No one gives a damn about a poem until they need a poem — Omotara James. No one writes a poem because they want ...Read more

When I say, "love," What do you hear? When I say, "I love you," Is it just a middle syllable Like a metronome beat, Semantic satiation? Or do you fe...Read more

Perpetual loss demonstrated in silence. People love these whispered breaths, Gliding over silent hills, a sigh of summer breeze. But today I walk awa...Read more

So it's true, what ruins us will eventually save us. On the other side of chaos is another forest, Spacious, full of leaves, brown and soft, Enter...Read more

What escapes my throat? It cannot be my voice, This unfamiliar note. I never made the choice To thrum my pain in art, Trick the crowd's rejoice, ...Read more

not a kind of lie to be seen but a facade I put on I know you know we're all the pretender that weaves through crowds that dance to a symphony enrap...Read more

Being a teenager sucks Everyone's always telling you don't be in such a rush to grow up. Until reality hits, and you get scoffed at for wanting to b...Read more

I knew her From time to time. Not the shape of her But the arc of her eyes. Each step she took, she glided. And in that moment She be...Read more

My eyes are burning like I have poured acid into them. They want to rest, still the eyelids remain coldly open. Thoughts press against bone, forcing ...Read more

I love winters sharp enough to sting the eyes, cold that lets me cry without explanations. Red eyes, tears shining, and no one asks. I blame the fros...Read more

I asked the rain, “can you take me back to the part where I didn’t know I loved her?” It doesn’t answer. Just falls, quietly. The way I did.

You're serendipitous. While you wait for another path, I surrender the moment you enter. While you doubt your own light, Every night I drift closer to...Read more

A blank mind Doubles in size, Handling me in Doubt. A restless body Determines my Day. Only with my medication, Can I actually Do this. Anoth...Read more

I used to twirl I kept twirling At the thought of yours With sorrow ... I left I kept leaving At the thought of yours With scorn ... I breathe I kept ...Read more

I call my struggles easy, Because I've forgotten the pain, You call my struggles easy, Because you have not seen my pain. You might call your strug...Read more

“You look tired.” Yeah…I haven’t slept right in weeks. Every time I close my eyes it’s the same picture playing again, same room,same darkness, same s...Read more

There's a poem stuck in my soul, The words are hidden from the light, Scattered over the waves of time, As the waves carry them to the sea of Neverlan...Read more

I am A human, no more than any other A friend, a lover, a boyfriend, a brother I am Emotion, fire in our heart A love that grows for every part I am...Read more

I laughed today instead of crying, But tomorrow, I may cry instead of laughing. Today's mistakes don't have to be tomorrow's, But tomorrow shouldn...Read more

Shhhhh, don't wake me up, I'm dreaming of my love, He's beside me, Like he used to be, Like he should be, With his arms around me, Forehead against mi...Read more