Tanisha Jackland

Tanisha Jackland Mar 2020

it is not ours to grasp
and hold in monumental panic
for what is ours is unseen
it cannot be tangible
but immutable
peace is already here
for you on the cusp
between something
and nothing

Tanisha Jackland Mar 2020

Lay Down

But do not go to sleep

Tanisha Jackland Mar 2020

Switch

I think Life and Death
are interchangeable
we are dead
when we should be
most alive
like in a middle
of a crush
not knowing when to
begin the fall into
to the awkward
oblivion again
just one sweet
loop after another

Tanisha Jackland Mar 2020

Just a Place

We all want a place
in this world
to fit in like a puzzle piece
plebeian and all happy
like
this world isn't perfect enough
this isn't peaceful enough

if we are all encumbered
by the weight
of just one oppression
just think of how
stifled we are with
millions of them

Tanisha Jackland Mar 2020

Toxic Tendencies

The locale of this

body was once worn

It was the crash pad

and the last place

You'd ever look

for me

But

when I am gone

I bet you will

remember that

in some way

I shall live

again...

Tanisha Jackland Feb 2020

My Big Secret

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