Poem: What you wanna do?

If you truly want what you want Get up and come get it Subliminal messaging won’t Move you closer to touching, caressing or holding me Unfetter yourself Reach out, ask, receive, speak us into existence Come close Do what you wanna do So I can be fully who I am A blessing and a comfortContinueContinue reading “Poem: What you wanna do?”

Poem: It Shouldn’t Take Courage to Love a Black Woman

We, too, desire to bask in the radiance of another’s glory 
To be bathed in joy, peace and tranquility 
To rest without anxiety and wake without urgency 
We don’t need this grace from everyone 
Nor do we expect a societal shift out of gratitude for services rendered 
But for our men… 
It shouldn’t take courage to love a Black Woman

Poem: Have I ever loved?

Who am I if not A creature created in the Image of love? But what is an image If not a facsimile? Non-original Incapable of being Authentic If love is a reaction to receiving For we love because We have first been loved Then what of the love That was supposed to pour into me?ContinueContinue reading “Poem: Have I ever loved?”