In shadows cast by trials, hearts confined,
We bear the weight of proving we belong.
The world declares our strength, our steel mind,
Yet all we seek is love's soft, tender song.

In shadows cast by trials, hearts confined,
We bear the weight of proving we belong.
The world declares our strength, our steel mind,
Yet all we seek is love's soft, tender song.

Time doesn’t rush,  
it unfurls, like a flower blooming slowly,  
its petals stretching toward the sun,  
while the earth turns quietly beneath.

The clock ticks softly, marking endless days,  
Its steady hands turn years to memories.  
The sun that once shone bright now hides its rays,  
And shadows stretch beneath the autumn trees.  

Hair that kinks like whimsical fleece
How fair is your sun-kissed skin,
Honey drips from your cushioned lips
And a world of beauty within.

With all the isms of life, it was inevitable,
But to be accused by your own neighbours and brethren...
For Deleveaux, Moncur, Bodie you'll always be,
No matter how you deny your Haitian ancestry.

I want to go, I want to stay,
Upon my vows are thoughts that stray,
I need that thing words can't relay,
Why am I not enough?

Swallowed by the deep-

Reunion on golden streets!

As the days tick by,

doubts about my supposed brilliance,

relentless fatigue has clung to me like a shroud, 

a problem for which I possess no solution.

Society is so caught up on gender bias

This country is heading for a major crisis.

What makes Peter different from Paul.

This, I don’t understand at all.

You made an incision in my chest, 

So deep it pierced my trembling heart. 

Unbeknownst, you vanished without a trace, 

Leaving me to bleed, as you sought another's embrace. 

Leaves drift down,

once crimson, gold, and amber-bright

now brittle husks, brown and ash.

Dear child, sweet child,

do not stare into mirrors

for your reflection is war.

My essence

is a cadaver lying

naked

beneath the searing sting of earth’s

scalpel

tearing through flesh

to get to my core.

The sky shone bright blue,

Clouds flowing freely in its depths. A family

of three sat nestled under a tree,

Their smile stretched

for miles, each of them unique