Untitled   How many stars had to perish for us to be intertwined bodies?

I Have Made Mistake But You Weren’t One   Every scroll through my camera roll shows me that stark amber circle hugging hazel eyes barely clinging to life. Every photo is full of mossy greens, grey blues that rival the North Atlantic, and honey browns….

Somewhere you sleep, perhaps across the ocean Dreaming beautiful ideas to life Living your best life, as you are meant to Fully in the present, wasting nothing Shining light into the darkness Bringing joy and comfort to the fallen Tempering your strength with kindness You…

Text prompt -Poem 23 My Memoirs Empowerment and Defiance The memoir of Sabinah Adewole, who at the young age of four became an orphan when her dad died suddenly in a ghastly car accident in 1971 in London . Her mother a single parent had…

At the diner, memories return Far too many there to name From childhood antics to new love To orders staking claim In some ways ’tis full circle My life here with the food Both then and now with toddlers Just learning to be good When…

You are not deserving of an origin story and you will not be remembered I know the deeds of your hands they can never be truly cleaned You are the monster here I will send you back to Hell These words you speak are empty…

Bricks Everything will be alright with you by my side. We can share our bricks.

Untitled   Being naked with you was the least intimate thing we could do. My bare skin covered in our sweat was a shield for my heart and spirit. There was nothing you could do to my body that would hurt me more than anyone…

Untitled   I broke my own heart to love you. Attempted to make a collage of a new heart. One part me to three parts who I think you want me to be. Secure all the pieces together with glue and tape and hope. Every…

Untitled   I experience what other people call ‘god’ in a different way. God is tucked away in the mundane. They shine through every inch of nature’s beauty that I see every day. God will dance from start to star as my eyes adjust to…