Sorrow and joy fail me; but it is my family. Connected by blood and bonds true; that is family. A rare blessing; are friends who become family. Tor...Read more

The heart is soft for the loud world, still it bears it for us. We don't need such a cruel world , a small act is enough for us. We may be late for...Read more

Young man, young man Soften your centre The palm of your hand need not be hard To form the might of your fist Young man, young man Fighting to know m...Read more

There is always someone who arrives when the day gives up. They bring no sun, only a star, a flame small enough to teach the darkness that it does not...Read more

I love you so much, I would climb through the dark for you past the river styx and shadows and the fates, with their sharp smiles and the echoes of my...Read more

There was ichor in our veins. Mine from yours, just under skin, drawn with vampyric teeth from the tattoo on your ribs. Teasing every drop to your hi...Read more

Laugh at life.If you dont. The joke is on you. Laugh when you are running late and every road you take is under construction. Laugh when you forget w...Read more

I wish my mind were a fishbowl. So I can fill it however I want. With stones that glitter sparkle shine, just the right amount of sunlight in them. Wi...Read more

Today I will dance around like a rag doll to Coltrane. My Favourite Things spilling out of a saxophone as if favor was a liquid. I won't be able to ...Read more

when i say love, it's in the kiss that forever lingers on your lips, in the touches that promises not to fade. in my firm eyes, that wavers not. whe...Read more

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 I open my hands instead of my mouth. love is something I offer you like a lit match or a seed pressed into your palm for the garden b...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

I did not choose this shape, but it is mine. the river moves slowly, softening what it loves until it is smooth. have patience. it will take years of...Read more

Great fortune will follow you. You will eat the heart of a horse in winter. You won’t have to pray twice. Every mountain will unclench its jaw...Read more

A dried well sits along a sugarcane mill, on a stretch of land encompassing three dialects. You see kids rolling tires and tubes, medieval games in ...Read more

I am not meant to be consumed in sips. Swallow me whole.

It ebbs and flows. Your vacancy assails my lofty bungalow. I still pace those halls where we used to play hide-and-seek, where the throes of the worl...Read more

Guys, i just noticed this person, David @mixx813, is posting other people's work on this platform. When i called him out, he even deleted my comment...Read more

when my eyes blinked open, I saw the rain had given way to cotton candy clouds and golden sun spilled inside to decorate my floors. I walked to the ri...Read more