When you look at me
You see something to destroy.
When I look at me
I see someone to love.
How do we change
Your perception
When you’re shackled
By a history
You refuse to understand?
Shady Perception
Month: March 2018
Festering
The Drabble published a recent piece of mine. I am honored to share it here. Thank you for reading. Peace.
he came home to an
empty space.
his condo, a quiet, chaotic hole
that gripped him tightly.
the memories of Claudia
pained him throughout each day.
he could see her swollen eyes,
clogged with tears, then
her mouth drawing in from pain.
the chemo had dulled her
insides—crushed her soul.
her voice, now an echoing
ghostly ghast
followed him
everywhere he went.
festering…
festering…
Fading
Strength is uncommon
Now
It manifests in
Presumptuous ways, claiming
To feed your tortured soul
Yet you lose inches
Of a dying heart
To an ill-fated diagnosis
That the world’s most
Renown devotees of medicine
Pencil in on a chart
You become the medical
Term
Instead of a human being
You become the thing
Fading
Before them, but they
Still think you are alive.
You haven’t been
In years.
Jernee: My Beloved
Request
You want me to forget
About your pain
But how can I
When it is my pain
Too?
Ponder
A Cornered Gurl 
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