Te Indi Poet Free verse

Flicker

Arms like assault of the sex
Push some lies beneath skin
Pacify with some lines in a whim
Four years and my hair has receded 
into flesh and stretched into styles upon 
head
Twisted into intricacies intertwined 
intimately
Things our fingers never had
Four years and I've grown in report 
and stature
But we dunce
Sinking into small holes we've warned 
others of
Sitting, writing, thinking, dwindling into far 
away disconnected spaces
But I build towers in your name
Pay homage to your manhood
With nothing of mine to claim
Can't imagine saying yes
When there's all this bitterness under 
breath
And you and your closed invitations and 
filled up promises give me air I haven't 
quite learned how to inhale
without sucking up the particles that 
would lead me to choke on the small 
uncomfortable details of you
There are times I'm so sure
But those times are too few

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Janica Williams February 1, 2014 at 9:26 PM This is definitely something I can stand behind. New to the site and this is the first good piece of work I have come across. No one is more glad than I am that this work exist because good worth reading poetry is hard to find Te Indi February 2, 2014 at 11:44 AM I appreciate that very much. Headed to check out some of your work now.

Austin Eseke January 31, 2014 at 12:36 PM A ver deep poem.enjoyed it a LOOOOT

Jiril Clemons January 19, 2014 at 7:50 PM Hmm Very Deep poem, Asante. Your words invoke amazing honesty, through your choice of imagery, choice of wording to illuminate were great. Enjoyable overall. Check out some of my newer poems, when your free. Peace.