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bonfire tonight, we are gods re-entering the realm of moans/our breaths hitched/ your fingers savouring redemption beneath me/ i moan in blues/ All time low is breaking the speakers/ you…More
Nameless my soul is corroded / ache sewn into chest like a badge / I reach out to god with a middle finger / want to chisel the moon with…More
A BEAUTIFUL MIND first womanplants a flag in my heart, colonizes it. sows a seed in my soul & steals it.there are not enough fruits in edento banish me from…More
Let God Use You Service on Sunday comes with a preacheron a blazing blazer & whatever beautifies—from the wardrobes of the congregants. “Our God works in mysterious ways.He uses filled…More
Absence is knowing that the Atlantic Ocean has departedthe planet. TheAtlantic is blank on themap shrouded on a piece ofginger paper andonly nothing can fill its space.the earth, your heart…More
Grief in your room,the haemorrhage puts you to your knees you bleed for all the things that will never return:your virginity, your sanity – the ones your uncle erased.your phone…More
YOU KNOW A MAN WILL TREAT YOU RIGHT BY HOW OFTEN HE APOLOGISES I want no boxing lover my sister loves to hum I love you is the run(a)way…More
Was it the way the wind called your name; in whispers,Soft and soothing,Serenading you with rhythms you loved to hear?Or was it the ancestral beats resonating from history;Tales of brave…More
I don’t want to be that woman She has a life, but none her ownShe lives a wife, and yet aloneShe has her wants, but none she getsAnd her needs,…More