You sighed and said:
“Make love not war.”

But what is love,
If it’s not worth
Fighting for?

I confess
That I undress
To feel less

Yes,
My head is a mess
But I’ll make up for it
With what’s under this
Dress

Right?
That’s the only way
to get you to say
Goodnight
And the only way
For me to do right by you
Is to do you
Right…

So what’s the point
Of putting up a fight?

Why do you apologise
For taking up space?
My dear it’s time
That you take up
Your God Given
Place!

Sticks and stones
May break my bones,
But words will never harm me?

Sticks and stones
Will break my bones
When wicked words
Disarm me

Sticks and stones
Can’t break my bones
When my words raise
Up an army !

Do not discredit your worst moments,
They have brought you here

You didn’t just become the beautiful
Butterfly my dear

Your trying past and triumphant present
deserve equal praise

For the pain lead to your transformation,
So celebrate your caterpillar phase…

He never allowed me to move freely
Or celebrated my rhythm

Unless I did what he wanted
And danced only for him…

They’ll call you a snake,
And act like it’s some sort of sin

That you have outgrown them,
And shed them like old skin…

I was never yours
To control, keep
Or claim

No man’s hands can capture
A wild
Flame

You beat me with your words,
You cut me with your lies
Haunt me with your hatred,
This my doom and demise

You suffocate me with your cynicism,
Crucify me on your critical cross
Make confetti of my ashes,
Singing sweet songs at my loss

But hear me now, this infinite evil
May last for eternities to come
But there are more of us claiming our places,
Showing our faces to the Sun

We shall no longer be slaves of the shadows,
Hiding as though we ought to be ashamed
But celebrate this absolute triumph:
A victory for which we are blamed

For we are the rainbows, roaring in the sky
We signify hope, hope steadfast
Reminding the world and ourselves
That no storm is here to last

We pray, one day That  humanity
whose heart is hard to the core
Will scrutinise souls based on their
Sexuality
no more…

She wears her smile like armour
Nothing and no one can harm her

Look at you,
Doing so
Well!

Smiling,
Despite going
Through hell.

She is a force of nature
Both beautiful and bold

Who was never created
To fit man’s mould

The ones who
Once brought you
To your
Knees

Never expected you
To send out a flood
And rise with
The seas..

Her hope of happiness
Becomes a mirage

As she slips down
The ***** of
Self-sabotage

You touched a part of my soul
I’ll permit no other to ever go,
And with a language so sweet and sacred
You rewrote the world’s inked hatred

This bond that surprised all of creation
Taught me to love without hesitation,
Changed the chemistry of my brain
And became the remedy for my pain

How did this magical madness come to be,
And how did I let it consume me?
I hope I will never shake this feeling
Because it feels like I’m finally living
Not simply breathing…

I said that I didn’t love you
I am a liar

Every day addressing
Letters to the fire…

When I’m there
You don’t care
But when I’m away
You beg me to stay

I may be known
For my enduring loyalty
But you’ll be left alone
If you don’t value me…

Who is this familiar stranger
Staring back at me in the
Cracked mirror?

I swear I’ve know her my whole life
Yet, I cannot seem to recognise
The person behind those
Dull blue eyes …

Where did she go?
Will I ever know?
I hope she won’t be lost for long
I’m not sure how much longer
I’ll be able to hold on…

Her Anatomy is Astrology

With her starry eyes
She’ll lure you in
Her gaze giving you
A glimpse of
The galaxy within

Her miraculous mind is an
incredible constellation
Glistening with dreams,
Painted with imagination

Her soul shines brighter
Than Luna’s light
She’s as honest as the day
And mysterious as the night…

The road back to myself
Was no easy one to walk
I often veered off course
According to their talk

For I was given false directions
By a friend(ly) stranger along the way
Or blindly followed in the darkness
One that I trusted who lead me astray

I stumbled, oh I stumbled hard
But with each significant blow
Something in me awakened,
I was taught a lesson I needed to know

Then came a day when I became
A true traveller: Both bold and wise
I trusted my instincts by
Setting alight their atlas of lies

I followed then a road, determined
By what my soul yearned for
(a kind of love and acceptance)
Not found at another’s door

I came to discover that I needn’t
Cross far lands and sail the seas...
I was far, yet so very close
To the place where I wanted to be

And when I found myself again,
Tears of joy trickled down my face
As I embraced her, I knew their
Was no destination like this place

You have fallen from
A few’s favour
This is not your fall
From grace

When others consider
It a sin, to take up
Your God given
Space

Worship not the words
Of serpent tongues
That spit only
Lies

By bending to their will
you’ll become the
Failure that they
Prophesize

My dear you are of
Of the heavens ,
Created to serve a
Devine Purpose

Never forget, you were
Not born to bow or
Bend, but to
Achieve greatness.

Let know one convince you
That you are worthless…

Your hands will burn
When you dare
Capture her
Flame

She is not yours to possess,
Her passion is not yours
To claim…

My friends are few
And my foes are plenty
I am adored by some
And despised by many

But what does this matter?
Oh, I’ve set my soul free
And I’m at peace when
I can be myself , unapologetically.

In the depths of fear
Courage is
Born

Strength is found
In the eye
Of the
Storm

We were soaring,
But the rain
Was pouring

Foolishly flying,
Whilst the sky
Was crying

Deaf to the thunder,
As she cursed
Our every blunder

We refused to heed,
though the
Lightening did plead

And past the shroud,
Of ominous
Black clouds

Impulsively persisted,
Despite how the
universe resisted

Both arrogant and reckless,
Mimicking the
Dear Icarus

A painful lesson,
Was to follow
Our transgression

We were caught in
A tumult and it was
Our own fault

But you left me there, Alone
To fight the storm
On my own...

Plummeting into the sea
My melted wings could
Not carry me

My heart drowned in
The cold, cold ocean
I paid the price of my
Blind love and
Devotion.

She’ll make a masterpiece
Of paper-mâché
From the pieces of her
That he tore away...

It is not my fault
That you sunk your teeth
So deep into the softest
Parts of me

It is not my fault that
I chose to stick around
For you to run me into
The ground

It is not my fault that
My barriers were low
And that I struggled
To establish my: No!

It’s not my fault that
You manipulated my mind
Into believing that everything
Was normal and fine

It is not my fault that
I refused to see
How you violated and
Took advantage of me...

Don’t be fooled by his
Ocean blue eyes
Hidden beyond them
Is a seabed of lies

Don’t be fooled by
Those ocean blue eyes
That with a blink will
Blacken your skies

Don’t be fooled by those
Ocean blue eyes:
The monster wears a
Handsome disguise

You may move on
And try to forget
But never, ever
Regret
Loving

I know this now
And so should
You

All that I’ve endured
And been put
Through

But don’t you try
No, don’t you
Dare !

To tell me that
I shouldn’t go
There

That this was my doing,
I should’ve known not
To

For you don’t have
A clue what I’ve been
Through

I wouldn’t simply
Sign my happiness
Away

Sell my soul to the
Devil on bright sunny
Day

What I condoned,
I so deeply
Condemned

So, why did this
Not stop me
Then?

Perhaps I did not
Think that I
Deserved

More than the poor
Treatment I was
Served

I cannot explain my
Mind: so
Incomprehensible

And you say I should’ve
Been more
Sensible

But until you have
Trudged in my
Shoes

Shut your mouth
Withhold your
Views

I did not know
How to nurture
Myself

At the time I
Needed the
Help

That “sweet” care
he gave went a
Long way

I was blind when
I let myself be led
Astray

And I gave and
I gave so
Abundantly

Only to become
The epitome of
Redundancy

To be loved was
My most burning
Need

So much so, that I tried
To satisfy his
Greed?

You stone and shun
Me with your
Shame

You brutally tell me
That I am to
Blame

But my dear, until you
Know what I’ve been
Through

Respect me, for one day
It might be
You...

Out a ferocious flames
A Phoenix is reborn:

Likewise, she’ll ascend
From the ashes and
Transform...

If only you possessed
The power
To see

All that you are and
All that you’ll
Be

Tell me, what is sight
Without the sense of
Perception?

What good is imagination
Without any
Invention?

Thus, hold onto your hopes
For glorious days
Lay ahead

One cannot follow
Dreams that are
Dead

And do not think
Your vast visions
To be foolish

For many wondrous things
Did begin with
A wish...

Sweet Soul, look to
The Sun.
Tell me, what does she
Symbolize?

That you are a
Resilient one,
Who’ll defeat darkness
And Rise!

The only battle ever won was the battle where reconciliation was reached...

Why do you wilt?
When you aren’t to
Blame

Let go of this guilt
Shake off all of this
Shame...

The high
He gave me
Wasn’t worth
The come-down...