Poetry

  • THE FINAL EXAM

    If not for your sweet curves and sugar lips, how would I know bitterness?If not for your striking grit, how would I know timidity? If not for your heavy and boundless laughs, how would I know silence? 

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  • a word on hyper-independence My life has always been one of quiet sovereignty,a party where the only attendees are mirrors.

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  • For and What If

    I yearn for tomorrow,

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  • Outside the Party

    “Let’s go to a party,” you say. Please don’t leave me alone in it, I think. You are inside the party. You are laughing, your face is creasing, you are receiving.  I am outside the party. I am catastrophizing, my throat is closing, my arms are crossed. 

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  • I read my mother’s journals and yearn to have a child who will one day read mine.As scared as I am of what I may produce on those pages,for now, I still write on every line.

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  • After Death

    How strange it is, to watch someone’s face sparkle and dance with life on a Monday, and for it to be gone by Tuesday. How strange it is,for our bodies to decay, to expire,yet leave behind an undeniablepresence if we’re open to it. How strange it is to look into your eyes merely through a

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  • Circles and Squares

    Some people think in circles and others in squares. 

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  • A poem based on this visual. I got “Queen of frozen forests.” Find inspiration everywhere you look.

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  • A small collection of acrostic poems Alchemize – transform the nature or properties of (something) by a seemingly magical process. At my will, I let my soul dissolve and cradle the hierarchies of energies present. may the bound and boundless integrate with zero hesitations and an electrifying seal.

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  • Rediscovery

    To step into myself is uncharted territory. To feel safe is an unread part of the story.

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