Want my name on the marquee
Not just adulation Not just applause Not just appreciation Not just admiration Not just acknowledgement Not just a pat on the back Not just affection I want my name on the marquee
I am because of them
The warriors The nurturers The tough love group The haters The envious The believers The skeptics The warm smilers The angry mob The tone deaf The amplifiers The hand holders The shoulder givers The ones with faith I am because of them
I can taste you in my rage
Bitter Sour Biting Scalding Blue Silent Boxed in Startled Betrayed Sacrifice Babble Sinister Chew up the rage and spit out the venom.
And, then I ate the cake
I bought myself a cake To see if it made me feel awake It sat on the counter As if waiting for a counter-offer None arrived but a few fruit flies on the cover It was still tasty Although the tears added a salty crunch All that remained […]
Shedding
Winter fur is dropping Spilling all over the floor The collar holding up a head ready to roll Instability and shakiness propping the legs Time to shed that winter coat Face what is to come
Eight pieces of my heart
Eight doors Eight mouths Eight arms Eight lives Eight chances I will give you Eight sighs I will allow Eight steps for correction Roll the dice Eight pieces of my heart
Sparkling eyes
A little razzle dazzle A bit of paprika and safron Tap and line dance Swing and sing The masks bite our tongue But are eyes are sparkling If you let them
Your bark of “no”s made me powerful
No positivity radiating from your being Just a haze of negative vibes envelop you Yours barks bite as you’d like But at some point you lose your sharpness The more bites on my soul, the more my skin got tighter Those bites were meant to destroy But at […]
Been trying to water the plant
I rush to spritz it Moisten the soil Glisten up the leaves Talk to it to ease its mind Throw it a few compliments Place it gently in the direct sunlight But as I look closer I come to see it is not real All along its been […]
I refuse to sink
Struggling against the wave The life vest far away The rescue boat filling with water The cold air pushing me down Tap, tap, tap Gasping for air Holding tightly to hope I refuse to sink
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