A day late, but what is time if not a fluid concept open to various interpretations. I needed a bit of time to reflect on what 2021 meant to me. Like 2020, it was a year of change, both personally, professionally, and creatively. Those changes came in the form of pain, frustration, and grief, but [...]
At once soft and brash At once complete and wanting At once fulfilled and desperate At once warm and stone At once fluid and unyielding At once bonded and separate At once mine and not Ours is at once A perfect, imperfect union Forgiving and contrarian With you, Love cannot come without sorrow And for [...]
You are where I'm from You are the soil in which my roots find purchase I grow because of you And even when you do not care for me I grow in spite of you Beautiful. Strong. Resilient. And yet, you are a part of me My Earth. My Home. You are my sanctuary You [...]
Well, Good Evening Madam, May I take your coat? Your hat? No? Well, that's all right, come right in. Make yourself at home Pardon me for being a little bit standoffish, but may I ask what it is that you hold in your hand? No? Hmmm, again, with the "No". You are so mysterious. Don't [...]
Your hand on mine is like fire It warms me, reminds me of a life I knew before Before you Before this Now I know for certain the sensation is a lie The feeling burns within me It threatens to consume me with rage, with disgust I barely recognize myself, I have stooped so low [...]
You wish me to stand before you Head bowed Low and Pleading I am not yours I do not belong to you I do not subscribe to your false prophecies Your Empty Promises I owe you nothing Your brand may mar my skin But your shackle I leave behind
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