I was born at sea; Atop an ocean, constantly and quietly pulsing, Like a mother’s heartbeat, Too quiet to hear but loud enough to feel. My fate, Freshly woven, Was that of all the (wo)men you’ve never met, The champion … Continue reading The Sedentary Sailor’s Shan’ty
The world’s gone, And left us all alone, With sinners and the saved alike. It ain’t far from fair, But it still doesn’t feel right, After we gave our life to the light. Father, You forgave me, So how … Continue reading Silent transgressions
Heaven is a’fallin’, Faster than could be, Save from gracious precipitation, Comin’ down to surround, Everything you’ve seen and been. The tide keeps on risin’, Drownin’ doubt alongside floatin’ hope, And surely the sinners’ll sink, Just wait and see, How … Continue reading The Lord’ll set y’all free
I’m sinking down, Into the muck of stereotypes I’ve, Tried, To rally against, But my flailing, When viewed from above/below/outside, Doesn’t help to erase, The picture of an angry white man, Comically tried for the first time, Against a jury … Continue reading The sinking feeling
God keeps talkin’ shit, Callin’ me out by name, Reminding me I’ve been made, In my own image, And she ain’t to blame. Her hands are clean Of my conscience, Even when she moves in, To slap my … Continue reading My own mistake
I wish you could remember me, As I’ve forgotten me, Into the fragmented but workable construct, I call my identity. If only I could contextualize, And re-frame all my mistakes, What a Saint I’d be. But time has plotted … Continue reading History forgotten; identity remembered
