Slam Poem
Asleep
Quiet in the night
Life at momentary stop
Waiting for the sun
The share its awakening light
I will get up
And start my day
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Differently
They just
Look at me differently
Born a disability,
But that’s nothing new to me
Even Kendrick
Couldn’t clone this recipe
The perc..
A Person Like Me
What does it mean to be a stranger? A person like me. A person that does not belong within her family, ignored and the hypocrisy disgusts you and me..
My Fucking Trumpet
Nobody hears the music but me.
I bought this Trumpet you see.
Into the store I went so sure of my intent to give precedent,
to co..
A Stranger To Home
This is for my brother, who made me a stranger to home.
The fan turned on and whirred and clicked and buzzed and turned into a thousand angry hor..
Anything At All
I didn’t think an “I love you”
Was too much to ask,
Your “I love you”s
Have been replaced with
“I’m sorry”s
You blame yourself for al..
Ode to a Traveler
Wake up!… You city dwellers,
and laborers of the dollar;
Your senses have been blighted
till you can no longer smell the sea,
or hear..
The Fates we are all Assigned
A stranger. An outsider.
Someone who doesn’t fit in,
Who isn’t wanted,
Who doesn’t conform,
Who doesn’t meet the social norm.
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“Ripples”
I’m in a secret place,
Under lock and key,
My head bowed, my body shaking,
My vision is clouded, my mind is aching,
It’s coming now.
The other ..
A Girl
A girl..
A girl isn’t just a pretty face, a sexy body, makeup or push-up bras
That is what society has carried out as beautiful
You need to be sk..