Child

I couldn’t be more sure
Of all the nostalgia I’d endure,
If I were to explore
A calf...

So this is growing up
Counting tax returns instead of stars
Draining wallets, not crayon...

I am brown and my own culture tells me that having light skin and eyes are the only way for me to be loved...

the water turned red and blue and green, mingling with finger paints inside the laundry room sink

...

Normal?..what’s normal?
Bombarded with diversity,
Racism, sexual orientation,
...

Daffodil dreams
Align silvery streams
Slumber sweet my chile
Safe harbor awhile...

Newborn:
Life springs eternal.

Grow child grow
against thy maternal breast
...

Already the month
of August 2018,
May never become
a je June'm

(Forget-me-not...

I lay my aging body
next to her young one.

Her face warm and soft
under my loving...

I see you you lost within your mind
I see you crying like a child
That you once were,
...

Chubby little child

springing circles

With Humming smiles,

It's curiosity comes and...

Man dead by lethal injection...

The Government doesn't want us to know the fails...

The...

A heart starts on you
before you start in life.
cant say wrong
But don't do right....

Baking with my mother

My mother used to bake cookies with me when I was young
Intricate...

Space hoppers were popular when I was a kid
Bouncing for hours was something I never did
...

Don’t rush me
Or hold me back.
Don’t scorn me,
I might attack.
Be patient,...

Walking into my parents'
Newly bought home:
My father holding a carpet and thinking
"...