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Ebony Thick

The line was firm Painted ebony thick Striated and distressed Then stretched thin By millions of bare feet Shuffling off to sleep In this phantom life Where colors blur And shades are drawn Thick against the night This avalanche of sighs Twisted against itself Waiting for strength A straightness of form This black upon black … Continue reading Ebony Thick

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Stark Winter

The cold seeps in like a drug Coursing its way through my veins Settling deep into sinew and bone Possessing its own heartbeat This frozen wasteland of mine Starving for a recognition That will never arrive And these latent convictions Solid as a block of ice Yet chipped away by circumstance By a monumental love … Continue reading Stark Winter

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Hesitant Love

This hesitant love Beating in perfect time With the rumbling fear Threatening my soul Finding me in shadow Pin point, razor sharp So much like friends But with an attitude Born of conscious time A closeness by default Shoved into a semblance Of what we called love Nothing else being near But the eyes see … Continue reading Hesitant Love

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Keen Symmetry

These lines do not touch Straight-edged like ice Melting into the horizon Such perfect margins Caught in twilight’s shade Westward to Eden Where angels abide With one on each side Waiting for midnight These weighted wings Reaching for the sun In water-color strokes Like loving tendrils Curling one by one Around such artifice This keen … Continue reading Keen Symmetry

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Passing

Light-skinned hues Such masquerading Multi-faceted lies And straightened hair Slaves to a culture They should despise This dark slides light Leaving shadows Such soul depressions In filthy lines Waiting for change A tacit acceptance The status quo Shifting in sand Bleached out and drying These solid ghosts Trying to blend in While the world shifts … Continue reading Passing

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Smoke

It is never the same This constant sorrow Seeping in unchecked Like so much moisture Pressed deep inside Overcome by your ghost These silent steps This fleeting shadow Discarded in morning glow This gaping hole With the shape of you Crinkled at the corners Like we used to be But I see you everywhere This … Continue reading Smoke