Now ain’t that funny? You don’t buy black cuz it’s “too expensive,” But let Calvin, Gucci, or Prada do it you go running to it with open arms. Standing in line like cattle ignorant to the painstaking branding that awaits you Now don’t get me wrong, I know it’s the exclusivity you’re chasing after. After… Read on
Poetry / all
She is as fragile as a flower on the inside Pretty as a pink peony on the outside But we will never understand what nutrients she had to find to grow… She wasn’t your typical rose… Nor was she your average daisy… She was so much more on the inside. Her roots were long beneath… Read on
For some time, I was ashamed of my own name. The length, the complexity It was all too much to explain. Many would call it peculiar. “Jesutomiwo, how strange,” they’d claim. Hints of disgust, always “Why so long,” they’d say Over time, The world’s comments got to me. Instead of embracing my identity, I suppressed… Read on
My Escape As I look through the reflective glass I think I think of all the pain it’s caused me I think of how my thoughts have overpowered the true image I could see The obsession over how I looked kept running through my mind So I did too I ran to get slimmer I… Read on
missing a word with so many different meanings a feeling you’ll never get back you will forever carry it in your heart but in the end it will fade away in the moment you sit and wish it would last forever until. it doesn’t. you think about how it was trying to relive the moment… Read on
Beauty, I’ve learned, must never be rushed Nine months are required, at least Beauty can’t be bought, no matter what is said or seen For then, beauty becomes a replica of something else And wonder is the root of beauty; effortlessness is its voice Some people are blessed with the gift of beauty from the… Read on
