i do not need this
game of charades
it got too fake
it got too hard
i don't need this
version of events
to pose as reality
when it's only pretence

he asks me if i want to play
so i sharpen my knives and prepare to castrate

How do you know when to stop
When you have never gone too far?
When there is no finish line
When nobody has made it a crime
You keep on running
Keep on hurting
Every single time

happiness is not having what you want
it is much more simpler than that
happiness is wanting what you already have

hello
said the poet
to the paper
to the pen
hello
said the poet
to the poetry
how are you doing?
how have you been?
hello,
hello poetry

I was lying on her leather couch
This kind of love is not allowed
Two thousand and twenty one
Time moves on but stigma doesn't
I'm falling in love with her leather couch
I'm getting lost in the creases that she has created
My hands smell like discovery
Her hair looks like purpose
I was lying on her leather couch
I think it's a place where I could be found

take me
now
before i wake
take my choice
before it's too late
i cannot learn
what you do not teach
i cannot fight
if i believe i am already defeated
take me
now
before i wake
i will believe i escaped
if you do not tell me i was taken

not quite competent at being human
not quite competent at being alive
it's hard to find the way to the pass grade
when the map has been hidden
when the study notes are lost in the fire

not quite competent at being human
an alien inside a body unfamiliar
it's hard to be a woman
when the blood that is shed monthly
is seen as offensive
when the blood shed comes from wars
fought years ago

not quite competent at being human
but competent at being brave
it's easier to keep passing through
when i ensure that my voice is being used
when integrity is being pursued

not quite competent at being human
but competent at being creative
it's easier to breathe this air
when an art form is being prepared

not quite competent at being human
not quite competent at being accepted
but competent in accepting others
competent in accepting that the problem is theirs

people were playing pretend
caught up in the moment
the moment passed
i had to ask
if the moment would happen again

justice
comes
in
many
colors

make sure to pick

the
      right
               shade