The Panic Attack
Panic attack
Disdain when it acts
Imposing its will
Despair re-enacts
It sucks
The life
Right on out of me
In fact: my Spirit saps
My teeth chatter
My nerves rattle
My heart beats faster
Self what’s the matter
I ask I plead
I eventually concede
My brain suffice to say
Begs for release
Won’t shut off my fight or flight
Unsteady hands tremble
No end in sight
I am full of life
But this [...]
A Need To Fill
I need to write but I’m unsure of what I’m thinking
Thoughts in disarray and still not in sync
and I hardly understand what I am meant to be feeling
So many emotions to sort through – so many broken links
No fear of being alone – no darkness concealing
No longer afraid of being lonely – unashamed of my [...]
The Universe in Discord
They shootin’ rockets at the moon
Claim they lookin’ for water
Awarding President’s Peace Prizes
He ain’t done shit to stop the slaughter
Requires a crisis of conscious
Why a crisis is upon us
But I don’t wish for terrible things
Only for them to be spun off us
Brought out into the light
To get to the center of truth
You gotta open up [...]
Deciphering A Purpose
Every day I reflect on the person I am becoming.
A constant work in progress I used to call myself, but it’s more like a constantly evolving process in which I’m resolving my former doubt – living life as I know how.
There are times when eliminating toxic things and people from my world take their toll.
But [...]
Things Fall Together
I admit our misunderstanding was striking. In one fell swoop I went from aroused to feeling your feisty. I was chillin’ on the couch… laying half-naked, I’ll have you know. So when you asked, “what are you doing,” I could barely open my mouth. When stiffled chuckles spouted out. I sat there thinking, for a moment or two before [...]
A Fleeting Encounter
Hear me out for a minute; I wasn’t just thinking about me
I was thinking of my heartbreak and recent insecurity
I was thinking, damn, despite this, I’m feeling you immensely
Knowing I had baggage and honestly not wanting you to see
I didn’t want to share everything, embarrassed by my feelings
Wanting so badly to move on, but emotions [...]
Real Talk Pt. II
See you still ain’t scratched that selfish itch
See you still ain’t stopped me from being a hopeless romantic
Ticked off cause my love gave you a number
I kept you idle for hours while away messages soothed your wonder
Told you I was no good for you
Yet you refused to let go
Figured those words would cause allergic reactions [...]
Cake
She doesn’t say it aloud
Too concerned with portraying a fallen angel now
Until I bare my soul in rare moments of abundance
And convince her my poetry is more than dropping nouns
And see how she talks of her past loves
And the strength she’s gained from moving on
Soul well oiled and aged like leather scrolls
Believes she inherited her daddy’s heart of [...]
Loves Consolation
With eyes half-wide and lucid
ulterior motives entice
mind won’t shut up
with wry smile and vacillating lips
a cock-eyed counterclockwise disguise persists
despite fiercely contested dismissive attempts
I sway
dark in the shadow of my density
a spot on moonlit night
ripples wave intensely
eyes pierce through like fright
dark against white, basking in onyx
and soon the tide carries
swaying in and out of shadows
calculating times disintegration
disposing conscious [...]
Sometimes The World Sucks
i.
It’s not always obvious, but it’s often staring you in the face.
It’s a feeling, a sickness; an evil called hate.
News and media are filled with it, although most can’t even relate.
Writers and poets are all too aware and through their words retaliate.
Hate means “intense dislike, to feel antipathy or an aversion towards.”
Not concerned with the good [...]
