Category: brown

• January 28, 2026

  The Truth of It 

  This soil bares secrets  The truth of a land built by black hands  Hope grew in the midst of desperation   Prayers stood when feelings turned silent  The world ignored your plight  The system denied it  Let faith light your fire  Your future is brighter than the sun  The breeze that is strong and free Will…
• June 8, 2025

  Open Heart

  It’s strange Yet comforting How your eyes don’t move me The way they use to They are beautiful And empty Small brown puddles Encapsulated in a bright sea You may speak with kindness But your heart doesn’t long for me It is open and ready to take a chance I think of you Subtle expressions…
• April 13, 2024

  The Wind

  Steady, easy but moving forward  The warm breeze lifts my fro  The tight, brown coils, shift from left to right  It shakes like jelly  Then freezes in time  Like a cold case Wrapped up in truth  Transparent like words unspoken But it speaks with force Whenever you think it’s done blowing It just gets worse…
• October 29, 2021

  Autumn Dreams

  Autumn Dreams The fall is falling down Like yellow, orange, red and brown leaves That transitioned into an autumn dream We look at your change for inspiration These hues suit the mood of pumpkin and squash We look for the spice of it all in the feeling of fall The warmth of apple cider coating…
• June 16, 2020

  You Are the Heartbeat

  I hope everyone is doing well. I had my family on my mind today. So I wrote this poem about my Sister aka my best friend. Sometimes I miss home and poetry always takes me back there…     You Are the Heartbeat  creation was organic  love fell into specified slots like the stars alignment  …
• June 15, 2020

  Imprints on Silky Linen

    Imprints on Silky Linen    that there mark is from me trying to be grown before my time  getting holes punched into flesh’s concrete trying to look a little older  so people stop carding me 12 piercings in… and i still look 15    what is love without touch?  you can get close to…