Outweighs Poems

The medical gaslighting of a black woman

...Is to be pushed to the brink of psychosis
And to then be labelled mentally unstable 
It is to ask for help and be met with the door 
Then when we worsen they blame us for waiting too long 
As if ...

Debate

...In halls of thought, where words take flight,
Two minds converge to seek the light.
With logic keen, they shape their case,
Yet truth slips past in reason’s race.

An ancient art from ages old,
...

Sipping My Tea

...


John 8:7
“So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.”


Sipping herbal tea, my min...

God, you’re devilish

...Hate is more potent than Love
as is darkness more awesome than light,
Silence’s more deafening than sound
Vice is more enticing than virtue
as is knowledge more enlightening than faith,
Passion ...

It Is To Be

...the choir chimed in 
a chorus of rebuke 
or stones we'd hurl
abusing the adulteress's skin 
shoot your pocket rocks 
passing judgment comes down 
like diluvial rains splashing
gory-red upon yo...

The Way Out is the Way Through

...
After all it is an observable sign of Weakness, 
To want to control another man, 
As it was all only ever a part
of, their existential plan, 
We might then have had a different course.. 
So, b...

A Heavy Shadow

...The weight
of what I
haven’t done
far outweighs
my past

Those things
left vacant
on the shelf
of what I left
for last

Excuses
linger
as empty 
choices
following behind

Reminding ...

won't see' cant see'

...There is a place; a road some room? town; city or
Square, be it protracted or soon? I will get there"
Perhaps a party? Or funeral? A wedding or wake?
Or courtroom? or beach where i might contempla...

Overthinking

...Why can’t I just be honest?
Why is it so hard to tell you?
I’m more terrified of rejection 
Then being left in the dark.

Why am I having trouble 
To trust you and your intentions?
Am I gettin...

Funny Ways

...The brain has a funny way of telling lies
Which makes you smile when you're sad.
But still that heart of yours, never denies
When it knows, it has lost all that it had.

It's hard to distinguish...

A Beaches Plea

...I've been waiting for her by the sea, perhaps not 
always patiently. When she will arrive I do not 
know, but I've dug my feet in and have sand between 
my toes

I feel the lighthouse looming ov...

My Painful Truth Part 2

...Profoundly dumb, and so naiive. 
I've known the worth I've had-
I just let you breathe death in me. 
Built a stairway made of gemstones-
my feet were guided by their shimmers. 
Which then rotted...

The Beauty of Community

..."The Beauty Of Community"
(written by Michelle Lynn LeBlanc  11/20/23)

When people come together
It's such a beautiful thing
There's something healing about it
For it brings a peace within

...

Tame Things

...Had all wild animals the smarts,
They'd surely know it in their hearts,
That living in the manner mild,
By far outweighs the running wild....

Curse In the Night

...Like a new babe at life's door
this one last chance at being alive
yet cries for redemption, 
I'm really, really, sorry, 
but be quiet.

I don't know how to get to you.. 
you're out now.., at ...

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