Rub honeysuckle and mint into her bones

Let sit

Watch her burst and blossom into life

dancing on purples 

Praise her

For "One of Those" Days

I'll bring you a mason jar of sunflowers 

Quietly bobbing their heads to the sun

Whisper "I love you"

My good messengers

Gentle giant. Delicate monster

Release me from your grasp

You ain't shit but chicken feathers

scattered over broken glass

I ain't ever been afraid of you

Life's a...

Little seashell

your sand-peach and

your lily white stripes

So beautiful

Put me up to your ear and

hear the ocean

Wind whipping through my 

hollowed insides

Listen to my emptiness 

my strange song

Tuck my in your pocket 

or toss me back in the sand 

Forget about little seashell 

Her strange sad songs

Taking you to the sea

Her depths swallowed her whole

Miss Lunch Lady

Tell me

Which part of Trinidad are you from?

You thought I'd miss your hot-fire head

And the twin-island earrings dangling from your face

Do you miss it?

The sun, the breeze, extolled by the people themselves.

Absent from the winter months of the states.

Do you miss it?

Kindly oblige this Yankee girl's dreams

Please.

Trinidad is a place I could belong to

I can belong too

A place that hugs me, grass licking my feet

Even if my skin smells like French fries and pollution.

Round, sturdy woman. Miss Lady

Which part of Trinidad are you from?

Do you miss the turquoise waters too?

You all are so brave

Here, we're mauled by sharks 

But your mighty hands make them a delicacy

My grandmother is a wind-chime woman

My mother was born standing on her two feet

Their house stood the pitter-patter of 10 pairs of kids-feet

Your land, a luscious song

Unwinding, winding around mountains, hill peaks, and patches of city.

Ms. Whole-Warm, fire woman

Promise you'll take me with you next time

It's my home too

9/3

A man said said silly things to me today that made me feel special.

He didn't mean to though.

Not the way I thought.

I think too much. Smile too hard. Want this rough, rushed love so bad my head is spinning someone catch me before I...


I don't want that

I just want what I want
the right way


9/16


Today, a man told me some stupid shit that made me feel good about myself.
Only this time
I went looking for it


Stupid shit
Generic shit about my smile
But I went looking for it

And I found it