InkOfTheMoonWhisper

18 / F / Nigeria

Death, be not proud (Holy Sonnet 10)Death, be not proud, though some have called thee / Mighty and dreadful, for thou are not so; / For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow

13h ago

The RainbowMy heart leaps up when I behold / A rainbow in the sky: / So was it when my life began;

William Wordsworth9

13h ago

Nature is what we see668 / “Nature” is what we see— / The Hill—the Afternoon—

Emily Dickinson13

13h ago

THE MOST HUMAN THINGThis kind of feeling— / I’ve always wanted to project it out. / Seriously, people need to hear this:

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13h ago

Young loveFirst love / It was me I missed. / I miss the me that loved so freely,

@Resilientinnerhealing18

1d ago

SovereigntyI remember you / I can only keep you in my heart / If you don’t find yourself

@Resilientinnerhealing44

1d ago

A Savage ReverieEverytime, / My emotions spiral, / Constantly reminding me of my haunting past.

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1d ago

We are One (For Colored Girls)the amount of melanin in my skin often seems to conjure up some controversy so when I sit down to write and I see my hands, my light skinned not quite black but surely not white hands I think about the privileges thrusted upon me and when I begin to write I feel my hair against my back, my curly ***** but not quite ***** hair I wonder how what's on my head could make what's in it so frazzled / I often frustrate myself because I feel like my writing often centers around the fact that I am a woman and I am colored / and the fact that when I say I'm colored some look lost

@ciarra-renee26

1d ago

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