Category: Hunger pains

• January 25, 2023

  Good Night Dad

  The sounds of snoring In a three part harmony I am the only audience The tickets are free Whooping wings fluttering Birds of prey The wind whistling past a closed window All I recount the totality of my day Hidden sun Glistening moonlight Covering a body Once soaked in sweat from running outside A midnight…
• November 15, 2022

  My Awkward Truth: Hamburgers Please

  There is one thing I love more than anything. Nothing can compare. All day at any time I think of it. It is a constant feeling of relief to a troubled soul. In a world where being Black is difficult. People judge me before I speak. They walk in the grass to avoid sharing a…
• March 8, 2022

  Rider: Stormy Weather

  Will you still believe? When the cracks in the sidewalk break up the street? When salty tears fall like acidic rain? Fighting through the rumbling of stomach pain. I’m just curious… When the thunder strikes and things aren’t right? Will you be there? Bordering on the edge of nothingness and going nowhere. But in the…
• November 18, 2021

  Let’s Argue: Boomerang

  Boomerang You come back like a boomerang Slicing through clear, confident air determined to prove me wrong The give and take of our debates Leaves me hungry for more We don’t see eye to eye often But that’s what conversation is meant for To figure out the things that don’t quite fit And no matter…