…where are u?

…today-

today I fell into the deep fall of love

stared so long it seemed like it was staring back-

kept my body still, but my mind so wide awake-

slipping into the unfair realization that my life had not yet been lived-

that I had not yet evolved into a woman, yet wore the skin of one.

that no voice has yet to sound the same when traveling my way; nor has the mental capacity found me that is capable of prioritizing a soul over the curves of my flesh-

today robbed me of so much-

to dare think such a magnitude shall never stumble against me-

so today I ache desperately-

for the heightened love over pain, that the screen so effortlessly and beautifully displayed-

may I even sample a mere taste one day-

because today I watched,

‘If Beale Street Could Talk’-

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