was redefined,And now you are excluded from what you nurtured. Your treasure was…
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Trees are like secret wordsAnd mountains like reflections,Painting rivers and lakes beneath our feetWhere the ancestors and the womb are…
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I always thought hurt went both ways,But you’re so ironically perfectWhile breaking the heart you once mended.I now cloak myself…
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It is your fault, my heart!You saw the signs, the warning lights—Yet still, you yearned.You reached for dreams wrapped in…
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A girl in bare feet hums by the gate,Sketching dreams in the dust, shaping fate.Her crayons are broken, colors worn…
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I would rather die than come up with words to comfort a grieving person. But I have to. Now. Fatim’s round…
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In the reflection of the lightBefore me is a woman I long to live for,The woman whose tears I held…
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Her eyes, more than her lips will ever do,Scream a scarcity of self-esteem.She is stranded; she is chained. When her…
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You, black woman,Should capture X-rays ofYour chestAnd let the world gazeUpon the images of your heart.For within you resides a…
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She wakes to days of great distress,A heap of feelings she won’t confess.As the sun climbs the high sky,So does…
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A failure, my image proclaimedOr so I thought.A pout as the display lingered.“It might just be a thought,” she said.…
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I am complicated and far from perfect. People think they understand me, but that is not true because I don’t…
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