Family

you wake up early, but
you find it hard to move your body
it is reluctant to get out of bed...

Sundays are not those days
that follow Saturdays
nor those that precede Mondays
...

when true love has gone
nothing remains

they can take
the sofa, the table, the...

when I sing
for you I sing
because of you I sing
when I dance
for you I dance...

sunflower knows not how to smile
who can explain to her?
that she is beautiful and
the...

when I am not with you
you will find it
between your pillows
sleeping in the same bed...

All my life I lived
in the shadows of these monuments –
never some sun of my own.

...

when I say I love you
what I really mean is
I cannot live without you, because
I wake...

If you were here today auntie what would you say to me?,

Would you be proud or disappointed,...

30/11/2021
Happy birthday Aston
I know I’ve only been in your life,
A little over a...

it is not difficult
to understand poetry
but to know her well
you must wake up early...

there are many things I will never be
however, it makes me very happy
when you smile and...

The Poet will publish my poem, “My Mother’s History” in an upcoming anthology on Cultural Identity. My...

I look at you and realise how lucky I am to have the the most incredible nana anyone could ever dream of...

I see you
You watched me grow
From holding my hand in a grocery store, and from me looking up...

18/12/2021
F.A.M.I.L.Y

What is family?
If not there to pick up the pieces when you’re...

Too big for Daddy's arms now and can't be carried
Daddy remembers her birth soon after getting...