Then let the star be.
You diluted the majesty
that flows from her lips.
Tag: poetry
Dates
Sugar will just never do, again.
Still Going
…grateful for all that managed,
To hold my hands through storms
You saw off some thorns.
How to heal.
There is spiritual refuge, where the world around
Refused my requests for respite.
Lessons From My Daughter
…adults, to be kind to themselves, choose disbelief.
Choose not to hear, while children, brave their worst fears.
And Back Again
…the ever present threat that brought me is not over.
I beg to excuse myself, to the bathroom, to check my phone.
Nairobi Poetry Cafe, Alliance Francaise feature
…some of my most intimate pieces.
How To Be Loved
Am I not a center of adorations.
Am I not doted on,
Wanted?
Always.
Crush
We wear slogans of positive energy,
Cloaked around justifiable anxieties.
And whisper quietly,
About the shouting, inside.
In The Time
I had space to pretend to be ok about it.