No one gives a damn about a poem until they need a poem — Omotara James. No one writes a poem because they want ...Read more

When the rain falls, I hide my face against your body... I want to lose myself within you, forever. To wrap myself in your divine embrace. I want t...Read more

Father, please wake up and stay Don't stop raising me

I've thought about it, this insistent body of sound, so sharp the way its light enters the cement of the night like a nail, Here I am in a field o...Read more

If little by little you stop loving me I will quietly sit by myself And remind myself of the sore truth; That love may come beautiful Like the mornin...Read more

If little by little you stop loving me. Then little by little I am certain. You have stopped hating me too. Those things are never apart you see. Nor...Read more

Overall I'm happy Healthy And not chained. Food is never too far And I don't have to walk for water. I have linens for my chest And leather for my f...Read more

Sacrifices are to be made, Made to achieve our goals Goals that benefit the human race Race on slowly, a step at a time Time which walketh...Read more

Tip-tap; Fingers rap Together metronome Stop-gap. Crazy thought Anxiety wrought Tum-pop. Peace bought. Tip-pat Mind-body chat. Fight and flight T...Read more

Jonah joined John on a jog in winter while the willows wilted Jonah jostled john jokingly. Now they race like rabid raccoons in rain and rage witless,...Read more

With crooked lines I trace The creases of my face. They deepen more and more, In every open space, And taunt me from the pores. But are they truly ...Read more

In the end, We must, as the book says, Forgive one another Kiss each other's hand. But my soul is bitter. I cannot forget what does not love me. I ...Read more

And... helloooo! Question. What's your favourite song? Tell us in the comment section please. Since we are talking about music, here's a lyric extra...Read more

as i put the hot metal on the fire as the metal goes red by the warmth i slowly put it on my skin it burns it stings but i keep it on my skin i hate...Read more

Emerald green. Is the color that turns me into a beast nowadays. Her ripped shirt. Her slow aching fever. Her soft tantalizing whisper. That had me fe...Read more

Tight. Suffocating. Is birth always this... difficult? Drawn out into the air that burns the lungs, coughing up the comforts of formation. The time sp...Read more

Oh dear world, why are you so cruel? You tear me apart and step on me like I am some kind of fool. Your ugly heart yearns for my downfall, and I scre...Read more

He came like a star in my life and left like a thunderstorm Love is the word that had been holding us together but the love Itself was missing He ...Read more

. All my friends are angry. They feel this force. Purple, hot, and smoking. Suffocating. We all are. All my friends are hopeless. They feel the sadn...Read more

They call it protection but it feels like a cage with polite words, like hands on my shoulders pushing me back into a life that never asked who I am. ...Read more