Walked in this room 
it was just us two,
but somehow,

still just me,

my love.
Questions like

Am I worth it?

Is this pressured love?

Just cause mine is raw?

Did I run you off?

Maybe I scared you, love?
Does emotion

hit a nerve?

Does deception

make you feel?
Transparency..

would it make you
 keep
me around?
Reassurance?

Just ask me, 
it’s right here.
Do you like closure?

Same here.
Survival..

are we too far in, love?
How do I keep you near me,

my love?
The feeling gets lonely,

love.
Fog clouds our
fragile bubble,

and silence soothes
our stillness.

A weight that sinks
deep in our chests.
Breathing hurts
 without
your air,
my love.
When you leave,
the silence grows louder 

filling my room

with echoes of you.
I’m reminiscing

roses and daisies,

sweet cupcakes,

vibrant rainbows
woven into trillions and millions,

beneath the city lights

shining on us.
Who cared?

All eyes were on us 

just me and you,

my love.
A universe
 of what
might have been,

love.
How can it be

what it used to be,
my love?
It felt like a fantasy.
Can you hear me,
love?
Long nights

sleepless nights 

had me up
 til the crack of dawn,

my love.
Long walks 

wherever the wind takes us,
right?
Knowing I’d go anywhere

with you,

love.
Talks about what could’ve been...

a future for you and I,

once again,

love.
Souls connected instantly,
my love.
Do you remember...

our first kiss,
love?
Or the time
 you first
brought me flowers,

my love?
Maybe you could
 remember
how intimate
we first got,
Felt like a dream
my love.
The time I got you sick

yet still wanted to come around me,
love.
Apologies for that,
again 
but remember your commitment,
my love?
Now I make you mad
 every trip,

love.
Will it ever
 be the same?
Why can’t we let love win?

Instead,
we let war take over
love.
Can we get over...
or
is it over,

my love?

Empty promise
to many words
things don’t get resolved
Hope gets dragged out to long
Silence creeps in  
walking on glass
just to feel the love
What have we become
Tears falling down these cheeks
Did you hear them?
Let alone even feel them?
Seems like you hated them
Always been easier not to see
But how can I tell ..
Question I cannot figure
Leaves me reminiscing
Parts of me lost
In a storm
Like a tornado
It just goes round and round
But the destruction causes pain.
Maybe we’re the ones to blame
For this domain that we’ve made

- Tati

they take my kindness for weakness
they take my silence for speechless
they call my language slang when honestly it’s nothing but a saying.

if I stand up for myself I’m too defensive
But I’m the voice of every bloom
That had to grow through cold cement
You could never have power over me
I’ve already met everything trying to bury me.

My mouth becomes the main weapon
Not because I’m too loud
Or too wild
But because my words land so
profound
Shocked faces when I say
“ let me break it down “
You mastered calm fire
you mastered fake flames
but I mastered a calm flame
steady, real, and untamed.

We would never be the same
You could never walk in my shoes
For the things I saw
for things I said
You’ll try to break me
Yet
It carves me.
Shapes me.
And releases me.

-Tati