Category: listen

January 24, 2024

Embarrassing Journal Post: Get Your Eagle On

I been a dark skin sista all my life. Whether in a afro, locks, relaxed or tightly bound braids. I have spent my days as a black woman through and through. During my youth, I spent many days and nights feeling as though my blackness never matched up to societal norms. Growing up I wasn’t…
January 5, 2024

Under the Bridge

Forgiven but still flowing Healed like a broken foot That no longer needs a casts The recovery is evident in the walk A heart that found comfort in peaceful moments While listening to the sound of water under the bridge Love always, Esha <3
February 3, 2023

End Of My Rope

I’ve sought out a piece of peace in strange places. Back alleys, smoke, empty bottles and worn out faces. With age I have prayed for relief. Eased burden and freedom from trauma that hangs on my shoulders like weights attached to chains. I listen to them bang and clang aimlessly as my hope is dragged…
November 24, 2022

No Need

When you move in silence. There’s no need to talk. Just watch and listen. Take in the sounds of gossip, crickets and laughter. Be aware of your environment. The plush grass grows slowly. The dandelions open wide like a sun that rises in the east and sets in the west. Their spores drift carelessly and…
May 27, 2022

Growing Vines

Whisper in a willing ear Like a blood thirsty mosquito sweet talking Tell a sensitive soul everything it ever wanted to hear Listen to us now joking and sharing the gift of conversation Believing in happiness planted with words That sprouted into floating hope It hangs in the air Clings to shelves like vine plants…
August 21, 2021

Poetry Analysis: Sounds Like Pearls

Poetry Analysis Article 1 Analysis of Sounds Like Pearls Sounds Like Pearls Sounds Like pearls Roll off your tongue To grace this eager ebon ear. Doubt and fear, Ungainly things, With blushings Disappear. Written by Maya Angelou Sounds Like Pearls is a simple and uplifting poem from the book Just Give Me a Cool Drink…
August 16, 2021

Listen To The Stream

Listen To The Stream Put your eager ear to the swishing sound of the running brook: It ripples and runs over rocks It trickles through debris It flows and burbles calmly along the bed In it the fish jump with ease The stream current changes like the notes in a melody Come on and take…
March 4, 2021

Not Listening

Not Listening Indistinguishable gibberish sails out of flapping lips Like lava oozing out of an active volcano I pretend to listen carefully The mind can’t see what the eyes don’t know Love always, Esha <3
July 15, 2020

About You

About You its the way you laugh… when you think no one’s listening the way you groove and move… to the beat in the shower the way you get work done no matter the time of the hour the way you show up and show out for your family the way you balance…