Category: Following

• December 30, 2023

  Riddles

  With my mind I try to unravel The questions I never cared to address? Holes that led to nowhere? Inquisitive faces that point to unsolved riddles You hide from me Running reluctantly but moving further and further away none the less Your brown hair is shinning like brink red fire in the sunshine A chair…
• December 10, 2023

  Opinion Piece: Why?

  It’s easy to accept things as they are. To adjust to the stations we have been assigned to since birth. But when I think about all the wonderful, awe-inspiring people I have come into contact with it encourages my soul. To believe that there is more to life than living in the pain and agony…
• September 28, 2023

  A Fantasy

  See your special to me like hope parasailing over oceans That hold tales deeper than tear drops That constantly fall from full rain clouds ready to burst If they don’t tell something See you like asphalt to me Harder than stone Black and gray like concrete You tug at me like a dog with a…
• July 11, 2022

  A Thank You to My Readers

  I’m just gonna get it off my chest… My grandmother died last week. This is the third death I experienced in 10 months. First, my Father then my Auntie now this. So I stopped writing for a little over a week. I needed time to think. I needed time to take it all in. Ultimately,…
• March 4, 2022

  Unseen Tomorrow

  Sometimes, the heart doesn’t know… Yesterday from tomorrow It seems like the days all run together The seconds blur into minutes Followed by inconsequential hours We look toward the unseen Like a fawn searching for their mother’s face, Fresh out the womb Procreated quickly but birthed too soon The future is based on the present…
• February 19, 2022

  Blue Screens

  Digital excitement Turned into relationship slumber Don’t sleep on me Even when the electric stops following Love, God and work ethic is all you need But 2K beckoned louder Pay attention like it’s a 9-5 Though the things that give you pleasure Won’t keep you alive But never came to see about me Didn’t give…
• November 1, 2021

  Dad’s Compass

  Dad’s Compass You taught me how to get back up! How to dust off the dirt And keep on walking How to taste better tears But keep on talking You taught me how to survive How to address the hurt inside And stay alive How to move in a room of sharks And thrive You…
• October 10, 2021

  Short Thought: Propaganda

  Propaganda I tune into the news and real threads Only for them to play with my feelings They talk of a world on the brink And millions of broken souls in need of healing Anchors and commentators spread messages that are revealing It speaks to intolerance and condemnation Toward those in defiance of the propaganda…
• August 3, 2020

  Pursuit of Love

  Pursuit of Love people rise and fall like logs flowing on the water we drift from to and fro with no place we feel accepted in looking for the ever elusive love i followed after you longing for you to make the dreams of my young, naive heart come true Love Always, Esha 🌺