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to a heart much better than mine ©

I’m so angry I let that slide, all the issues I’d hide to give you some time to bind the wounds that were still open wide. I tried, but your pride pushed us to separate spaces and so quickly ou...

and if you ever leave ©

and if you ever leave me skies would turn to gray. dark days would be a plenty and hide the sun away. it would be a hard goodbye to say, but I would keep it that way. i’d let it decay, i w...

true love exists ©

I do believe true love exists. A love that outshines the noise, and fulfillment with gifts. a love that needs no validation and is gentle with its healing. a love with meaning. a love that mee...

Growing Pains ©

I pray for the children still screaming inside as they hope for better days in adulthood and yearn for simpler times. Who were robbed of the chance to know themselves by opinions bigger than the ...

long nights (part 1) ©

I laid to rest our love last night, cried myself to sleep. When I awoke I was surrounded by the trees, deep meadows of green. You were here with me and on your face was life and gleam, no words l...

long nights (part 2) ©

I’ve made friends with this spirit of yours. I love when we meet. cause when you’re silent, his aura speaks. Puts words to all you critique. He’s such a comfort in times like these. I swear I’...

a tease ©

It was all a tease, the way my heart perceived a quiet place when my mind was at ease. I felt peace. Another moment like this isn’t guaranteed, so when our eyes are laid upon one another, take pr...

we fit fine ©

Darling when our hearts pass by, they only converse in adolescent tones and dream of blissful highs. This man of mine, too wise to mislead our minds and I seem to be stuck in that moment of time....

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a song for my people ©

A black woman with dreams, and society there to oppose them. A black man so gifted, to others this is poison. Why do you fear my greatness? Am I a threat to your plans? You speak with so much h...

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to a heart much better than mine ©

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be near ©

In my darkest hour, when my faith has seeped, when my doubts are louder than the strength I keep, will you rock me to sleep? Will you silence my weeps? When I come to you in moments of sadness, f...

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we fit fine ©

Darling when our hearts pass by, they only converse in adolescent tones and dream of blissful highs. This man of mine, too wise to mislead our minds and I seem to be stuck in that moment of time....

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I laid to rest our love last night, cried myself to sleep. When I awoke I was surrounded by the trees, deep meadows of green. You were here with me and on your face was life and gleam, no words l...

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