A Dream/The Archive
I saw the night fall unto midnight
and the sun make its neverending rise
I watched a baobab grove grow, my life
never my own
The World’s Eyes
I have known you all of your days
I guided your first step
breathed your first breath
and will give you the air for your last
Sister of the Wind
"Sister of the Wind" is about a woman struggling to accept a piece of herself that she is forced to hide away from the world around her.
Chromatic Echoes of a Black Queer Heart: A Path to Self-Embrace
This poem delves into the challenges faced by me, a Black queer individual. Possessing a heart brimming with empathy, I grappled with self-acceptance due to the confines of a homophobic and narrow-minded family environment. However, as I stepped into college, newfound possibilities emerged for me to embark on a journey of self-discovery.
Resurrection
I was inspired to write this piece when I thought I had lost all the pictures on my phone. To me, some of those photos were more than photos — they were pieces of me, pieces forgotten, or perhaps I was afraid that I might have forgotten. I wrote this story with that memory at the back of my mind — that nagging feeling of a loss.