February 2012
9 posts
Medusa Cries.
There is a woman out there believing in the intentionality of landscapes
Waiting for the maestros in the dirt to play their tunes.
You’ve never been truly at peace, she thinks,
Until you’ve let the crickets comfort you.
In the syrupy light pouring through the window on the southeast side
Of the house, she finds a faint smile.
Smears it like a shadow across her walled lips.
She reaches out for...
Hi Alysia, I want to know that you and the strivers row are very inspiring and amazing. Alysia what can i do to boost my confidence? I a mafraid and scared of rejection and it is stopping me from reaching my full potential.
WatchIF YOU LIKE FRANK OCEAN THEN YOU HAVE TO HEAR MY GIRL JENNAH BELL SLAUGHTER IT ACOUSTICALLY.
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January 2012
22 posts
agllet asked: Heyy, I was wondering if you got my message a few weeks ago? Sent it through fanmail. I'm not expecting a big reply,suppose it might be weird getting that from someone you don't know. I just hope that it helped a bit and that you're doing well. Thumbs up for the show btw was amazing.
fortheloveofree asked: Youre Amazing, Your Words, Your Voice, Your ... EVERYTHING , I Wish I Knew You Lol :)
backboneofwicker asked: After watching Cab Rides and the Morning After only validated what I discovered from hearing you for the first time, the way you find God and the way you write poems are two of the most beautiful things I have ever seen. I wish I knew your beauty in real life and not so far away.
AMEN
Yes, it hurts but then there’s God. He doesn’t always take the pain away but he makes it useful. Somewhere in the sobbing, there’s an Amen.
- I believe. Help my unbelief.
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The early bird: Make yourself at home. →
jennahbell:
You live in my heart… I just don’t go in that room much anymore. It’s like a basement or an attic. A place to store trinkets and things from your past you just can’t quite let go. Somethimes I visit these places. Rummage through the piles that have accumulated and wonder if I will ever hang them…
How I feel sometimes.
This ain’t no poem.
Do you know what it feels like to have people love your words but not you? All along I thought these words were me…Maybe they are maybe not. Either way people just like pretty sentences. I’ve had people tell me I’m pretty. And then they left. Sometimes they found someone prettier; other times they didn’t. Either way they didn’t stay.
I...
playing hard to get or keeping it 150? http://t.co/jIfaxtc6
Claro Oscuro (light & dark)
In my least confident moments, I believe shadows are meant to be our playmates. I know there are many a bride who wove her wedding dress with cobwebs, turned her tears to crisp champagne to water her guests and her hopes that things won’t always be this way. We settle and the secrets grow ripe and sour and rot.
I believe in honesty more than I believe in my own breath. But people tell me I’m doing...
RT @photoDre: 2012.. show me how to be better than ever
December 2011
27 posts
I used to have a lion’s mane. Now I rock my hair like a cropped black flame. I’m still a fire sign no matter which way you cut it.
There are so many things I do and don’t want to say in this poem.
The beauty of what u love.The audacity of why u love. The fragility of when u love. The glory of how u love. The singularity of who u love.
RT @ThaNubianPrince: “Jesus fully reflects humanity without distorting the divinity of God” Pastor King is saying it this morning.
I offered strangers caramel cookies and they took the cookies and then asked for nookie… Jerks.
I’m headed to Paris for the New Year. hahahaha suckers.
Why do my tattoos always completely heal in less than 48 hours? No swelling no scabbing no raising no redness. Skin made for ink.
What?!!!!! POPPING!! YOU MAD
They loving the crew…they loving the crew #therow
A song written by me. Composed by the gorgeously...
Glory be to God. Now and Forever.
Less than a month until our show!
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http://t.co/VELzG3Kh New musings on love.
The dream I had about you
I’ve built dreams just for you.
My mind can be your escape for a while
when you get sick of runs to the corner store
of luncheon proposals and the typical one glass of chardonnay
end to the work day.
I house you, like a pyramid, bones.
Thieves might’ve stole the king’s crown
But I will fashion you a throne
of love if you let me.
Like I said I’ve built dreams for you.
And if I’m gonna...
afternoonchaitea asked: Are you on instagram? :)
Anonymous asked: is it hard being a linguist?
Untitled 12/13/2011
jupiter? or mayb venus. all i know iz sum big god was lookin real humble like. lost all his bite… cept 4 da few teeth he hung up 4 da starz.
wonder if he been smilin since he start drinkin dat moonshine. since dat gal broke his heart he been drinkin dat moonshine.
he drunk right now. laughin at hisself. darin Darkness to fight.
Final version New York #2
NEW YORK # 2 IMMOBILE
You can see it.
Older than eyes.
Before eyes were things
of beauty.
When they were pits, almond
pits where new humans
buried light to last.
Back when the only cities were
mass
graves or
stunk like them.
I walk steady
with my back facing in all
directions. Slave to my
evolving walkman.
And when there is no music
to beat back the people,
I am still
like a dog...
I’m just a lion cub but one day i’ll be the Sphinx. I’m looking for an archer-boy who’ll one day be a warrior-king.