Beautiful Jamaica 🇯🇲 My Island in the sun Come let’s drink coconut Rum Rivers and Beaches Filled with delight Reggae music 🎶 beating It’s soca Night Beautiful Jamaica 🇯🇲 My island in the sun Come and let’s drink coconut Rum Let me tell you about…
Category: Marathon Poem
Too much pt 4
The end of the line, the middle of the road. Where am I going? A townhouse this time. Two to a room, three rooms per unit. Space for a third in the master. Home with Kris again. Free to come and go as I please,…
Because it’s June and Pride month and I’m still figuring out who I am
I begged and beat and burned my hair trying to make it what I thought it should be. I’ve begged and beaten and burned myself trying to make me what I thought I should be. My hair will never be straight, and neither will I,…
Too much pt 3
I was handcuffed by Broward County officers, loaded in the back seat like luggage, closed inside. The plastic felt like the bed of a truck with a hollow for my cuffed hands. Plexiglass. Guns on hips. They talked about dinner plans and partner banter, while…
A poem on body image: trying to be body positive and confident despite societal and familial upbringing and failing spectacularly
If I was thin, Nothing could stop me.
20 Deep Blue sea 🌊
The oceans floor is so pure It’s the deep blue sea that never sleeps Tides of joyful sounds it sings Swish swish swish Moments of pure blue delight Glistening and shimmering in the night What love is so pure and deep Oh it’s the love…
19 Living Light
The light of the world Is love Lots shines bright In every happy heart The light of the world is love Let it bloom and blossom at all times In every heart there is a plant Never give up on a blooming heart One that…
Hour 24 Poem 24 Sonnet
I’ve waited for you, My friend, my companion, my lover, As a woman, it’s not my job to pursue, Rather I wait for you to discover, All that is great within me, Dare you present yourself, Come unto thee, Unconsciously, I know you have felt…
I wish I had the stars
I wish I had the stars that we saw, midnight walk through uncut grass, broken bridges holding our dance. I wish I had the stars that I saw in your eyes, the twinkle of the Dipper reflected on your car. I…
Hour 25 – Insurmountable (image)
See that cliff? It’s insurmountable But there’s a flag on it. Which means that’s not true. It’s my flag, this is my marathon But it’s your flag too. Because we did not climb alone We walked together, side by side And while some faltered and…