Joshua Michael

Oct 2017

girl diffused

I will tell my daughters

always come home to yourself

your worth is not only in your body

it is in your spirit, the stardust

flecked across your skin

I will tell my sons

never become a wolf

never devour flesh

and forget a woman’s name

say her name like a prayer

cry oceans and taste saltwater on your lips

for when you break and fall

you can rebuild and stand

for that is how you both will learn to love

It just starts when they're young and they begin to imprint. Start early.
Start the right way.

#empowerment #blackgirls #blackwomen #afrocentric #inner #beauty #blackmen #values

Oct 2017

nobyelse

emotionally attached (still)

I am lost
in the labyrinth of my emotions
I am drowning
in the depths of my despair
I glanced back at you;
you looked away
I closed my eyes;
and turned away
thinking,
where did I go wrong?
our fire was blown fast, extinguished
I was once not sure
but now I do know:
things that ember
do not glow forever

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#lost #love #sad #emotions #attached #heartbreak

Oct 2017

BR

Worthy

I do not want to be touched like a steering wheel is touched;
Or a guitar-
Like I am a machine, an instrument made of parts,
Like if you pluck my strings, I’ll sing for you
Like I was only created to get you from point a, to point b,
Like I was made entirely to respond to your urgings. –

I do not want to be loved like a dog is loved,
Or a car.
Like I am the comforting warmth at the foot of your bed, or the meticulously painted frame you can’t wait to show your friends,
Because you still hope you can earn their respect. –
My love, I want you to touch me because it is through my skin that you can cool the fear that burns me,
I want you to want my body because it is the artistic expression of the person God made me!

Do you know that God made me? –

My love, I want you to love me because I AM the bones inside your body,
Because I am the ribs that curve around the softest part of your insides, protecting.

I want you to love the way it hurts to love me,
Because nothing worthy is painless,
and I am nothing if not worthy-

Do you know that I am worthy?

#metoo #heartbreak #love #loss #women #abuse #relationships

Oct 2017

Lilith Reid Brown

body

feel the muscles tensing there
softly hear my praises sing
raise my pulse, and pull my hair--
my body is a loving thing.

touch my neck: its hairs will raise
feel my goosebumps spread;
if your lips on mine should graze
i shall never join the dead.

but to you i'm only skin
and all my tears are not enough
to baptize me from how you've sinned
and how you took advantage, love.

lol ******* David Gumberg. I'm a person and I loved you and you took advantage of me

Joshua Michael Oct 2017

Maybe?

I come home and I sit on my desk chair.
Lighting a cigarette listening to music, I feel alone.
Not in the sense that I have no one in my life,
but in that moment I feel very alone, as If I needed you.
I longed for your touch and your soft lips
that had been on mine before.
Maybe that's the feeling you're suppose to have
when you loose the person you love.
Maybe you're suppose to feel alone,
so you know how important that person truly is.
Maybe that's just how this game is played.

#alone #heartbreak #missing #love #longing #lost #cigarette #music #life #game

Joshua Michael Mar 2017

Craving Desire

A burning grip,nails deep,scratching
Heavy breathing,sweaty palms,biting
Clothes ripping off,thrown to floor
A raging lust burning with craving
Now, just two bodies in the dark

Full of love,in love,but no fire
What happened,where is the beast
The uncontrollable raging urge
A bit of flair,spontaneity at least
Now,just two bodies in the dark

No passion anymore,just bodies
No fire anymore,just skins touch
No desire anymore,just friction
No love anymore,just ***
Now, just two bodies in the dark

Please, I crave you
Crave me too

#love #desire #passion #romance #*** #crave