I used to think it was the darkness That put you in a bad place I’ve only now come to realize It’s the lights that flood your existence That seem to haunt you As soon as they come on You look for the spots the lights don’t reach So you can crawl there, covered by…
Every fairytale starts with once upon a time, But this princess tale starts with once upon a man. It’s not one of those poetic lies told to gain sympathy, It’s simply the truth, the untold story of Beauty. As he lies there 6ft under He asks me is it to late to say sorry…
One day, I will tell these tales to my daughter. Tales of glass ceilings, shattered by brave women. Women who wield pens and bright minds, courage and the strongest will. Women who would have ridden in on horse backs with shouts of defiance proudly drawing their swords against centuries of entrenched patriarchy if this were…
(Audio recording included) We were foetuses when they mapped out our lives some of us would glide through birth canals break open wombs announce our arrival in bold wails we were born protesting then to be shushed at entry and later made to believe our voices mattered little some of us in luckless…
She saw him last night Taunting his other in road rage Swerved his anger to the right Blocking the passage to a new page As “other” jumped out his unconscious skin And leaped to release his anger from its cage Hopeful in the display of a punch win To counter the defeat of a verbal…
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