It used to flowout of me and through meover me & under, all at onceNo need to channel itIt was just thereall the timeI couldn’t turn it off My mind was a real chatterbox(I am scatterbrain preparing for liftoff)10, 9, 8, 7, 6, …… Sometimes it was a torrentfull blastSometimes a slow drip, drip, drip, …
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Poem Inspired by Maya Angelou
I had to write this poem in my African American Literature class at the end of the semester. Inspired by “And Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou. I really like this Maya Angelou quote and her writing overall is beautiful: “I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, …
A Taste of the Afterlife
February ?, 2015Pre-script: there is a self-harm/suicide trigger in this poem. Tonight there will be a raucous partyA catharsis for the whole human race at onceIt will be everything you ever wanted and moreDionysus will be thereand Shiva the destroyer of worldsand all your friends, and all your mother’s friends, and all your lovers, and …
Daydreams of Paradise 