We are walking but we are paralyzed, We are living but we are dead, We are breathing but we are suffocating We have so much to say but we are speechless, We are swimming yet we are drowning. We are...
I have burnt offerings at sacred altars Lit candles and burnt incense for you Repeated insufferable incantations Sang hymns and prayers I have sacrificed blood of numerous species from the animal kingdom I wore skin of the respected killings Bathed...
One day I will fly. And meet the stars up in high places. I will beat up poor education. and bash the skull of inequality. They will not reign over me. I will sing a farewell song to my oppressors....
You are told to move past it As if you weren’t plucked From your homes Like flowers off fields Bunched together in shackles Packed together like sardines Lost your freedom Lost your right to be human You are told to...
for C If you arrive at my window like a distorted vine which outgrew itself, I shall welcome you into the glass. Your lithe breathing will become the dusks and dawns of each day. You will burn in the sun...