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nathan Mar 2023
every moment with you
is the greatest moment of my life
as they're made
rays of light and joy
shine on my face
out of all the periods
to exist in the history of
time and space
i existed in the period
with you
for that, i treat
this thing of ours
with gratefulness and grace

i existed in a lifetime
where you chose me
what more could i ask for
with you
i feel safe
vulnerability was once
a dream to me
a dream that could only be
pondered
a dream i never thought
could be a reality

i wanna swim in the
pool of your divinity
forever
a truest love
with passion and patience
cannot be severed
durable beyond belief
unbreakable to say the least
a love fulfilled by
deep understanding
as well as
the simplest things

the simplest things
include the fleeting moments
that we share together
but "fleeting"
speaks to the scale
of our universe's sense of time
moments hung,
suspended in the air
of the space it roams in
every moment with you
feels this way
i'm honored,
i embrace it with a grin

- negassie
i wanna create these moments with you, forever
nathan Feb 2020
creation is
all we have
for the development
of society
all we have left in this world
is to advance
and create

our creation
if good enough
carries our name forever
negassie is mine,
i hope it breathes my work
for generations

create a modern classic
for yourself
generational wealth
through knowledge,
power,
and success
fresh breath of life
through the passion
in your work

enact your creation
with your all
and watch it flourish
with you

- negassie
instagram.com/tothebitter.end
nathan Jan 2021
the cliff is steep
my legs are getting heavy
feeling weak
weekly tribulation
seething through my teeth
as i fight to the peak

the fall is long
my body’s numbing
though i’m very strong
abyss has been prolonged
i’m fighting daily
giving up is wrong
even if i can’t go anymore
the fall won’t last
for long

- negassie
instagram.com/sutured.soul
nathan Nov 2020
raise my hands and
i look up to the sky
sometimes i'm blind
but in due time
i reveal to myself
that the world is mine
black man
just trying not to
squander my time
i'm feeling fine
in this somber state of mind
gotta shake it before
the strife eats me alive

"the world doesn't dictate you"
i speak that truth to myself
it's a virtue
affirmations, reassurance leading
to my revelation
before i fall into the abyss again
those days when
those words i wrote
felt like my only friend
fending off the world's woes
until the very end
until my God sends me Home
i'll always be in defense
of my mind & spirit
bless

- negassie
instagram.com/sutured.soul
nathan Jul 2020
praying that the
abyss wash away
with the pain
and the hatred
of self
pray that this
hell just turns to wealth
in my foolish mind
a lot of my peers say I'm blind
no, I'm hiding behind my hands
that's why the truth can be so hard to find

through the hurt
I wake up every morning
pray to my God and
give Him thanks
I stay devout to Him
He watches over us
while we lay
though the insufferableness
increases by the day
I still pray in faith
that the truth reveals itself
somehow
some way

I'd be lying exclaiming
I ain't have some thoughts
to give up
"I cant" spirals through my head
preoccupied with the
punitive prison of living
sometimes, I trip up
I keep the same people around me
the cup was overflowed with love
the opps poked some holes
but I'm still prayed up
feel the end coming
I keep my cross close
if it's a wrap
I know the Lord I pray to
is my host in heaven,
the Land of Hope

- negassie
instagram.com/sutured.soul
nathan Oct 2020
i’m so tired of forevers and goodbyes
miming lies deep into my eyes
that’s why i feel like the truth
is hard to find
the wanders of my tired mind
control my severed tongue

severed by the thought that
my thoughts aren’t wanted
by anyone
and i’m tired of it
i feel the floating away feeling
or my desire for it
torn spirit
had some cries because of it
wish i wasn’t lying about my goodbyes
every time because i’m
scared of it

- negassie
instagram.com/sutured.soul
nathan Aug 2020
infants
swaddled in the arms of
our loved ones
seeds being tucked deep
in the depths of our heart
lessons never forgotten
things we learned from
the very start
they kept us intact
even if we felt like
things were falling apart
intellectual upstarts
those blessings really
took us far

the kids we used 2 be
were free
every moment was a morning breeze
or sometimes we were isolated
growing up was the only thing
we could've done
but it made us who we are
never take it for granted
no matter what the hurt
even if our right to childhood was
reprimanded

young bucks with dreams
of flying higher than doves
unleashing untapped potential
daydreams spirited
with deep self-trust
no matter how good or bad it was
no matter the tribulation
no matter how tough
we'll always look at
the kids we used 2 be
with love

- negassie
instagram.com/sutured.soul
nathan Oct 2020
thankful for my Savior
for implementing greatness in me
it's safe to say that
this life ain't easy
constant negativity
through introspection
saying that i loathe me
daily

evenings reeling on my meaning
liberating myself through this writing
perfect timing when
i see the light again
revitalizing an empty life
i'll come back again tomorrow

scythe to the neck of my oppressors
and my sorrow
healing through my mental processes
so i see the light of day
keep my faith in God
so i know that there's a way
destined for my refusal
that the evil strike me where i lay

imma never stop running
until i can do so safely
striving for the
continuance of self-expression
i never ain't me
demons tryna come for my mental
in spontaneity
running away from Satan
and chasing God simultaneously

- negassie
instagram.com/sutured.soul
nathan Jul 2020
tears hit the ground
they turn to dust
the cycle starts again
can't fuss about this
turmoil
this is just catharsis
for my holy limbs
to move the way
they always did
without this
i would be awash
with the weight of my sin

taking wins
just for them to end up
gone with the wind
true indeed
feeding demons
with this melancholy
feeling, dawg
premonition sealing my fate
my gut is my police

new lease on life
after every night
living through the plight
rooted in foresight
of high cliffs
tryna mend the bridge
between reality
and giving life
everything i have to give

arms deep up in the
snake pit
clenching teeth
searching for the spirit
that i used to keep
tears hit the pit
emitting dust,
skewed my vision
demise encompassing
this haze and this venom
and then i fall asleep

- negassie
instagram.com/sutured.soul
nathan Aug 2020
to my sisters and brothers
fighting for our freedom
may your hearts settle
like the leaves past the summit
of a windy day
lay on the floor with your tears and your trauma
deep breaths
your mind needs the moment to emit the karma

your pain will be dealt towards the responsible
you must let it leave at your heaviest
release all the tension from days and
weeks and
months of constant worry
and sorrow
of tomorrow’s you will never ask for

let your mind, body and soul
settle
like we have been
forced to do as a people
for generations
this will work in your favor,
so you’ll be ready to
demand your freedom again
mind you, this is daily
you go through cycles and processes for your life
your sisters and brothers lives
your familial successors lives
so regenerate
nobody’s drained like you
we’re deep in the storm, so
these cycles will be worth it
so we will end up seeing skies of blue

to my sisters and brothers
i’m here fighting
i’m here with you
for you
strongest spirits on this earth,
incomparable
so, as this day ends, i must ask of you:
settle yourself
for tomorrow is brand new
(with the same cycle...
but you know what i’m
trying to tell you)

- negassie
instagram.com/sutured.soul
nathan Oct 2020
sit and lament in the dark
heart to heart with myself
without a need for some help
put that up on the shelf
save it for a rainy day
when i know that i
won't have the strength
regardless of that,
regardless of the
length of the abyss
i just take a deep breath
and pray i reach my precipice

aligning with the thought that
i shouldn't always
search for the bliss
pain is a learning opportunity
i'd be ****** if i missed
though i'd rather feel something
relative to the opposite
my fate is written
all i have is the cards given

self-actualization
never turning away from the frays
of my nights and days
instead i organize it
pray over it
and create a space,
a safe haven for it
leading a life of reassurance
even at my lowest
perseverance in the restitution
of my joy
always searching for the young boy
in me
this life costs a lot
in different ways
but that inner youth is
always free

grateful to say i'm
learning every day
moving forward to better places
fear of the darkness
is a hindrance to my lamentations
honing the approach of my journey
as evolution and preservation
now excuse me while i get back
to my meditations

- negassie
instagram.com/sutured.soul
nathan Aug 2020
my soul has achieved *******
against its sacred enemy
trembling in the face of pain
but then i turn towards my world
and appear sane
emotions told plain
rain or shine
i’ll know that God’s time
is my time

impact of the
feeling of hurt
is sublime
at war with “protectors”
being black’s the crime
added torture from the
sorrow of injustice
took a toll on me
“free” and me can’t mix
i’ve known that since time

at a crossroads between
time and the end of it
angels drowned by demons
i know the David in this situation
lose your hope to Goliath?
you’ll see his triumph
God’s warriors never give
no matter how much we may try
i know time works on His accord
my prayer feels
drained and droning
i’m leaning on myself
but all we have is that
ourselves
so what am i to cry for

- negassie
instagram.com/sutured.soul
nathan Aug 2020
laying with myself
pleading for my freedom
tryna find peace
yet it’s fleeting
envisioning flying away
to a better day
even if it’s fluttering
just as i see my heart to be
in tumultuous moments

potent poison of
joy’s deprivation
sputtering words,
used as shutterbugs
for my vulnerable soul
they hit the ground, shattering
deaf ears do take a toll
praying that i cover ground
on my journey to the beyond
pound for pound against my demons
this search for solace
made me strong
patience rooted in me
all i know is
He never did me wrong

my measurement of hope’s
relative to the
lack of faith i may feel
treacherous, hopeless moments
times i wanna keel over
my measurement of tomorrow
is always relative to my yesterdays
pain of missed opportunity
or times i pray don’t fade away
my measurement of joy
is relative to my sorrow
lack of self-worth
or a sobering to the time that
we have borrowed

my relativity is deemed
a detriment
i’m sure of it
my self-assessment has
never been without context
droughts in my mental
that’s why i end up despondent
or one-track minded on
the basis of my false promises
i give them to myself
i truly have no one to blame
aching, scathing pain
all i can do is pray
for better days

- negassie
instagram.com/sutured.soul
nathan Mar 2023
every day
i introduce my very best self
to the day,
to give my world the very best that
she deserves.


it's a natural introduction,
something that i've never
necessarily struggled with.
however, my world has
bolstered my purpose,
my confidence in our universe,
my confidence in its
everlasting beauty.


her eyes captivate me.
i see the stars,
i see Mother Nature's divine handiwork
in her deep brown pupils,
the whites of her eyes
wrapping the world
like the atmosphere
surrounding the earth.


her world is mine,
and my world is hers.
it's such a beautiful thing,
sharing a life and the experience
that comes with it,
carrying the burden
of our journeys together,
easing the load,
inspiring,
smiling through it all.
she is a part of my world,
but she is my world
all the same.


the introduction of
my very best self,
every single day,
it was never an issue, sure.
my motivation to
turn from away from the world,
turn cold,
let that strong feeling of dejection
consume me for good,
that was the issue.


now, so much of
my love and light,
my rich spirit,
it is freely expressed and
adamantly protected
in the name of my world.
the love and care
mutually provided,
the sincerity,
the purity,
it's seeped through the
cracks of a broken heart,
feeding the hunger of a lover,
still a little lost,
still perusing this experience.


my world and i,
hand-in-hand,
perusing this experience
together...
what more could a young man
ask for?


my best self,
my love and light,
bound to the mission of
nurturing my world,
easing the load,
making her smile,
for life.
oh, my world,
i hope you know
what you do for me,
constantly.

thank you, i eternally devote myself
as your soldier,
physically,
spiritually,
and in every capacity necessary
to see you grow and thrive.
thank you

~ negassie
i love you
nathan Aug 2020
passion and turmoil
circle around me like it’s
ring around the rosie
the former acting as a
tributary to the latter
swellings of emotion are
very scant in positivity
leading to bodies of time where
nothing really matters

cross tucked to my chest
holy reverence past my life
moving to the next
blessed yet cursed
this passion works in ways that
hurt my soul
haunted heart
i’ve seen this from the start
my fire can envelop me whole

the light’s shone in my eyes
my light is salvageable
the rather daunting sky
can be quite malleable
with a heart of steel
and a mind that’s palpable

yet a mind of such strength
can hold tears that
you have yet to cry
demoralization that leads to a sigh
passion and turmoil work
hand-in-hand
so we pray that time flies
so we can hide until we’ve
weathered the strife
make my eulogy brief
please mention my
emblazoned spirit
as well as my fight to feel free
sifting through
heartache and misery
passion and turmoil has
drained all of my energy

- negassie
instagram.com/sutured.soul
nathan Jul 2020
desensitized to life
only thing that i need
is a casket
sighing, crawling, hopeless
turn around like nothing happened
"everything's okay"
mental thinking
"yo, he's capping"
that light in me is fleeting
i grasp it
there's no feeling there
nostalgia creeping back
having childlike flashes
frequently approaching
those lessons learned
truly my favorite classes

depression can be expressed as
one of those mental rashes
always got me itching at it
never leaves my periphery
i'm tryna kick it out
tryna veer off to the light
yet it found its way back
without the need for sight

never faltering
on my way to greatness
momma told me i'm an all-star
i'm never gonna be traded away
from my faith
i know that's self-motivated
and i'm centered in my ways
so all i've gotta say is that
i'm here to stay
for as long as God portrays it
in the outline of my destiny

even if i'm down for the count
i'm still stumbling on my journey
never visibly hurting
yet
never personally worthy
yet
in due time
i'm fated to liken with
the consciousness that others see in me
they believe in my
search for mental freedom
shackles scorning
thoughts of liberation
i'm spiraling
it's tiring
yet we're still gonna fight
truly inspiring
i'll always seek the light in
us, the world,
i hope you'll join me
for this light is
always worth seeking

- negassie
instagram.com/sutured.soul
nathan Jul 2020
low
never the last one
to take my blessings for granted
yet i
recant the praise
i send my way
in the heat of the moment
emotions feeling potent
low living
does everything to my ego than
stroke it

irate at how
the sins accumulate and i
rarely feel cleansed of them
long stay in the abyss
never missed when i'm
deep in my sleep
fleeing from the pain i face
on the day-to-day...
until the day i fly away,
i'm face-to-face
with the paint

- negassie
instagram.com/sutured.soul
nathan Feb 2020
you can make it on your own
lalah said these words true
yet you're never truly alone
with your faith and your close ones
you've evaluated
who should be around
at this point, i'm sure...
you're likely still weeding them out,
your circle will be refined
with time

being by yourself
and moving through your days
as a lone wolf
isn't always a negative,
i assure you
i've isolated myself
many-a-time
and have returned a warrior
meticulous with aspects of self
tried and true by my own work
refreshed and ready for the world
ahead of me

every single tear
every single effort
never comes to nothingness
my dear
independence is a righteous weapon
only few have
only few have the wherewithal
to endure through

i promise,
no matter how lonely
no matter how barren
your space may be,
i guarantee that you're never
alone
significant others are important
but there's never a need
to rush, my darling
loving yourself enough
should be the star of your being

you can say that you're
"on your own"
in that respect, sure
but you're still loved,
and you can still feel whole
with yourself
from yourself
to yourself

- negassie
thank you, miss lalah hathaway.
instagram.com/tothebitter.end
nathan Mar 2020
low
lately i’ve been hoping that each slumber is my last
in pain there lies my past
in pain and tribulation there lies nothing that was asked for
forever more important is the fate that is in store for you
tools for healing wounds become less worthy of your use (to you)
when there’s more “what’s the use”
than “life, i’m worthy of you”


when i get low, i run to music
to get a little juice
fearing of the end
this race just stopping in its tracks
low with waterworks sitting in memories of simplicity
intrinsic sensitivity
it’s always lived inside of me
it’s a package deal
you love me as i am
or i will vanish
low and burnt to ruins
to my introspection
i’ve been banished

— negassie
instagram.com/to the bitter.end
nathan Feb 2020
as humans,
we're all so accustomed to the thought
of giving up
this world makes it so easy
for us to just up and leave something
and never stick it out,
even if it's for a bit longer

there's something i have tribulation with
i feel like my writing doesn't
hold worth sometimes
i feel like i have to rhyme and be witty
just like some other guys
but i've felt love before
and still do

so that's why i'm always on-time
with the love that i give
to the art that's given me so much back
but i still feel like there's something that i lack
in this
but that doesn't mean i'll stop this life
of poetic justice
i'll keep coming back
i hope you do for the thing that
you're in love with

- negassie
instagram.com/to.thebitter.end
nathan Feb 2020
what's your medicine
what makes you whole again?
heals you from the woes of life
and gives you the will to go again?
again and again and again?

what gives you the dexterity to
work for your love and your livelihood?
are you addicted?
is it thorough in its work?
does it structure your frame of today
and builds your frame of tomorrow?
does it help you come to terms with your sorrow?
i hope it borrows you some time
because that's not what i can find.

- negassie
instagram.com/tothebitter.end
nathan Feb 2020
the internet rules us
emperor of all good
and evil
emperor of the modern
generation
modern places and faces
minimalists have accustomed to it
we live for the morning when we
rise and get on our phones
minds so prone to what we find
through those 1s and 0s

i've become victim to it to
thinking my life only matters as much
as what i see through those digital vacuums
portals to a different life
reality to many
accurately valued to few
the internet has led many to
lose touch of their
rational views
it's sad

- negassie
instagram.com/tothebitter.end
nathan Feb 2020
searching for imagination
that's what it feels like
bite into that apple
it's ripe
i've been lied to
grueling through society
that hates me for my skin tone
i wanna go home
but i remember i ain't got one

life is simple for some
but what's the fun in that
always having light at your disposal
from the start to finish
never feeling like a winner must ****
you've always had enough
you've always felt "fulfilled"
by your life and the bucks
that come with it

i can't grasp that light all the time
it makes me livid
but the thought of the process
replenishes me more or less
heaving chests at the race
but it never stops
keep the thought of the end
in my mind
i'll never stop
grasping for that light

- negassie
instagram.com/tothebitter.end
nathan Mar 2020
words coming to fruition through my racing mental
my vulnerability isn’t malleable
my vulnerability is valuable
i am the man i am
because i refuse to be shallow
my vulnerability is my weapon
for that i’m sent to the gallows

calloused by the malice that i face and race against
reminiscing of that joy i felt,
cry ‘cause it came and went
trying to have some optimism
momma says i’m God-sent
thinking about how it’s so easy to pay my mental rent
these thoughts run in and out of my mind
when they wanna come back
they’ll search for the scent again

distance myself and i wonder where my friends went
off to live their lives with looming worry
for that i’m sorry
vulnerability is killing me
but it’s attached to my being

— negassie
instagram.com/tothebitter.end
nathan Feb 2020
learning from your yesterdays
essential work for
your development
setting yourself up
for a destined tomorrow
optimal results
will create space for yourself
open shots for your next
opportunity

leading a good life
through good virtue
create your future
with knowledge
acquired from your yesterdays
learn learn learn
that's all we have
until we fly away

- negassie
instagram.com/tothebitter.end
nathan Feb 2020
in due time
you'll find that all you've
worked for
will come to fruition
maintaining endurance in your mission
is essential to seeking your win

in due time
you'll find that all your pain
existed for something
and all those days
that you wanted to go away
wasn't for nothing

in due time
you'll find that all those
restless nights
worked out
and you can catch up on your sleep
when you hang up those gloves
that love you showed towards your truth
will end in fruitful futures
so never give up
in due time
you'll see these reasons
rise from the dust

- negassie
instagram.com/tothebitter.end
nathan Mar 2020
excellence in my bones,
my mind,
my skin,
i feel it pulsate
every moment of respiration, it’s refreshing
refreshing when i acknowledge it
i should formulate a pact of self love and try to honor it
but every time i do i end up breaking down and breaking it

a day at a time
intertwined through our sleep
i’ve always felt some worthlessness
even at my peak
stealing moments and smiles
bringing in tears
they fall on repeat
lately i’ve been speaking less
and sleeping more
trying to escape life’s venomous lore
embodied by the ups and downs and
ins and outs
that my body, mind and soul have
been left sore by

praying for the world as we progress through all this tragedy
it’s customary to this plot
i pray it doesn’t get the best of me
at times i contemplate on my life’s work and my excellence
in my bones, my mind, my skin,
to the latter
i hold highest reverence
contemplation padded with reminiscence
of the days i held acknowledgement
of my excellence in its entirety
until i do (if i ever will)
i’ll cry these tears to my diary
of poetry

— negassie
instagram.com/tothebitter.end
nathan Feb 2020
built to be a righteous man
mother always taught me
life is about planning
and determination
searching for higher self
isn't paralleled to a search
for reverence
i'm sure of it

we can't sit and wish for the
deepest respect of others
please respect yourself
and work for yours
work for love and the
inner-development
i promise you're
reverent enough
in that alone
find home in your heart
solid sanctuary is unnecessary
if you can see the hope and joy
in your bones, flesh and soul

reverence comes from within
if you work towards that
then the outward love and loyalty
will come with time
trust yourself
and the world will trust you back
i promise

- negassie
instagram.com/tothebitter.end
nathan Jan 2020
home is everywhere
with the sounds that soothe my soul
withered away by the day
regenerated by the
personally venerated pieces of art
embraced with elation
by the wisdom of masterworks

hurt by the world
and i want to run home
home is everywhere
with the sounds that soothe my soul
pieces of me whole again
by music’s loving ways
music gives me hope
and joy
in every single way

- negassie
instagram.com/tothebitter.end
nathan Feb 2020
days followed by days
i know they feel longer
than you think
sometimes shorter
depends on the order
of your feelings
and your routines
some days you do everything
and feel like the day
lasts 20 seconds

some days feel like you did nothing
and then it lasts forever

some days feel somewhere in the middle
you could've done more
but you're satisfied enough
but you're still tired a bit

life is an existence of ebbs and flows
we accept what comes and goes
and cherish those who stay longer
than most
cherish the days no matter how long
they boast
one day you'll say a toast to the tougher ones
live for that toast

- negassie
instagram.com/tothebitter.end
nathan Feb 2020
sin
pray to God that my sins
are washed away
i don't feel okay a lot
sorrows sit at the bottom
of my stomach
well up when i touch
the sentiments of my soul
feeling whole is temporary
trying to thin up all of this
reeling

heaving cries,
my oh my
this life doesn't feel right
in my chest
i pray for easy breaths
by God's will
these hills
peaks and valleys
feel like they'll **** me

sin is customary to life
but i work towards the holy
but i don't know
why demons continue to roam me
feel like my body is sacred
terrain
they're breaking rules
through prayer daily
i ask them to refrain
i hope one day they'll see my pain
and go away

- negassie
instagram.com/tothebitter.end
nathan Feb 2020
20 cycles ago
mother took on a new journey
a black woman with two already
feet aching already
tired already
who knew that she was mighty enough
to stick through the rough path
of righteous women
very few make it through
to see their dreams come true
my momma did it
made it look cool

set your ground and
set it straight
birthed three
and they turned out to be great
forever grateful for the days
of love and soul that was instilled
inside of me
i breathe easy knowing
my teacher is well and safe
my mother is okay
but when that day so solemnly comes
where God takes you on your way
i won't want to make it past
the end of that day
i promise

- negassie
instagram.com/thebitter.end
nathan Sep 2020
tired tired tired
reconnaissance on my mental
it’s seen better days
clear the haze and you’ll see my
body patiently waiting
scathing pain in my failure
but you won’t see me shaking
my physique will never wither
weathered by texas summers
survived the fray of our strength
and at the same time
the blunders of my being
never overshadowed my faith

keep my heart to God
even amid the pouring rain
i’m my brother’s keeper
yet i stand alone
a keepsake
a keepsake for my better days
seeing the fabrication of
love shown through the
shining rays of my smiling face
but who’s gonna be there
at my wake
carrying me away to my maker
helpless times i’m in
and that’s all i have to savor

- negassie

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