Hello love.
I hope this finds you at a good time. 
I hope the space you take up in my chest 
Is covered in cherry blossoms 
And all the love you were never given.
I promise this won’t take long.

The place you now rest in my ribcage,
woven together with vines and fauna,
is my favorite place to find my strength.
I hope you know, the day I lost you,…read more

I am afraid that every poem in my bones 
will become a sickle cell disease 
I cannot cure. 
An ocean of passion and fervency
I’ll keep clotted in my veins.
The kindest protest of this gift
would be if it kills me. 

I am afraid that every drop of ink I pour from my veins,
every page I dirty with my vengeful words 
and every warm honeys…read more