She thought he was worthy She thought he was strong enough So she reached up, up past the clouds of fluffy afro And plucked And laid her crown at his feet Everything that I am is now yours she told him He grinned, and set her crown atop his head And they sat on […]
I hope that you hate me That any mere mention of me churns your stomach and raises your blood pressure That any story you used to tell that somehow involves me is no longer uttered I hope that you hate me That anything that reminds you of me has been trashed, or hidden away […]
Just let me lie here, Let me live with– No no The heart is a fragile thing, easily broken Like a bir– Shit, too sad He stands there, casting a shadow no man could overcome Greatness is a heavy load What next? What makes him so great? Take my hand Let […]
So I’ve been watching Lockup on Netflix and one common theme is standing out in every episode. Whenever the film crew is doing a one on one with an inmate and they ask “So why are you in here?” all the inmates tend to answer the same way. They will answer the question, but […]
How difficult it is, to see your life force drained siphoned to feel as if something has been stolen ripped from you When you probably created the gash from whence you bleed out Like a child that discarded a toy only to want it back when someone else picks it up You should probably […]
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Some things leave no room for misunderstanding, like your climbs to the tops of towering pines, and your belief that you can never cry. At age five, you dream of a woman with wings like a bat dressed all in black. She swoops down, grabs you, pins you in her lap,…
There’s something peaceful about after the storm When the winds have stopped ripping trees from the ground When the hail has stopped breaking windows When the tornado has stopped abducting houses and little girls There’s something sacred in the destruction Something hopeful Like when a fire ravages a forest But you see new growth […]
