Demolishing Poems

An Elegy About a School Shooting

...Prologue:
A new kid joins an already troubled elementary school
He sits alone on the first day, and no one dares to sit next to him
For if they dared, their social status would be reduced to a pil...

When I Bleed Out In Front Of You

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{"Hadn’t you known, or care to acknowledge that I am wholly fond of my life as of right now? 
I’m in love with the lighting that shoots and grazes my neighbor's balcony as I sit in front of my own...

Gladys the Welcome Wizard Lady is Here

...Miss Gladys the Welcome Wizard lady is here
She is full of sass, beyond an insane level of cheer
No one wants to let her in, we try to ignore the bell
She climbs in the front window, demolishing t...

Freedom from fear

...Both desire and aversion let’s put on pause,
for they should not exist and yet they appear,
so in the void of silence, look at the cause
of why ripples in consciousness our heart spear,
demolishi...

Make Me Matter Most

...Dignity of being side by side with you 
Had some long ago and all was true
Until you rejected me for him once more
You’re the one I adored…to the deepest core

Make me matter most
By lingering ...

Lighthouse

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Prisoner of the enigmatic sea,
standing alone upon the rocky shore.
Once it illuminated the horizons,
now abandoned, it watches as waves roar.
Powerful winds influence the current,
as the atmo...

In the heart of the night, next to the unmoved clock

...In the heart of the night, next to the unmoved clock,
She lies, with the pillow—a saline lake of pagan scents,
Mourning something that was never spoken.
Prisoner in the castle of shadows, where da...

My jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history month

...My jubilant latent, nascent poetic tribute to black history month

Which acknowledgement ought to be year round,
similar to altruistic, humanistic, and philanthropic
unconditional acceptance and ...

All about depression

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Depression is a shape poem 
A difficult one in times of contemplation 
A shape that gets you, almost in nothingness 
Whispers darkness in the valley of your chest. 
Where the minaret stood in t...

La Nina

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Odyssey

...“may refining consciousness layer by layer
be our pristine childlike heart’s, breath by breath prayer”
            ~ quote by poet 


Caged in feeble form, our odyssey began,
with memo...

A Passionate Summer Solstice

...Written: June 25, 2023

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Beguile me, July sun, with your hot, penetrating glare,
A star of careless seizure, I can't avai...

Antihero Spawn

...The Image comic’s antihero Spawn,
born Albert Simmons, devil worshippers' son,
becomes a high-ranking official in the CIA,
and turns into a capable and ruthless assassin.
To burn him to death, co...

My Nascent Poetic Tribute To Black History Month

...My nascent poetic tribute to black history month

more apropos and alternately titled: 
praise to thee people 
of variegated melanin color,
whose immense understated improvements
and enhancemen...

An Existential Curiosity

...I search for the meaning and purpose of my life,
What would be the reward-finale for my strife?
What, exactly, is my joy? Should I be happy?
Which are sometimes funny and other times snappy...?

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