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You took flight on me,
Leaving with nothing but bittersweet memories of you,
An empty space where you once laid,
And a lingering smell I couldn’t get to go away,
It was hard to smile for a while,
Then as my emotions began depleting,
Someone better came along,
And now I’m happy,
Because they made me forget about you.
  Sep 2021 Kenneth Knowlin Jr
Mose
30 days of isolation
I didn’t know who I was when the world stopped turning.
When the objections that once defined fell flat like a heart line.
The death of the way that was.
  I was no longer written in the way I knew my self.
It scared me.
The way I could no longer sit with myself.
I couldn’t stop running.
The well turned into a drought.
& the rain came only once I cried.
I once lived in a rain forest.
Self-love as heavy as the water embedded on every oxygen molecule.
I asked her to stop.
Couldn’t seem to catch my breath...
But, I guess the point was to never grasp it?
  Sep 2021 Kenneth Knowlin Jr
Alyssa
I poured myself
inside your cup
pretended to be tea
your lips pursed to the rim
burning kiss
bile churns
you forgot
I'm made of sins
  Sep 2021 Kenneth Knowlin Jr
Aishu
The moment you
doubt her strength
In her presence,
you will find her absence
Seeded in the garden of rich soil

Watered with love and raindrop kisses

Bearing a lovely aroma of affection

You are

My sacred flower
Soo here we are
I’ve opened my eyes to see you
Waiting at the bottom for me
I didn’t get here on my own
Really I didn’t have much of a choice
And I chose not to choose
Tell me what was your selection?
You said you understand me
But, we came here together
Where has that time lead us?
Whispers into darkness
Asking where, how, when, and why
I did, or I didn't do on the way here
Everything goes silent
Read Sink or Swim before you read this. The sequel. Part 3 in the works.. like share comment!
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