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Tanisha Jackland Feb 2017
I don't ask for much
a kiss now and then
To be spoken to
with reverence and kindness

My throat is somehow
not speaking its truth
these days
just a succumbing to every
whim but mine

and nothing to show for it
but this lousy t-shirt
that says "life is good"
It can't be that easy
where are the t-shirts
that proclaim the truth

*"Life is good as long as you
don't have a clue about anything.
Life is a conglomerate of
contradictions at which we all should
strive to embody the center of nonduality
for true inner peace."
Tanisha Jackland Feb 2017
Just imagine
a world without us

There'd be no
dance like our dance
urgent and rhythmic
the kind that rages
in your blood
No we can't do
nothing about that

But the talent of us
be boundless
be most avenues
in every fashion

We are bared down to a
bitter naked song
and still dazzling
more brilliant than any light

We fought and we won
and there ain't nothing
like a ravenous being with
an aged-old soul
Black people
Tanisha Jackland Feb 2017
Sleep is the last thing
you want to do
You could miss the apocalypse
Miss Florida on fire

You've wasted so much time
trying to belong
to fit in that tiny
pegged square hole

But you are the circumference
Conforming your
way to happiness
indulging in mediocrity

Time is now
for something authentic
something more burning
than the flesh of hades

Seize god by holding her
in silence and hearing
her deep
Tanisha Jackland Feb 2017
They said my love
would unravel you
then like cat's nip
would make you
chase me forever
Tanisha Jackland Feb 2017
The earthly judge
say you not guilty
of this your white deceit
but woe onto you
when the real judge come

She come down heavy like
a freight train full
of thunder rolling up
her righteous sleeves...
Burning down black churches, gunning down black people at bible study, killing unarmed black folks and getting away with it. Here on Earth, anyway. Take heed.
Tanisha Jackland Jan 2017
When You Realize
it does no good
to be good
here on the grand stage
of human felicity
trying to do what's right
despite that inner
inferno burning
hot like coals

When you realize
it does no good
to do good
Here it just gathers dust
and is lost amongst us
to a mad mad
fallacious world

Once you realize
the good won't amount
to much
except for the soul
you could stain that
and spend an eternity
washing out the mold

So its best to come clean
and be good for the
sake of it
for you never know
what's within the unseen
Tanisha Jackland Jan 2017
Think of how modest I am
Then multiply it by my halo.
I wilt in the presence of me.

David and Goliath
all rolled up into a girl
with big ***** and a head
to match.

I am neither here nor there
but right now I am at
the center of your universe.

And you cannot deny
the humility
I have under this flesh
sizzling red hot as Jezebel.

My bite is sharp unlike the heart
That runs underneath.
I could cut you like a nun
Or pray for you like a ninja.

I am a straight line into
an ingenious plot.
And if you try to save me
I will chop you down.
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