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UNTITLED

UNTITLED This ain’t easy at all, So bravo to you, You brave and authentic soul, What courage you show, To know you are no longer alone, Courage, I know you felt as if you …
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November 23, 2023

Family Reunion

I got the invite. I want to SCREAM.
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June 6, 2023

A Single Word

A single Word Dub poetry Spoken word Beat poetry Slam poetry Transformative poetry Poetry pure poetry Open heart dissolves the chains that once were viewed as unbreakable invites me to see that it is …
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April 11, 2023

Dismantling Shame

Stigma will no longer sew my lips shut, it cannot. Stigma will no longer shame me into a shell, it cannot. Stigma is the toxin that runs through society, but no longer through me. …
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July 8, 2022

SHAME AND THE GROUP

Shame wreathes my morning, like the thickest mist. I trickle through the day, craving the night. I scour those nights. Does peace hide, in some scream? But where to find it? I can’t even …
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July 8, 2022

DANGER: RAGING.

I grazed my rage today. It flushed my skin. A lava-storm erupted deep within But stayed inside, for grown-up girls and boys Are not supposed to make an angry noise. Bugger that! I AM, …
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July 8, 2022

SEX EDUCATION (aged 9)

'Just tickling', but his grasp betrays the lie. Outside, the playground squeals its playground fears. He splays the me-child, flesh against his thigh, Manoeuvres that shame shudder down my years. The nature study jam-jars …
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July 8, 2022

Please

He took a piece of me. He took the peace of me, my Godfather. And, my God, Father, I need it back. Now. Please? Peace - Oh, I remember you. You endless summer of …
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July 8, 2022

Realizing Me

She took the same book out of her church library about 30 times between the ages of 8 to ten. Oh,  how I wish I could have held her close and told her again …
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July 8, 2022

The Gatehouse