After us, I’d say, I’ve given up on love & all my friends think I’m playing I’m just saiyan my heart ain’t nowhere close to go through some hits goku threw Again It’s this whole complicated process of trusting someone with the semi likely possibility things may or may not […]
Silent Emotions
The silence here is deafening Paradoxical, I know This void in your presence is still hard to swallow I expect you around every corner I’ve grown to do things here with your mannerisms and actions in mind But time brings me back to reality The table I must sit at, […]
A letter to my grandmother
Dear Granny, Today is the day we bid you farewell on the surface of this earth. This day, from the moment I realized my rapid journey into adulthood has been my worst nightmare. I knew then, it would be heartbreaking, not because you were my grandmother, but because losing someone […]
4/30 National Poetry Day | Untitled
Somedays there are breaks in my strength Breaks in my need for solidarity I don’t feel comfort in silence but plagued in it Plagued with the undeniable vagueness that trancends the message, I’m okay But am I?
3/30 National Poetry Month | Unwifeable
They like to portray women as sweet innocent beings When sometimes we are as rugged as a treacherous mountain can be We are like vines that en strangle passerby’s And trees that shed poisonous leaves Sometimes I admit, we like to look more fragile than it seems Because society and […]
National Poetry Month 2/30 | Coffee
“What does it mean to be black?” “How does it feel to walk in your skin?” “What do we go through as people that is so different?” “I wish I was black…” Do you really want to know? To emphasize with us? I mean, you can’t right? Because it […]
National Poetry Month 1/30 | Razor
I wonder how long it takes for love to fade? Does it seem forever, like when I prop my legs up to shave? Smooth and slick, we’re tumbling down this fake friendship like the three blades of my Shick razor along my legs I’m careful not to prick Sometimes you […]
Amsterdam In 24 Hours!
So this was a bit of an on the whim trip…. And no, it’s not what you think. I didn’t go to Amsterdam to, you know…. Anywho, if you read my last post, my mission now is to travel and explore the world more and give the carnival hopping […]
Trini in Trini | Trinidad Carnival 2018
So almost three months before the start of Trinidad Carnival festivities, I decided I wasn’t going to participate. I had the vacation days already in my schedule so I figured, I would still go down to Trinidad but only participate in two, three fetes. The theory was if I wanted […]
New Restaurant Alert!!!! Caribbean Social
So, I’m all for black owned businesses and whenever a new restaurant opens, I love to try it before the hype builds up and becomes “too popping”. For everyone who is into Caribbean cuisine, Brooklyn has it’s hot spots which everyone seems to know. Suede, a popular modern Caribbean cuisine […]