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Tanisha Jackland Jun 2017
Respect the beat

they dance wild to
the rhythm

it reminds them
of life and breath

The beat always
be... Mama...

Always listen for it

ground yourself
by it
to be yourself

She is the beat
unto you

find your own truth
thru your own breath...

To thine own
beat be true
Breath and beat are interchangable
Tanisha Jackland May 2017
Your death came
unveiled by an omen
on the wings of an owl
I knew you would
not survive outside of me
too many traumas
too much pain has a
way of devouring
tiny little breaths
if you are not ready to live
the hurt will just
eat
you
up
Miscarriages hurt the soul of everyone involved.
Tanisha Jackland May 2017
You treat Her so badly
the women who would
create your perfect flesh
then out of the womb
you came
felt on a whimsy
you came
out like a shooting star
and thru Her
and yet you treat
Her so cruelly
Tanisha Jackland May 2017
I shaped him

created him out

of my own image

until he became this

most precious flesh

I didn't know of fate

and how it would claim

him over and over again

then I got it,

in the most

certain of terms

and it feels like a sentence

I cannot escape from

but more like a wound

I am a sorry wound

that desperately needs mending...
Tanisha Jackland May 2017
Inspired by the words of my muses, Xu Zhimo and Ms. Hsu

I am the moon
across the sunlit sky,
By chance it will
eclipse your heart
Don't be relieved or elated
At the speed of thought
it dissipates

In the evening, we convene
the journeys
distinct in paths
you might remember,
but perhaps it best your
memory fade of the blaze
when we once met
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Tanisha Jackland May 2017
You are my insanity
Bats in the belfry crazy
dilated  pupil  gorgeous
with enough mad to
rule the world
Look at us now, love
those rose colored glasses
seem worn
seen a few awkward
engagements
But you
you always stayed unmoved
An old Oak tree
with fallen leaves...
Love over time.
Tanisha Jackland May 2017
He knows I'm childish
He is like me in some ways

Entering the world
of blahs now

One escaping syllable
after another like you mean
to say these things
to fake yourself out
Your thoughts
are like the temporary
pages of an extravagant novel.

Are you your story?

You are the breath

this breath

and another

You know it deeply

The rhythm of you
is like no other
So
watch your thoughts

pass like the
whim of soft clouds

watch your mouth swiftly
when you speak

speak mostly kindly

mostly from the breath

your breath  

this breath...
Your breath is eternal
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