Whole

I will raise up
My head
Towards a new dawn

Forward facing
Never back
Darker days behind

Love has never been
In the apex of a lover’s
Laugh

It’s always been
Inside of me
Waiting in the shadows

I just had to
Break myself open
Trying to get to it

Like a fighter
I hit back
Stronger

With the force
Of self love
And harmony.

Not Broken Yet

With all my might
I will stand
On my own two feet

Fair play is for
The noble
I am not so good

As to lie down
And take
The beatings

These wings
Were not made
To be tied down.

Judgement Day

What part of them
Is different,
You ask?

Is it their hair?
Eyes
Mouths and noses?

The curve of their bodies
The splay of their fingers
The length of limbs?

They are different
From their crowns
Down to their scepters
And long, lovely capes

And they would not
Have it
Any other way

So do not dare
To change the tides
Of their beautiful minds

Lest you find
A hollow darkness
Where there is nothing but
Blinding light.

Stained

She looks down upon you
In disappointment
Wondering how far
You could fall

A bright angel
With glittering wings
Reduced to ash and
Rubble

It’s hard to breathe
The same air
Toxicity fills the mind
And the lungs

But not the heart
Never again
Will something so precious
Be stained

By you again.