God is good... but I am exhausted. --- And so was he--exhausted. Exhausting his final breath in a forceful cry at the moment of unmerited abandonment by God himself restrained by his own mutilated hands and feet naked and humiliated violated by the very souls for whom he would secure salvation by the very souls... Continue Reading →
between belief
I’d rather be wrongthat You might be glorified.Your yoke is easy and your burdenis light.Your burden is light.My yoke is perfection. My burden?Direction.My burden is running from death asthough running could stop it.My burden is running from endingsendlessly. My Lord, I am a daughter ofdemocracy, of equality, of liberty. As your servant, your subject,surrendering my... Continue Reading →
dance, int. (interpreted)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZF1uNxJjpxE Introduction: Rap is poetry, is it not? Poetry set to music! So, here are my second* bars ever to be shared publicly with any seriousness or intentionality in their writing. My goal was to capture the experience of dancing, free of self-consciousness, in words. I wanted to avoid using the word ‘dance’. I wanted... Continue Reading →
the ensemble (revised)
This is the significant revision of my piece that I originally published to lalouvealalune.blog on July 25, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_OjixesdoA if you cannot follow my train of thought it does not mean that a train does not exist it does not mean my journey and my testimony of what I’ve seen and known and lived is... Continue Reading →
I’d buried my womb; I think I am ready to find it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL8DaS5UGd0 How old was I when I buried my womb? How old were you when you started digging? I don’t remember,but I’m older now--I’ve been torn about lookingfor the unmarked grave where I hid it. Why now must the lost be re-found?Why return to this clearing of trees? I know why, though I'd rather not... Continue Reading →