“Weathering”
by aja monetWhen the earth
shatters beneath us
and we are broken open,
picked apart
by the silence—
Let me tell you:
you are unrehearsed laughter
between the murmur of my lips,
an unconscious love,
a man dipped
in midnight lightening.
I will fix my body for you
and fold in the bend
of your arms,
a tortured jewel.
You are a freedom song
humming in the shadow of my soul
a healing heartache that kisses wounds
and sets free tornados
on my spine
such a crippling tongue.
My spirit is dancing
in the gospel of your chest
and I have found music
glowing in the whirlwind
of your eyes,
may we create new skies
to fall apart under,
together.
The sun bent it’s head
on my skin
this morning
and I could hear
the bones of butterflies
creaking in the breeze
the breath of birds
heaving into the heart
of my ears.
My eyes whistled open
the air still smelling
of lavender smoke and wet leaves
i turn to you
staring the lids of your jarred pupils
your face
your face is a naked desert at dawn
an ancient heaven at horizon
your mouth slightly caved open
like an owling cow
I smile, blooming
because somewhere before
i remember this
this silence
you sound of a starving angel when you sleep
you snore like a wailing forest, my love.
I think of you
like a waking dream,
of your spines grip
melted into the sand
dunes of my palms.
Last night,
last night your hands sprinkled
across my flesh
like rainstorms.
I can feel the sun this morning,
he is strong and gleaming.
Your eyelashes splinter
from the blow of my lips—
rise
and
shine.
(via ynannarising)
We are in the midst of a spiritual, emotional and mental war. The societal ills we are suffering are manifestations of a deeply sick collective psyche. As a young girl, I was aware that there was a sickness plaguing the world. My suspicion was confirmed when I read “A Wrinkle In Time,” in which…
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I will write this in the walls of my uterus so that by the time we meet, you will know how much I loved you, eternities before I breathed you into my womb.
I will fill your life with music, hold your hand and teach you the rhythm etched into your hips as the drums play from the radio I placed by…
We are the product of our thoughts.
What comes from within makes us without.
If we only create bitterness, resentment and denials,
our life is a house in ruins.
If on the contrary we are creators of love, joy and certainties,
our House will be a beautiful, solid construction
surrounded by flowers and trees.
(via ynannarising)
- If one of us is rowdy in public it seems to be a direct representation of all black women everywhere but if a black women is gorgeous and (or) successful her positive qualities are only a representation of herself.
- How a lot of black guys rather have fun join along in negatively targeting us…
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