A poem about breaking away from the mundane.
Cycles
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Original Poems
Going Beyond Being About Us
A poem where I reflect on different moments where homophobia has presented itself.
Taking in the Rain
A poetic journal entry I wrote while watching the rain.
Disconnections
A poem about the lingering effects of rejection.
Lasting Through the Night
Poem About Approaching Darkness
The Process of Forgiving
How easy is it to cut into the flesh of an apple?How hard is it to break into its core? My core holds morethan these seeds that spill from within me when I bleed. The knife that makes the slice is whitewith a black handle. The worm holes were too deep for the tip...
I’m Not Trying to Change Your Beliefs
By: Jess I'm detached from this conversation- a median strip placed within your statements.Standing between your smoothly paved words does nothing for me.Pull me closer to the pavement. Life is not always about doing what is safest. We need to risk talking about the...
For the Bible Told Them So
This whole time, these relationships have been fading-like autumn leaves wading in the wind beneath winter trees. My optimism had me deceived."We need to stop making excuses for our friends", is what my wife says. When our minds can no longer pretend that everything...
Stepping Up
Big steps.Big shoes.Big shoes to fill.I slip and slide as I walk up hill.Step in, slide out, step in again.I rise and fall until I win.My feet will grow with every step.Every mistake I will intercept,noted in a book for time to pass,so that new success will have...
Sunday Sermon
I enjoy being blackbecausemy skincan not blushin uncomfortable situations,like when I’m present in a pewand the word gayechoesfrom the microphone.It feels as if all staresare centeredaround me.I try not to move.Like an expression withholder,my face becomes stone.I...