Emmalase

Why wouldn’t you let me go? All I desire is to be rid of you. You are a pestilence I…

Why do you feel irritated at the mention of my name? Why do you hate preachers of my word? They…

Would you dare listen to its rhymes, Would you dare speak of it, And describe it in its unspoiled form….

On that day they will speak so well of you, your prowess and progress. They will say they knew you…

Growing up, I was enculturated into the belief that parenting is a necessary stage that comes after matrimony. For a…

Sometimes what one wants isn’t what one needs, and wisdom is the ability to decern the difference. Wants are most…

I am a slave of love. A pawn to her schemes and means. Eyes so lit like day light, taming…

Its harder to forget a past I pretend isn’t there, when someday I know it will find me. But who…

And I saw cities lit, torches of flame burning like day, dust and rubble of what once was. Children crying…

He came with a heart seeking tame, and reeking shame. His endless wallow in the gallows of vice, a faceless…

I write this poem for you, one with bitter rhymes of your woes, The stench of despair you wore like…

The cries of someone far from reach, Stretching a hand feeble and frail too far to reach, Overshadowed by their…