Vocabulary for Sweetness

I have always believed in sweetnessshould have standards. It should not arrive desperate,powdered, trembling,begging to be chosenfrom behind the bakery … More

Even Horses Have Limits

Even horses have limits. When a horse does not wantto engage with human interaction,It does not appease the room. It … More

Every Herb Knows the Way Home

Healing came to methrough the hands of womenwho did not call themselves magical,Though everything they touchedknew how to live again. … More

Timeless Melodies of Love

Love enters softly tonight. Not begging.Not bargaining.Not making some grand,perfunctory speechabout foreverwhile still being emotionally absentby Tuesday. No. This love … More

Entering July in Jubilee

I enter JulyWith my hips fluent in optimism,My shoulders refuse the obsolete griefthat once tried to rent a room in … More

A Sure Thing

I have stopped mistaking exhaustionfor devotion. There was a timeI thought tenacity meantwalking through every stormwith a composed face,a gracious … More

To Embody Love

Love is not a power play. It is vulnerability. It is the way I enter a roomalready reconciled with my … More

Greetings, By Many Names

Greetings, Lakshmi,gold at the threshold,lotus-woman laughing softlyat every door that once mistook me for empty. Greeting, Ezili,perfumed grief, pink satin, … More