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Tanisha Jackland Feb 2020
I tried to hide it

In layers of baggy peasantry

in mishap crinkles of sloppy

Nothing to adorn my face

but its earthy ashen glow



He found me despite this

false exterior

This plump mass of

flesh and matter



He followed the

trail of smolder

leading to my lips



Watched me lick

the air and for an instant

stood immobile

Mouth slightly agape
  Feb 2020 Tanisha Jackland
zxndrew
Situated between the stars
A room filled with stardust  
Fingertips caressing stars
Hands gripping constellations
You’re a galaxy inside a vessel
Im still wishing I could learn everything about your universe
Saudade: feeling of longing for something that you love and which is lost.
  Feb 2020 Tanisha Jackland
basil
you don't hold me
as tight as
you used to

and i can feel
my pieces
starting to slip
apart
been a day...
Tanisha Jackland Feb 2020
I was knee deep

in the ferns today

searching for wandering jews

and spider plants

like my life depended on them

they are beings with

super powers

I believe in them

like I believe in the moon

silent friends

to heal the world...
this symposium of somersaults
synaptic rafter vaulting

if only i could swap
mind & body levels

ascendant acrobat
with still insides
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