long ago, l heard among words –befriend death, and it will let you livelike candles wearing the crowns of doom,burning out and…
Yesterday a passing transient shower, Slaked my thirst so gently, softly, Parted my lips, shook my bones. They say the world is…
This body swelled and stored fat without my permission. It shoved off measurements and proportions as it bloomed into society’s black book.…
When a mirror stares at me, It gazes in scrutiny the curves of my lips, The puff of my chins, And the…
Staring at the mirrored door with second checks, She finally walked into the club, teetering on strapped stilettoes. Her body is sucked…
When we carry calabash on our shoulders And our identities on our chins, We’re judged by the battles our fathers fought and…
If you ever find yourself seated among men whose words provoke laws, Do not be like a dead fish on the table…
They say I have no money to buy clothes That is why I creep upon sheep at night To tear off their…
You beat your chest all the time, Inflicting pains to your innocent heart, Now it wails like a hungry toddler whose mother…
I have heard of broken hearts But I’ve never seen their smashed pieces littered on marble floors. I have heard of broken…