Muddy Waters
It is worth mourning, This thing we had Emotions so unbelievably consuming, so addictive and very nearly toxic A passion that burned through the skin And a longing that left one breathless It is worth mourning This thing we lost…
JULY 18
To my sister Irene People say three is a crowd, but your arrival completed our “sisterhood”. It seems like only yesterday you were brought home as a tiny baby and you are turning twenty already. You will always be my…
JULY 6 (Promises on the 29th year)
I know I’m your worst critique I know I say the meanest things to you and hardly offer you any kindness I know I act oblivious to your needs and never offer you a shoulder to lean on I guess,…
July 2nd
To my sister Yvonne… Our parents often talk of how after you were brought home from the hospital after birth, I threw such a fit and didn’t want to look at you at all for almost a week. Funny how…
TO THE ONE WHO GOT AWAY
To the one who got away Although that would be a misnomer Because you were never hereWell…Not fully I always knew you would not stay for longDid I?I may have held on to the hope that somehow you would stay…
MADE TO BE LOVED
I was made to be lovedIn every sense of the wordFor I long for the attention of my loverFor his touch And a hunger that can never quite be satisfiedI desire that my lover never tire of me ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~I was…
THIS IS US….
POISONED BY MY PROMISES.. HIM I promised to love and take care of you... Promised to make your world a better place Provide a home for you Make you my family and protect you from the world.... Life had other…
IT BEGINS WITH YOU.
Self-love is something we have been neglecting since the beginning of time. Contrary to what we have been taught, self-love is not vanity. Loving ourselves is a commandment we got from God Himself, He told us this while teaching us…
WHEN I CLOSE MY EYES..
They say the way into a person's soul is thru the eyes...Maybe they are right.Maybe when you look at me, You see me for who I am...My flaws, my subtle and not-so-subtle imperfections...My strengths as well as my insecurities, my…
Young lady, do not awaken love before its time….
I've read Songs of Songs a number of times but never really realized this verse (which appears more than once actually). When I first noticed it , I couldn't get it off my mind . A lot of things made…