You thought you were free, 
The day my blood spilled onto your hands, 
The day you lay your sadistic hands on me, 
Pulling me in faster than quicksand. 

You thought I’d be an easy target, 
But little did you know,
I’d dealt with monsters all my life, 
And I wouldn't let you go. 

You mistook my silence for submission, 
So brashly assuming I was dead, 
But after you left me alone, I ra...

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Morning’s borrowed light
slides in unasked,
a soft spill across the floorboards,
easy as breath on a cool pane.

Mourning’s borrowed light
comes barrowed in,
uncasked from whatever vessel
kept it sealed till now—

a gentle run that steadies

over the greaves the heart still wears
for the one who grieves,
a release that settles the chest,
...

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{Diary Of The Southern Queen Entry #5} {His Lying Eye's} 

His lying eyes

told a story of

a life filled with

lies deceit that

he was always

stuck on repeat

like a broken

record 

`N` he shouted

it to the world

making it sound

like it was a lost 

sunken treasure

chest filled with

his beautiful 

california sunfire

delight burning in

...

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{Thug Life Quote/Of Mine #2} 

​​​​​​Through my eyes

 you all will one day 

 see the real world  

 the way God meant it 

 to be without killings,

 murderers walking 

 free in our society 

 and our young youth 

 having to slang dope 

 to put in their mailboxes 

 to​​​ support and feed their

 poor families so they can 

survive through to a 

​​​...

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Lost in thought I sought and sought in a jungle of memories, which with every passing second fades into the distance but struggles to disappear. I walk through the foyers of my mind- on each side open doors all except one – closed & unmarked. I edge towards it anxious and afraid, turn the lock but it will not budge. The memory of u is trapped behind a closed door. I bang and kick and shove and ki...

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