Inhaling only to choke Exhaling clawing at my chest Fighting for breath kicking my feet trying to break the surface hands outreached flailing I’m drowning I’m falling I’m crashing I’m accommodating I’m compromising I’m troubled […]
Author: nubianq
Inside Joke
Someone yelled at me today “Your too young to understand it!” throwing it as if an insult a gauntlet heavily laced resentment and I laughed in his face and said I don’t deny it infact […]
Do I lay a Kiss to the fine Princes lips?
Bismillah! A crash so profound Reverberated across the ground Tremor rides my back Though he lay dormant on my lap His skull grew heavier taking shape within the folds of my gown Was I […]
My King
A King a fine man his smiles few his temper swift his apologies profuse broad hands heavenly lips pearly whites for teeth crinkles about his eyes a dimple on his right cheek a frown that makes […]
This is my Prayer
this is my prayer wake up to wipe the grime off my eyes on this slowly tipping floor wash the spittle as I brush my teeth shudder from the early morning as I dress a […]
Force of a Poet
I am a force to be reckoned with a ferocious roar that echoes in every corner wielding your state of mind to craft to give birth to to breath life into vivacious, effervescent, illustrious words […]
Shai Glasses Clink:: Wisdom’s Stench
Remember Remember Remembering I watch you now remembering it was not too long ago remembering grown up with the facts of life (Darling it turns out you know nothing) and I don’t but I Remember […]
It’s Wrong
Tell me it’s wrong that I should Lower my gaze in a mans presence Tell me it’s wrong that I find comfort in long sleeves and jeans that let me breath Tell me it’s wrong […]
Youthful Ruckus
Sitting on her bed youthful ruckus swingin her legs impressed doting on her older sis as she paints her eyes puts on lipstick shimmering midriff sexy cleavage cloth to skin curvaceous leaving nothing to imagination […]
Untitled Frustrations
Frustrations boiling down to this I mean must it ever end? This masquerading running in circles only to land in this ever expanding evolving confusing deceiving target that just wont stay still my hearts aflutter […]
I Don’t Mind
I don’t mind I don’t mind that’s his only answer whenever I land with these sinking bones all weary and torn he says to me I don’t mind I don’t mind without preamble works out […]
These Threads
These threads tell a story upon thousands shape the delicate flowers neck she wraps the toub with shaky hands still unused to gets looks exquisite physique divine draped with a cloth so refined, whichever way […]
Hopes Affair
my eyes have become heavy with the dark circles they bear, sleepless nights devoted to the inner workings of my mind, the dark never rushes instead ushers a serene pace where I can dance within shadows, […]
I do Believe in Love
Yes I do believe in love I do believe in love I do believe in love at first sight, sound, smell and taste, I’ve been spoon fed butterflies smiled till the corners of my mouth […]
Africa the Abused
Africa the land of darkness inhabited by people of darkness with the blackest of intentions Africa where the natives are the definition of backwardness, and each is entitled to a spear, two loin-cloths, mud hut […]
Obnoxious Thoughts
Obnoxious thoughts have been tampering with my head these days and I’ve been left with an acidic taste in my mouth as I write this My chest hurts from the amount of sorrow that has […]
Another Lesson Learned
First love is at its worst when it creeps Sneaking and tangling its tentacles to my arteries waiting till it jolts me out of my solitary content into a frenzy and I become your typical […]
Pied Piper with his Cane
a picture perfect cover for our two-faced western brothers; ink-stained fingers coupled with artificial smiles, and the world stands up and applauds while snickering to the side, the shouts of ‘Darfur Darfur is burning’ to […]
Not Even
We sit like this, each with his face, his thoughts, his habits, we sit like this in not so perfect a circle, each with his face, his thoughts, his habits. Time hasn’t been too unkind […]
Beseeching Now
Now is the hijabee texting in a seat next to you sipping a skinny latte with slender ankles crossed Now drives a tinted Mercedes almost running down a street rat who’s hooked on glue and […]
