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

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…

Rise,
Rise up my Sister
You are a daughter
Of the Sun!
Rise once more,
Like you did before
A new dawn and day
Has come.

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

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

I am lost for words,
As I am lost for love
I cry out aloud,
Seeking guidance from above

Do you hear me Great Spirit
When I painfully cry out?
Perhaps you too are deaf,
To everything I shout

Do you see my sorrow
Or do my tears evaporate
Maybe, I am scorned by you
As the others me hate

I am created from dust,
They remind me everyday
Their words like a hurricane,
Blow my hope away

Yet here I am before you,
Pleading yet again
Release me from this anguish
And from all of them

Monsters lurk amongst us
We become their slaves
We nominate them as leaders:
They lead us to our graves

Insignificant are the powerless
To the tyrants who roam around
The strong only grow stronger
Trodding the weak into the ground.

We are meant to be equals
Everyone, you and I;
Being born and raised
Under the same sky

Yet we are treated
So differently...
Tell me, where is the
Human in Humanity?

Something powerful lingered
Between our interlaced
Fingers

I was ever so softly shocked
When our hands were
Interlocked

Your kiss like a lightening bolt
Struck my heart to a
Halt

I was electrocuted by your eyes
When I at last removed my
Disguise

And finally I resigned to my urge
, to feel this current through me
Surge

Two bodies fused into one...
But the current did not
Come?

And empty was the ecstasy
That belonged only to my
Body

I stared at your blank face
And realized what was
Taking place

You were devoid of feeling,
This had no deeper
Meaning.

You had extinguished our flame
My sacrifice was all in
Vain!

I sought a golden shine
And let you enter my
Soul and shrine

Now I’m left tainted and torn
I wish you’d have me
Warned

That you never intended to ignite
Our love with your false
Light

I was fooled and gave my trust
To a devil derived from
Lust.

Love is indeed blind
Unable to recognize
It’s own kind

*** and intimacy are far apart
You wanted my body
Not my heart.

Love her wildly
But let her be
She won’t run
If she’s free...

Crumbling beneath
The boulders,
Of the burdens
On her shoulders

She sits collapsed
On the cold concrete,
Curled up under
A blanket of defeat

Between two kneecaps
clamped head,
Whilst leaning against
The lonesome bed

Tear stains
Mark her face
A painting of
Sheer disgrace

Silent screams
Over her plight
Echo through
The empty night

Knowing that No amount
Of pills and potions
Can cure her of these
Horrid emotions  

She clasps a knife
gasps for breath
Clings onto life
dreams of death

They have sight
But refuse to see
That writing is
Her remedy

Unable to fulfill
Her purpose
She feels utterly
Worthless...

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 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...

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

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

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

I was never yours
To control, keep
Or claim

No man’s hands can capture
A wild
Flame

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

He never allowed me to move freely
Or celebrated my rhythm

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

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

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…

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...

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

Hush Sister, I know
That you are burning
To erupt...
But trust, that the sheer
Violence of your silence
Is Enough!

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 !

I existed without you
Before
I do not need you that is
For sure
Although our love was
Intense
And it may be trying to
Commence
With my life, all on my own,
there is a difference between
Lonely and alone.
You played with my heart like
A yo-yo
In a painful game of
To-and-fro
You could not love me
Or let me go
But I am gone now
So...
You undermined my incredible
Worth
But you are not the sun, and I
The Earth
I radiate my own powerful
Light,
I possess incomprehensible
Might

Out, out your evil is
Cast
Your kind of darkness will
Never
Last.