I asked self:Why don’t you want to be perceived, to be witnessed? self said:To be perceived is to be judged I asked self:What are the consequences of judgement? self said:Judgement fuels condemnation, Judgement gives permission to deem me unworthy. I asked self:What happens if you are deemed unworthy? self answered:It means I am excluded from…
When I told her I loved her How was I to know it would build a mountain in my chest 11 days after we met I told her That I was willing to look into her eyes for the rest of my life Whatever wars come her way, she would have me a a soldier…
She has the self worth of a candle who believes it is a wildfire enough to make a ditch into a hill a hill into a mountain with a raise of her hand
At some point, I decided I wasn't worth knowing. My limbs desperately grasped at the wind while my body yearned for touch Seeds of potential spilled on the concrete My mask fused to my skin under the heat of others opinions This quarter century has taught me two things; Flowers grown in my…
My first home was built with brick and mortar and bones and flesh When I first walked to her I knew she was the one I envisioned where I'd put the couch where my head would fit in her arms I could picture how the dark wood floors would support my feet How…
Name spelled wrong on every love letter you wrote me I didn't bother to correct you as if my name didn't matter God, let me fall in love again but not like before Let me fall in love like the wind free and flowing not afraid of its potential for destruction You…
A hello to new love feels like a wave goodbye to herself The domain she calls her skin must let another in Another in the seat of her emotions, their hands controlling the wheel I like you's sound like gun shots I love you's sound like sin Her nakedness a white flag in…
Not only am I safe, I am, nestled in the womb of the universe whose body has not yet banished me to a space outside of it. Separated by skin. No. Not only am I safe, I am growing. Growing not in the multiplication of my atoms but in the seeds reaped by my circumstance.…
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