Words To Live By: Love Yourself

Take it upon yourself To be yourself And love yourself And know yourself Better than anyone else Have pride and decide that when tides are high You are more than willing to rise Sharpen those talons to...

Poem: Truth, World Held Hostage By Lies

They say the truth will set you free The truth holds the key The truth is the answer to all Because nothing is truer Than what is true Truth seems to hide Truth seems to despise Attention Truth doesn’t...

Poem: School Through My Eyes

I’ll happily float in silence Remain content in my armory of music and staring Looking in to eyes Reading minds Some things not so kind I remember feeling warm on the outside But cold inside And...

Poem: Pain Is Fuel for Living

Pain is not poetic It’s the thing that triggers your stimulus That tells you to make art out of your misery So whatever I write in my moments of melancholy are not that of the melancholy But an illustration...

Poem: What’s My Name?

Z-A-B-A-S-A-J-J-A Lord, look at all those consonants I used to apologize before someone would have to pronounce it in front of a group Giggle when the background noises of other mispronunciations rose...

The Barriers That Exist Between Us Are Artificial

Urban Suburban The lives we live in are divided by our environment The way the people around you act The way the people around you think Dress Speak Dance Eat But I thought even though we weren’t...