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Apr 2014 · 3.3k
Oh, Coffee
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
Rattle my bones
unhinge my nerves
espresso
morning
day
and night
Flowing through my veins
static electricity
oh Coffee,
you get the better of me
My own addiction
right to the core
keeps me up
all hours of the
Dawn
and Dusk
of my ******
capabilities
Oh, Coffee,
you unhinge me.
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 840
Spaceless
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
The tension,
did you feel it too?
Pulling you-to-me,
or was it metoyou?
One moment
an arms length       away
The next,
nospacebetween

Breathless begins to feel
good
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 652
Every After
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
I don't quite remember
our first kiss
but I remember
every kiss after

I remember the electricity
eccentricity
of your hands
exploring
your lips
ignoring nothing

I remember
the need
the crave
the desire
for more

I don't quite remember
our first kiss
but I remember
every kiss after
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 6.3k
Whispered Affairs
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
The way he mouths her name
His precise tone and articulation
sends her crazed and off the edge
a bliss with no resuscitation
Exploring every inch with callused touch and hesitation
Whispered moans in exclamations
His kiss. His body. Her adoration
They build their high in accumulation
Released in sync, their exhilaration
Silent physical communication
Coming down with slow deceleration
They meet eyes and mouths in gratification
to slowly fall in reveries
from their affair and liberation
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 2.0k
Matter
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
To feel like porcelain,
fragile and easy to break
is something I'm no stranger of

Now to feel like
stone,
solid and dense,
is something I know nothing of

But to feel like
oxygen,
impenetrable, flawless;
to be the air that fills your lungs
is all I aim to be
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 2.2k
Insomnia
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
Rest these weary thoughts away
The ones that knock
The ones that stay
The ones that lurk until it's night
Creep and crawl until it's bright
The sun, it shatters the reverie
Of sleepless dreams that never flee
They wait at bay, inching, itching
Etching, scratching,
clawing, stitching
When at night and all alone
They hit the ball, run it home
Leaving bags under your eyes
Thoughts annoy, like summer flies
No sleep, again
A rerun that will never end.
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 10.6k
Lions and Lambs
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
Lions do sleep
On the opinion
Of sheep
Act as though
Unaffected
But deep in their
Slumber
They do solemnly
Wonder
If those words
Are too,
Unexpected
For sheep are
Wise
Of a Lion's true
Pride
The doubt that resides from
Within
The lion
The lamb
They've given
A ****
Only to be
Misdirected
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 541
Unbind
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
At 2am
I'm an open book,
No filter;

Read all about it
Front page news
Fifty shades
of curiosity
And yours
to  unravel
Only yours
to unbind
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 314
Fear
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
What are you scared of
he asked
like he'd never been afraid
just jump
he commanded
as though all his beds were made
I'll catch you*
he claimed
as I began to walk away

and so he caught
when I jumped
and I was not afraid.
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 283
Bones
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
A skeleton,
b o n e s ;
skin hanging by
t h r e a d;
all the memories,
t h o u g h t s
they linger and
e c h o
not quite clinging to
a n y t h i n g;
my chest,
e m p t y;
all my organs,
h o l l o w ;
and my heart,
n o n e x i s t e n t
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 702
Cryptics
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
Like constellations of rural skies
Eluding and forlorn
Longing to connect the dots
to which I could adorn
Secrets of Da Vinci
Deceptive and unknown
Wanting to explore regions
but only to bemoan
Storms of Zeus' power
terrify and maim
introvert explorers
who've fought and overcame
The sole subjects stands
unspoken or indifferent
Withstanding these decoders
To which he won't imprint
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 1.1k
Snickers
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
you satiate me
completely
and I wonder why
at three in the morning
I can't fall
asleep
when I'm not even
in love
with you
or the thought
of us
but you satisfy
the cravings
and desires
of my physical
and emotional
needs
and I can
never be
what you need
and by the time
the sun rises
I understand my own
disguises
maybe
perhaps
I could be falling
in love
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 3.4k
Gravity
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
You were the daughter of good intentions
The queen of innocence
And now
you shake the leaves from your hair
You haven't gone anywhere
but down

You are the daughter of broken promises
The queen of masquerade
And now
you wish the basement wasn't so dark
You try to think of a last remark
but can't

You will become the daughter of pity
The queen of melancholy
But now
you will realize the leaves were your crown
You will plant your feet in the ground
and stay
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 593
Impeachment
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
your reasoning falters
it alters
it fails
your opinions
they matter
to you
and none else
your pride is weak
it's bleak
and it's sour
and this is why
we don't care
for your power
your reign?
it's a game
played in the dark
no lights for kings
no last remark
time to revoke
your rules
we call jokes
because in the end
this is what
you've provoked
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 1.6k
Pheromones
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
Faint smells of him
stain my clothes
& now & then
whiffs of his
cologne
catch me off guard
& suddenly
my mind aches
to smell him
in my bed
on my body
to engulf myself
in him
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 1.2k
Sedated
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
Senselessly,
I've fallen
for some uncertainty
The cluelessness
I feel
is equated
with sedation;
and the seduction
in those
perfect
green
eyes
make me
yearn
to learn
your entire
physique;
your entire
mentality
To explore
depths
even you have
forgotten
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 3.3k
Choice
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
Perhaps we have no control
of our destinies
that all our choices
are preconceived
and if we are to
make the wrong
indecisions
they all lead to
similar conclusions
and choice is merely
a delusion
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 7.4k
Traffic Lights
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
Oh King of
mixed signals,
could you once,
be clear?
Your red light,
green light,
yellow light
are all on
at once.
Causing traffic
on the interstate of
my mind.
Backed up for hours,
your red light,
green light,
yellow light
are all on
at once.
Stay.
Go.
Slow.
Oh King of
mixed signals,
make up
your mind.
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.
Apr 2014 · 594
Mortality
Jazzelle Monae Apr 2014
We all know that
Death
is inevitable.
And somehow it
always
comes as a surprise.
Prayers in whispers
echo
among lonely halls,
as if mocking our
mortality
© 2014 by Jazzelle Monae. All rights reserved.

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