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LOVE LIKE

12/21/2017

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I love like


dreaming while I'm awake
like that first taste of Hip Hop
like dope boys love corners that don't love them
like school girls hold their first crush
like flying in a world of gravity
like black girl loves black boy or black girl
like the first poem that didn't know it was a poem
like I'll make beautiful of these scars


I love like
I love like


I love like I ain't neva been broken



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STILL SHOTS

12/18/2017

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I got a collection a collection of still shots in my heart
Moments of breaking and of making
Most of them are labled with some version of
"not again" or "is it safe here?"
Self says
I don't know
Heart says
It's been safe here
They were just not safe IN here
So, every day Me, Self and Heart collectively decide to continue to love
We just keep the still shots as a reminder that it's not safe to let everyone in
But, just like heaven, I find it odd that this gate is even necessary


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TIRED

12/4/2017

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Do you know tired?
Ever tasted it after a memory slipped like bile up in your throat?
Ever felt it tap you on shoulder and make you crumble?
Hell is the way tired convinces you that you are exhausted with living
When your reflection betrays you and looks like all the THEM that left
and broke you on their way out of the door
It is the miscarriage of love and love's stillbirth
Tired is victim being accused of playing victim
But they don't know tired
They don't hear it no matter how loud it screams
They only recognize it after you're tired enough
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to finally leave

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