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 Sometimes I forget what exhilarates me Heart pumping At every caught glance From across a crowded room My heart doesn’t flutter like it used to At the menial woos Of courtship I admire How you do it The feeling I get when you plant seeds of connection Between us Without a single syllable uttered When I wake up, I glow Unafraid that your love May have snuck out my window Before sun struck horizon The only lying you do  Is across my bed Head in my lap Fingers tracing roadmaps Through light brown strands Roundabouts of freckles trailing along your back and face I never have to question whether or not you will stay Whether your eyes feel the need to wander away With any pretty feather blowing about before the summer rain You and I fell in the throes of desert heat Rising with the sun Outstretched spires like daisies  Blossoming from salt strewn paths Dry beds accustomed to the company of fleeting strangers Comets with wakes of stardust of those they burned along the way Empt...

We are more than expensive drinks And city lights  Listen closely There is a heartbeat to these streets Songs echoing the horizons Endless skies in moonlit transit Beyond the Boulevard You’ll find us salt beneath bare feet Fires manifested  We are a city of misfits Rejects and weirdos  This is the closest we’ve ever been to freedom This is the closest I’ve ever been to home Helping hands pick up wind-whipped trash Helping hands feed the hungry, clothe the naked, shelter the forsaken… Helping hands pick up comrades  by the bootstraps We are stronger than these desert gusts Say it with your chest, listen to your gut We are better together Community builds social immunity Speak your piece Proudly sport hearts on sleeves You are safe here Fuck the haters We are Tribe Our only limit is time 5 minutes on the mic To drop that new shit Snaps and vibes We got you any day, any night From Henderson, to Northtown From Sun to Stars We got the Vegas lights reflecting  Like th...

Pieces of my heart Scatter along Atlantic shores Rich in sand dollars, and Iridescent blues Mussel skeletons With no tissues  To wipe the salt from their eyes Waves roll out in Endless goodbyes Reaching for one last Moonbeam kiss  Gazing from behind sandy lashes Breezes harnessed in fluttering branches I feel closest to God  Chasing edges of oceans Plunging into depths unseen Floating on prayers  and cosmic maps embedded beneath dreamy eyelids Wandering to cold rough seas Every chance I get Running back to memories Of the place I spent a lifetime trying to leave Truth is I miss the chill of home across my cheek

It starts in my chest That tight breath  Like I’m gasping at a chance to tell you I really love your energy Chemistry  Bubbles and boils In sea foam memories  Of you and me Lifetimes ago And presently I feel like I’ve loved you forever With eternity left to go  Delicately laced Into our hand holds  Blanket folds Of smiles and cold toes Intersected legs Crossed knees Buckling with every squeeze Your chest hair is my favorite pillow Your eyes are my favorite seas Your lips a lighthouse Guiding me home With whispers of warmer waters Softer sands Slipping thru our hourglass afternoons Tracing curves Learning freckles Like phases of Moon Swooning currents Making gifts out of presence Spells in every sentence Enchanted tunes I love Everything about you Your voice, your touch The way you move Through thoughts of raindrops and blues, Hazy daze and psychedelic hues I love Your mind, The way you spend your time Behind sound boards And dog-eared pages You are more black kn...

I feel like shit Not sick Like a piece of shit Excrement Fluent From these lips Like I just can’t help it Resident to this foul mouth I should reside on someone’s couch Instead So they can shrink me down Into scrips and tips Lessons to improve within The confines of my head Then I can stop feeding Into every little stint of seething anger when I’m heated  Screaming leaving my kettle on the burner Til I’m overflowing lava Spouting tea at your face and sternum  I’m seated Steaming now In my self-made hell Straddled between needing you And needing some time to myself I just wanna be healthy Wanna stop being petty I just wanna be happy Instead of finding faults in every nook and cranny Like I’m so damn perfect Such a prize to be won Untouchable by neither the Moon nor Sun I’m fucking crippled by my own self destruction I know it’s no excuse Subconsciously sabotage might just be what I’m used to Or what I’ve known Instead of claiming these issues as my own  Instead of crying a...

Some mornings I wake with a heavy head Several knots up in my chest Realizations I may have caused this mess And I just can’t catch my breath  I remind myself I Am Blessed Some days are easier than others This one, yeah, this one was hard In the throes of an aching heart Like one more jab just may tear a bitch apart I remind myself I Am Blessed They say sticks and stones can hurt you Still it’s been shown, The most damaging words can be your own When you feel fallen off your throne Scared of silent moments whenever you’re alone Remind yourself I Am Blessed I know you feel blessed on payday But did you know, You are even moreso when you feel broke When you feel tested, bested, and beaten When you’ve damn near lost all hope Man that’s when you’ve been blessed the most God never said this would be easy In fact, right there in scripture it is written The greatest gifts are often hidden Blessings can come in the hardest of lessons When you’re at your lowest Know that is when the Lord is...

You are The smell of americano with a dollop of cream After a night of no sleep And ten hours of captivating conversation Tongues twisting Eloquent entendres  Tiptoeing around true intentions Like the Russian ballet Apple bitten For a taste  Of the forbidden Fighting midnight cravings To feel your arms around my waist Smitten in your branches, Planted in the depths of your embrace This forest feels like home Funny how love tends to blossom When we finally feel peace in time spent alone I had stopped to smell the flowers Growing from gravel paths Beholding beauty in dandelion’s mane Flourishing amidst patches of untrimmed grass They never wanted her But watch how she grows Wildly blessing wishes Whenever the wind blows Unexpectedly You were brought to me A feather in the breeze Once soaring on the back of nature’s melodies Before unwillingly released Ruffled and tossed Feeling lost Amongst fallen leaves Fluttering For a taste for ink  And whispers of poetic prophesies To m...