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Feb 2020 · 125
Secret Life
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...
Feb 2020 · 115
Treason and Oranges
Tanisha Jackland Feb 2020
The man with the fake tan
is in the house painted
arrogant white
How he fits well sitted
Says he is
the new messiah
Follow him
So into oblivion we go
but the road is out
and we are left in the cold
with no shoes  
no bodies clothed
While the fake tan man
ignores the sweltering
heat about him
pays his buddies voiceless
like all good billionaires do
bad news for all of us
from the man with
the basketball skin
Feb 2020 · 100
Daydreams of Flowers
Tanisha Jackland Feb 2020
I get so lost from you

daydreaming of revenge

on wolves who'd prey

on you

or how the

syrup from your lips

keeps me so drunk

I get enravelled

in the flesh

that I lose some of you

each time I bring the glory

to myself

So I try to daydream of roses

they are safe it's wise to say

for they will not lead

me away from you

towards the brimstone

and decay
Jan 2020 · 139
Roam
Tanisha Jackland Jan 2020
I am making my way

thru humanity for the last time

seeing shadow exists before me

knowing I hold the truth within

what they don't see is what they assume

all the petty small minds say

there is no heart of gold

to be found in black bodies

that we lynch and burn

out of Africa, they have claimed

our skin the radients of mocha

night screams sin

and they will continue to say,

we are better than them



I am better than no one but my self

to be sure this heart is genuine

coming from a long

line of fine peculiar folks

souls as vast as a mountain range

you could fall deep into the

crevice of their never

ending love for everything

who would even wounded

do anything opposed to oppression

untamed roaming wild and free
Dec 2019 · 326
Paper Gardens
Tanisha Jackland Dec 2019
A child moves

paint without effort

over the white abyss

channeling Van Gogh

or Matisse

the nerve of these

little ones to dare tap

into the celestial void

of creation

the audacity of a child

to till onto their paper

random flora

like a gardener of a new alchemy.
"All children are artists.  The problem is how to remain an artist once we grow up." Picasso
Nov 2019 · 168
Chasing Shadows
Tanisha Jackland Nov 2019
It's a balancing act.
We are kidding ourselves
if we don't accept it
and respect it.

America’s shadow
is projected
all over the Globe
and its not healthy
it is a sick child
waiting to be freed

but we repressed it
For far too long that now it
Is running the world

But not without
Demonizing it first
For it is
our deeper selves
out of balance
and a hero to most

Means freedom
For us to gather
as a collective
to heal ourselves
and to remain true

There must be light
For those who seek the
warm wisdom of the dawn

And there must be dark
For those who seek
to rest and heal
from its cool
effervescent shade

the balance of the
world will be shown
with love and simple
kindness

It all depends on you
Nov 2019 · 227
Before Sunrise
Tanisha Jackland Nov 2019
I am like nobody

but you can't say

things like that

and come off humble

or modest as such

No I am not like you

before sunrise

i seek out mirrors

that burn with my reflection

I free my self every morn

before sunrise

deleting the gradients

between you and me

you see

I was born a super hero

from a land far far away

and I have not forgotten

I am a supreme badass
Oct 2019 · 162
Talitha
Tanisha Jackland Oct 2019
Rise little girl
It is time
To take to your
Feet and run
the sun was not
yours to carry
Child immaculate
Bring to life your
Heart anew
Dwell in this place
For the light
echoes upon you
it is time to rise, little girl
come walk with the one
seen wearing roses
come talk to the one
felt thru all time
"Let the children come unto me" -Jesus of Nazareth
Oct 2019 · 152
For The Angry
Tanisha Jackland Oct 2019
Anger should
be a reed
or a flute
each breath a trigger
to make you into
a happy villain
that will float you away

I am the one
being willed
but  I can
take my righteous
*** out of the equation

So I got redirected
and reconciled into
a new mode
of thinking

God bless
the trash you
heed like a
motherdome
and god bless me
Oct 2019 · 285
Tea
Tanisha Jackland Oct 2019
Tea
Brim rooted in leaves
we steep a *** of tea
to measure its beauty
with dull eyes then
find ourselves with loose lips
Our tongues even lighter
We are living jokes
punch drunk and
laughing at the
wrong time.
Oct 2019 · 139
Snatched
Tanisha Jackland Oct 2019
Death waits.
But, first develops
a rapport
with you.
letting you
believe in
immortal fancies.
entertaining the idea of
living again. in the flesh.
Alas,
Death can stand no more
of your duplicity. of
your undying hypocrisy.
Then, lights out.
No life, for you.
Oct 2019 · 365
God Is A Narcissistic DJ
Tanisha Jackland Oct 2019
God is a
shapeshifter
molding paste you
bone for bone
She is the woman
you can not stand
Hand on hip
slapping the
peak of Her
thigh like ***

God is madman
with dope beats
He's got you hooked
already
splicing sounds
into notes as
He watches you
shake your *** like
a possession

God is You
reading this poem
falling in love
with Yourself
over and
over again
like fractals
feeding
Oct 2019 · 180
Heart Kiss
Tanisha Jackland Oct 2019
My heart
beats like
a light
in action
it speaks
the truth
and knows
what I don't.
Oct 2019 · 216
Dark Ain't Pretty
Tanisha Jackland Oct 2019
They say my black
is not pretty
as if my hair is
not the color of the
night that holds
the moon in
all her silvery glory
as if dark
doesn't heal
the wounds of an
oppressive Sun
as if my eyes
aren't deep enough
to capture
a kaliedoscope of colors
as if my skin
doesn't glow
luminescent
soft enough to
inspire you to sleep
to dream up another world
with my wings
an opulent black
like a mirror reflecting
the whole wide world.
Sep 2019 · 314
After the Blood pt.1
Tanisha Jackland Sep 2019
These are my crone days
made my way towards
a sweeter death
I can always feel his chill
kiss my dark skin
tried to shed my youth unhurried
I peeled off all the layers
that were remnants of a falsity
that didn't serve me
I'm almost at the core
finding out the old pain
doesn't live here anymore
Getting old is a good thing. No worries just freedom and God.
Sep 2019 · 344
What America
Tanisha Jackland Sep 2019
We are not so fortunate
striving for arrogance
leaving us armor-less

no warning of
our decay
the morals

Are we so hollow
and rotten to the bone

Do we have bones
and is our hatred
fortress enough
Sep 2019 · 207
The Birds and The Bees
Tanisha Jackland Sep 2019
They are leaving.
for we were not the
keepers of the Earth
with our unsustainable ways.
We were at best very
bad neighbors or
thieves really
war mongers perhaps
but greedy nonetheless
We were just too ****
obnoxious to hear them wailing
to catch them
to mend their welted wings
too **** arrogant
for this Earth
for kindness
for compassion
or empathy
They have left.
For we were too
engrossed in our
selves to see their songs
warnings written on the sky
Aug 2019 · 553
Poet
Tanisha Jackland Aug 2019
Truth teller
Truth teller
what will
you tell
will your tongue
be a sweetner
a luminescent pearl
or will it be a flame
to burn down the world.
Tell the truth.
Aug 2019 · 253
Do Not Define Me
Tanisha Jackland Aug 2019
If You do you
and I do you too
how would I know
my worth to be true.

would I have left
the house of glee
that stays on my face
most eagerly
to please
those who have no
interest in me.

or am I just another you
looking for smiles
that keep calling me boo.

But we are each other
more of the same
how different we are
is a matter quite lame.

For there is a little of me
and a bit of you
in everything sentient
that we do

Makes life more
meaningful and souful alas
the diversity of life
makes this place a blast.

So you be you
and I'll do me
together we'll live
in authenticity
Aug 2019 · 231
Sea Gypsy
Tanisha Jackland Aug 2019
Go to the Sea
and lumber in its air
until you feel
the iridescent breeze
will lead you to Her
Sea woman
ocean gypsy
with the night painted
on Her skin
She has shiny stars in
unkempt hair
find Her
remind Her
to walk like us
under the moon...
Aug 2019 · 176
The Evil Woman Cliche
Tanisha Jackland Aug 2019
They say women know
how to serve up evil
dishing it out hotter'
than a habanero pepper
eaten raw and whole
with not much of
a chaser
but the sharp sting
of the burn
breaking him down
causing him to cry
for the gates of relief...
Aug 2019 · 221
Hotel Midnight
Tanisha Jackland Aug 2019
I'm not going there
to the dark side of what
frightens you, darling

I am bewildered with
the songs of ghosts

I dream in prophecy
Got the proclivity towards
mastering hands on healing

Not knowing if my father
is dead or alive
I heard him dreaming

He spoke to me from
the clouds like he
was the lord

my lord was a happy
golden color with
the power to leave
these crusted old
familial wounds
of miscommunication
behind...

which has torn us
all asunder

I may have been
forgiven by them
those who once or thrice
had forsaken me

but I say I am a bewildered fool
not going to the dark side
just yet...
Aug 2019 · 144
Still Snogging
Tanisha Jackland Aug 2019
After all these years,

I still remember

his strange passion

He could conjure

up the ghost

with those soul

infused eyes

We made mad

love with our words

talking about the big

bad world of our youth

Now that we are older

we sit on the couch in the

silence of each other

enjoying an old snog to

past the time away

Two old bags still

doing what makes us

most happy.
Snogging ie kissing or making out as you would call it.
Aug 2019 · 197
Stale Toast
Tanisha Jackland Aug 2019
When you find love
then you are worthy
you will see a pattern
it does not wax or wane
like it is at the mercy of the moon
this is for foolish lovers
of the youth
but when love stays
like the stale in toast
this is what will make you full
keep you healing
True love is nothing
to write home about
But it will save you.
Aug 2019 · 201
Let Them Rise
Tanisha Jackland Aug 2019
We were born
of divinity. you are
the infinite.
It was written
within us.
God wrote the codes
in us. You
Let them rise
the fractals of eternity
Let them rise and
search no further.
For death is the beginning
There is no end.
just peace. bliss and
the everlasting unknown.
Aug 2019 · 306
Speak Cello
Tanisha Jackland Aug 2019
if i could speak to you
like a cello does
it would move something
inside you
to slowly split open
and become the notes.
Speak cello spread love
Jul 2019 · 176
Closing Paragraph
Tanisha Jackland Jul 2019
Too sum up my life

in one all consuming paragraph

would be giving birth

without the joys of

morning sickness or

the wretching

God knows how much I have wretched

on pages and pages of books

and notes and poems

very similar to this one

I have been deflated and

defeated by those who

hate at will

but most importantly I have been

given a life worth resuscitating every

now and then

This may well be the closing

paragraph of my life but never

the final chapter
It ain't over til the Fat lady sings...um that would be me.
Jul 2019 · 147
On Discovering A Blind God
Tanisha Jackland Jul 2019
God does not see

afterall- She invokes

Her way thru

the womb of space

like it was Her own

She is creation itself

for we were

born in Her own image

Some more dark

than others

but female nonetheless

soft and fluid

Even our male counterparts

were here as female

once upon a time ago

Some choosing to

whine about this present state

grabbing females like

possessions and wanting to

connect with Her again

the little man with the dainty hands

says, nothing stellar and is

deciding how to corrupt you
No Trump for you.
Jul 2019 · 19.6k
She Comes
Tanisha Jackland Jul 2019
She Comes.

By way of storm.

the waters winding
in a fury of death.

And She. is painting
the sky

Black.

For now.
You have been warned take heed everybody...reduce your carbon footprint as much as you can.
Jul 2019 · 237
Before Sunrise
Tanisha Jackland Jul 2019
I am like nobody

but you can't say

things like that

and come off humble

or modest as such

No I am not like you

before sunrise

i seek out mirrors

that burn with my reflection

I free my self every morn

before sunrise

deleting the gradients

between you and me

you see

I was born a super hero

from a land far far away

and I have not forgotten

I was a supreme badass
Jul 2019 · 139
The Hope of Bubbles
Tanisha Jackland Jul 2019
He saw you there

blowing bubbles

all puckered

and closed eyed

as if you were about to

kiss some small strange

laughing saint

Only if he was

at the conception

of those bubbles to

feel your bated breath

like you were making

a wand out of

magic and broken

childhood dreams
Jul 2019 · 127
SwEEt ToOTh
Tanisha Jackland Jul 2019
You make a brown
girl blush
like I am carrying
apples in my cheeks
you've broken a
thousand spells
with those lips
kissing so sweet

I am the honey
you seek
when you are
tired and meek
perhaps dying in
your sleep

For I'd like to
return the favor
to invite you to savor

me
Jul 2019 · 179
Apologies
Tanisha Jackland Jul 2019
I am sorry

for any hurt I caused

let there be a release
from your suffering

I am small

sometimes it shows
seething hot and
plain from my brow

with no excuse

Other than
I didn't show my work
I didn't show up for the work

Forgive me

I am yellow bellied
needing
a little nudge to remember

I am of service
to you
always of service
to you, the spirit
the Earth

with love.
Jul 2019 · 114
To Be Human
Tanisha Jackland Jul 2019
Is to
Show them your pretty mess
those disasters that stir us
in such inappropriate ways

You are
the dispersion of colors
we cannot see with
our own bare eyes

You are in shambles
a wondrous disarray
of sinful parts

falling apart
being true to You
always wild
and unmistakably free
Jul 2019 · 386
Dry Mouth
Tanisha Jackland Jul 2019
She is talk
dreaming in him

Her spit  
bone dry

parched from the daily
Sun of him

she is ill
with his phony grins

he spins in
her head

sexting other
girls again

She is not
the priority

and it is
way too **** hot

on his
broken back burner again

his love
is safe and dry

her words
arid syllables

that sit dank
in her mouth
Jul 2019 · 146
To Whom It May Concern
Tanisha Jackland Jul 2019
I have gratitude
for this life
sometimes a
seething mess
of awkward
silences but know
that in the space
between  I am
seeking you out
navigating the
landscapes
of your being

I treasure what
comes from you to me
like a gift unwrapped
blessed by the holy
of holies
You make me thankful
for being me
Jul 2019 · 191
DeLiCacY
Tanisha Jackland Jul 2019
You take small

subtle bites of me
and savor

the brine
of my skin

I am not broken

I dance

and we ripple
together

immortal

this
is no tepid
sacrifice
Jul 2019 · 156
Loops In Four Parts
Tanisha Jackland Jul 2019
The loops would
make you go mad
if it weren't so pleasing
to the ear

Are you captive
save the longing bits
doing nothing
for the approval
of the mediocracy

the masses of people
unwilling to keep their
lies to themselves
spreading them around
and tainting the pure air
with half-assed notions

I have a
remedy for that
but it will cost you
then you will not
be mediocre
any more
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Jul 2019 · 142
Kind Words
Tanisha Jackland Jul 2019
You,
being her
loving whisperer
makes her float
then dissipate free
into the sky
whispers and loving words
Jul 2019 · 505
Save the Water
Tanisha Jackland Jul 2019
Our connection
is ancient
Her nature being
fluid and female
"Be gentle"
She says as still
as stone
She gathers the ripples
from her slow movement
encouraging me
to speak my truth
with intention
and soft conviction
"Ask and you shall receive"

She tells us many things
the spirit of water
but we are too
loud to listen
speak to her softly
protect her
She is the life force
that will heal us
before it is too late
May we protect water everywhere.
Jun 2019 · 139
They Don't See Us
Tanisha Jackland Jun 2019
They don't see us

We are the shadows
of white men
with whips
tearing us to the bone
for cotton filled dreams
of greed and betrayal

They don't see us

We are the
product of their hatred
in the flesh
look what they've done
stained our skin
with our own blood
then convict themselves
with impunity

You don't see me

My skin is black
and I am human

After all the fatal cuts
you gave to me
Quietly looking the other way
hoping not to
catch a glimpse of God
Jun 2019 · 315
Listen
Tanisha Jackland Jun 2019
Give up
For the meeting
of flesh shall
surely perish

Wander in my love
you may stumble upon
the finest of linens

Spin always and listen to
the morning
it knows all things
it is the life
it is the eternal
the absolute living breath

For the meeting of flesh
is pleasant but shall rot
and
will surely perish
May 2019 · 306
Woke
Tanisha Jackland May 2019
Earth is so delicate
that we must
take only
what we need
From Her

For She is the
life breathing
in life
the
storms breeding
rage and thunder with
the cold wind
nudging at our bones

When we choose
to actualize our
disembodied arrogance
upon Her
we wake Her wrath

Then in the most
compassionate
diabolical
way
she slowly deals
our final fate
May 2019 · 197
Confession #9
Tanisha Jackland May 2019
I am a shapeshifter
a chameleon of
this world

I am forbidden
and sweet
an illusion
you've tasted
many times

I am the nerve of
your thoughts
unseen
on the billow
of impermanent
clouds...
May 2019 · 304
Spinner
Tanisha Jackland May 2019
Dreams are silvery thoughts
that sometimes glisten like gold...
Apr 2019 · 253
Calyx
Tanisha Jackland Apr 2019
You are a novice to this
Earth bound seedling
stubborn headed leading
Take the darkness and
wrap it around you
a cold shawl
retreating you
with the eyes of
mother moon upon you
You budding you
in full view
Every gaze like the Sun
You come full bloom
and hold the days
living from heart
Bloom baby bloom
Apr 2019 · 287
What Is Precious
Tanisha Jackland Apr 2019
It's immaterial
what we give to
each other

It does not come
with a price tag
and cannot be bought

It is soul bound
unseen

it's what is brewing
inside of you that counts
while no one looking
Apr 2019 · 310
Letter To A Modern Urban
Tanisha Jackland Apr 2019
We are in a sad state. The fires never wane and the smoke left to choke us, in our sleep, are out of control, suffocating. She was bleeding, wrestling with karma and the boogie man. Both are human, afterall; you can tell by all their naughty vices.

Letting his virtues go astray,

Bob
Apr 2019 · 234
Bee Woman
Tanisha Jackland Apr 2019
They mocked her
And called her
Professor Big nose
That God refused to shape
her into identity
And woe to the woman
With non-existent eyebrows
They have shunned
her like the weak
Browed witches before her
Ain't sanctified with charmed
pendants like that
Exciting the fates in the
unseen ghosts
Ugly woman with the
Honey-glow and deep ancient eyes
lips too big and natural
They must be the flaw of her existence
She was too black for black
And too much of her as She
Mar 2019 · 266
Hiss Speak
Tanisha Jackland Mar 2019
It's all coming
into fruition
The cat calls from
desperate ones
look who's
desperate now

the one time
I left him
I burnt the petition
to God
mad and raging
the beauty of falling apart
in an asylum

The full impregnated moon
has dominion
over us

So I may be detained
for awhile
just until I get my hiss speak on
just until I go spinning
like the whirling
dervish in love again

but always moving toward
the final grace of an eternal love
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