I need you to water my garden For this barren land can no longer stay Pluck all these foul weeds that imbeded deep in my soul Allow my roses to burst into full bloom Soon…. sooon you’ll come Soon I’ll have won because my parched earth has a new beginning And let me reach for…
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Painting on the wall
His desire for me inspires me, He sees I’m more then just a picture on the wall, I’m every gentle brush stroke I became his oil painting How slowly he took the time to pay attention to every detail of my face Every crease of my smile which he plants on my face How he…
Strawberry clouds🍓
I was on a high his love had me feeling like I was on strawberry clouds A high so sweet I never wanted to come down He intoxicated me with his sensual smooth talk, I had to have him If loving him is wrong then I don’t want to right I’m going to float in…
Ode to melanin
I live being black, I breathe black, I look in the mirror and thank jah for being black this is not a curse but an eternal blessing bestowed upon us until the day we cross over I love me I love us black every day unapologetically I don’t ask permission I just am Its innate…
New bloom….
Plucked open my soul like a delicate flower, peeled back the layers, he wanted to nourish me with his healing Said he wanted to kneel in my love that I thought no longer existed in my bruised battered heart…….Cocoa rose 2016 (c) ❤️💛💚🌹
Soul gazing…..
He read my soul carefully and slowly as if it were the pages of a new book he didn’t want to damage, he read my soul as if the story just leapt up and blurred his vision the only way to clear his eyes was to dig deeper….. cocoa rose 2016 (c) ❤️💛💚🌹
Pain
Her tears drip drip dripped down her face like a leaky tap unable to sustain itself Her emotions were a whirlpool churning up inside her though she vowed not to become a black hole devoid and empty She was teetering on the edge of complete insanity it was not a man to rescue thee but…
Emotion
Rain fall He drenched my earth with his rain saturating me with essence felt like we were in the middle of the Amazonian rainforest of the trees could tell a tale that would say we saw everything our sounds echoed by the trunks and the brownness and sweetness was rivalled by our melanin becoming one………
All seeing eyez
What do you see when you look me Do you see the struggle that I live and breathe Each day I pray for change but it’s as if I’m praying in vein I see no change You love me for my greatness it becomes my blindness And hate me when my eyes are wide open…
Black girl magic
I’ve never seen before such a rainbow of pure magic, like I opened my eyes to a new universe and the pretty colours took me on a journey of new discovery It’s like God created the palette of gold black and brown, and gave each black girl a glorious crown Stand strong little sistah and…
Black girl chronicles 