Tag: power
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Freedom
Freedom has more than one name It is a new country My whole body and who I thought I was The eyes with which I saw my face in the mirror The name I called myself That I was enslaved to Was not necessary at all And the emotions that reigned over my empty heart…
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The kite
I have known and have been peculiar women Women with peculiarly beautiful souls And a beautiful soul is a real tangible thing As real as the lakes are a resource of freshwater My soul too is shockingly beautiful And many men have tried to convince me otherwise Have tried to convince me that their soul…
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Escape tunnels
All I’ve ever wanted was for someone to explain to me why and what What in the world was happening to me, why I had these feelings. Why my dad stopped being a dad and became a burden, like a mental patient, with his childhood abuse and depression Why the adults abandoned supporting me when…
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Hold the keys in your hand
When you are scared and small and young and you lose the things you didn’t know you could lose When you’re forgotten and blamed and told you are wrong You dream of a better life That someday you will be king That you will win every heart and your name would be spoken in a…
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Freeway
I feel the rush like the LA freeway Free fall into heavenly night Signs flash by the road That say: you can’t live forever You can’t live forever The city of dreams Of you and me Free of karma Free from past lives Painful lessons that taught us How to hold the beauty How to…
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The young and the beautiful
I’ve been really insecure about my acne since it happened from wearing masks. I tried to find ways to frame beauty to make me feel better ie. it’s not that bad, or be patient, or ignore it. But I was dissatisfied with them. Today I realized that the answer was that the question doesn’t matter.…
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Negative space
I got a new job today So I guess this is goodbye No more sending subliminal messages through songs over the company chat No more waiting and hoping for the thing I’m not supposed to wait and hope for I told a girlfriend about you She said you were a good guy I don’t know…
SUBLIME COURAGE 