When Adam met Eve.
Intimacy
Category: Poems
If these walls could talk
I took this photo in the West Bank, one of the many walls separating Israel from Palestine. If these walls could talk they would scream. They would wail in grief for the countless lives lost in a conflict only the extremist want to linger; They would beg for self-determination and the right to exist; They [...]
Paradise Lost
The tears cascade like rain down windowpanes I gave you a window to my pain A peak at what made me weak I should’ve known: Don’t be too comfortable; too trusting; too vulnerable Because the cuts just plunge deeper And my pain, too exposed I’d cry you a river if it meant you’d stay But [...]
Hey Black Boy
Words I wish I heard a lifetime go.
Anything Anywhere All At Once
It is the gentle embrace of a soft love that warms the soul of a giant. Defiant I may be to believe that I could conceive of a life not embodied by strife. Hope, a four letter word interchangeable for another. You, irreplaceable. A sweet melody playing to the rhythm of my beating heart. I [...]
Dissonance
A black man killed by the state that swore to serve and protect him; Officers swiftly held accountable. A surge of joy. *Black officers swiftly held accountable. Dissonance. I want justice but . . . . No. I want justice. I want to live in a country where Black People are not the state’s punching [...]
Crystallized Chrysalis
I want to be a butterfly I want to emerge in this world knowing that my position isn’t permanent I want to traverse the world knowing that great change lies around the corner I want to know that now—I may be grounded, but one day I will fly I want to submerge myself into myself [...]
A Letter to My Future Wife
I want you to know, my embrace will always feel like home. I want you to know, when the world is dark, I will serve as your light. I cannot promise you a perfect life. I can promise you I will always fight for you—for us.
You are not finished;
When it feels like life is getting the best of you; when you are in a room full of people, but feel alone; when your tears rush from your eyes like water from broken taps—creating a deep lake of sorrow to drown in; when life feels unbearable; when there are more downs than ups; when [...]
My Whip
I try to take care of you as best I can. Regular washes and tune-ups. I always have you in the best gear. To others—you may seem ragged and worthless, a clunker. To me—you are special and beautiful. The manual says Toyota, but I know you are a Benz. I never really understood why people [...]