Who’s Going to Save the Black Woman
Who’s going to save the black womanas sour droplets of water stream downfrom her forehead and eyesdampening her curvaceous bodymaking her toughened skinsmooth like a wet chamois?Now it is easier…
Chains
I unlocked the chains myselfso you could run awayand be restrained by no one else.I unlocked the chains myselfbut you returned just to rebel.Do you think this is a game?I…
Voices
If I were not a writer,you might think me insanefor the voices in my head—each one has a nameand a personalitythat is distinctly theirs.They are who I hearwhen you see…
Try
Some say it is better to try and to failthan never to try at all.Though faith may be strong, egos are frail,some say it is better to try and to…
18
She could not wait to turn 18and leave her family home,to break out of captivity;she could not wait to turn 18.No curfews or authorities,she imagined the unknown.She could not wait…
Destiny
She answered to Destinybut dismissed its significancelike there wasn’t anyto cling to, not that she could seesitting at the back of the busbecause she wanted to feel lonely,isolated from her…
Better
I deserve better,he urged with compassion,attempting to unfetteran attraction he imagined. He urged with compassionso my heart might withstandlosing a companion,having no man. So my heart might withstand?Does he think…
Mountains
When the mountain first appears a mile ahead,there's time to trick the mind into believingit's not too much for you, you can conquer this.There's time to tell the heart not…
Soul Mates
I remember drowningin the Nileand watching youscoff as I sank Historians say they don’t knowhow I diedbut you and I knowthe truth Two thousand years later,you had evolved I remember…
Needs Analysis
I did not need hypnosisor therapy I did not need specialistsor an individualized plan I did not need a vigilor divine intervention I needed to make up my mind July…