oh Death
Oh Death To the soul that has lost so much So much that even tears have forgotten their source I say, take heart To the mind full of questions With…
Mykell Writes
Until the Candle Dies
Hold my hands through the forgesdon’t let me fall.And if I must fall,let it be deeper into love. Grace my bed with your warm skin.Let your holy shape leave an…
Still I Work (2)
I keep going, breathing underwater, holding on to hope and a worry for the future. I fear I won’t grow old in peace. Not scared of death, but of arriving…
Still I Work (1)
I wake before the city hums with stress from the days before. I lost sound sleep almost a decade ago. A brother, an uncle, dependable, a husband now, a builder…
Shelfed Ink
The passion lingers,Energy drained like light at dusk.Fragments of what could’ve been,So many incomplete pieces of moments,No fire left to finish them. I try; it’s always a loss.2Six and still…
US after Love
The version of us after love fades,MONSTERS beyond recognition.Weren’t we the same peoplerolling in love,love birds? Now we roll our eyes,sharpened tongues for weapons.Silence, louder than our laughter once was.We…
Echoes of a Silent Struggle
I’m in a space where I’m too tired to convey my emotions into words, I’m looking so strong that no one would believe I need healing. I’m in that place…
Beyond the Script
Is there more to life than this routine tale? Go to school, get a job, marry, have kids, Grow old; if we’re lucky and fade away. Not all of us…
Counting Days
It’s been two weeks, three days Since I last cried. I won’t lie—it’s the longest I’ve gone, And it feels strange to be counting. I’m not sure when this became…
A break from the dark
When did nightmares become so woven into our lives, That we’ve come to expect them, day after day, As if they’re all we have to look forward to? Maybe this…
