You’ve put her on a pedestal so high,She’s broken her legs far too many timesTrying to climb down from it.But why would a queen choose to dethrone herself I ask, why wouldn’t she,In a world that does not allow her to failPerfection has become her only aspirationHappiness is simply the cherry on top. How dare … More Fall
THIS IS NOT WHERE YOU WILL FIND ME, BETWEEN CONCRETE WALLS BUILT AND PLASTERED IN THE BLOOD AND SWEAT OF ABSENT FATHERS, WHOSE ONLY VALIDATION COMES FROM THE ABILITY TO PROVIDE. OH AND PROVIDE, THEY CERTAINTLY WILL. WITH A SYSTEM ESPECIALLY DESIGNED TO KEEP THEIR HANDS GREASY, AND THEIR HEADS DOWN. NOTHING ELSE, MATTERS. NOT … More YOU WILL NOT FIND ME.
He doesn’t remember me this way…He says. Standing in the same pair of shoes,As he did the last time I said goodbye. If I am a stranger to him,Then what is he to me. Could he be the same man that broke my heart into a thousand pieces.And held on to them like a trophy. … More STUCK IN LIMBO.
Martha walks into a minefield of crumpled up pieces of paper. Her roommate Jackson is a transgender woman and a writer, a terrible one too. But no one seems to have the courage to tell her.“What’s happened here?” Martha can’t help but look appalled by the mess in the apartment.“I happened, what do you mean?”“That’s … More MISS JACKSON.
My crown has tilted, just a little.I needed a bit of time, away from the pedestal they’ve put me in.But they think I have dropped my crown.They think I have left my moral values stuck to the bottom of my slutty heels. Nobody told me, that this seat came with a loss of my freedom.My … More MY CROWN HAS TILTED.
You feel like a dream that never came true,I am constantly chasing you,Searching, for your presence.But they took you too soon. Every time my heart beats,It whispers your name,And proceeds to break into a million pieces.I pick them up, hesitantly trying to put them back together. I have to.But deep down inside,I want it to … More THE GIRL IN THE MIRROR.
Where does one go, when they’ve stopped believing in love.I’ve stepped on its shores, one too many times, seeking,begging for it to come find me too.I doubt I was ever close enough. Hope is never restored in me,so I lie to myself to keep me going.It will find me, he will find me.I say, over … More HOW DESPERATE.
She’s talking to me, but she’s not saying a word.Her curves know just how to move, to drive me insane.Angela sits across from me, trying her hardest not to look at me.But it’s all she ever does.Maybe it’s all I ever do too. Her eyes have something hidden in them,not like a secret, just something.They’re … More YOUR MOVE.
I’m woken up by our helper’s soft tap on my shoulder.“Sisi, you never sleep until this late, are you okay?”“I was sleeping so nicely Ma Rose, why did you wake me up?”“Humphrey left you these.”She hands me a bouquet of white roses. I’ve never seen anything purer. Humphrey, my boyfriend, always says that my obsession … More CONFLICTED.
I’ve always been happy when you walked into the room, I just never understood why.And when you finally arrive, I can’t stop laughing at your stupid jokes.I somehow get stuck to you, and you to me.You ask if I’m okay, I say yes,but what I really want to say, is that I’m always okay when … More MY HIDING PLACE.
A SHAMEFUL THING 