At the time this essay is published on this blog, it is the summer of 2025, and Dami Hope and Indiyah Polack are in a relationship. A gorgeous and fashionable couple who each have a significant presence as content creators on social media, they met on Season 8 of the hit British reality dating show... Continue Reading →
Last night or early this morning I had a dream about my uncle. When I woke up and he was gone (again), I felt lost. Hours later, I still do. Then I had a dream that my teeth fell out. I’ve had this dream so many times that it doesn’t frighten me anymore. I sat... Continue Reading →
The first spell I learned Was when my friend pointed at a digital clock and said, "Eleven eleven. Make a wish." 11:11 One one one one In every half second My heart prays eleven times eleven times That you were still alive I don't wish that you would come back Because every story that told... Continue Reading →
To make an old fashioned cocktail,Preferably with rye, You take a small glass tumbler, Put a cube of sugar on the bottom, Pour bitters over the sugar, Then muddle. Put in an ice cube, Then pour the whiskey on top. Garnish with a rind of citrus. This is an old fashioned love poem. Old fashioned... Continue Reading →
Do you ever feel like some feelings Come from different moments in time But feel the same way Like how watching a pretty girl curl her hair with a flat iron in a TikTok tutorial Feels like when you were 18 dancing in a club with pretty lights And you had X’s on your hands?... Continue Reading →
When the crystal broke I knew it was time to let go Time to do things differently To let toxic habits fade As their embers singed The pages of my diary When I heard the song That goes Oh Happy Day I envisioned in my mind How people die All the time and every day... Continue Reading →
Trigger Warning: self harm, depression, animal violence Once upon a time there was a girl, who watched the same sad movies over and over again, because she had already decided slitting her wrists was too messy and impractical. She didn’t like to listen to music, because pretty lyrics made her cry. And she cried... Continue Reading →
I could write a song about the tip of your cigarette glowing red in the dark on the first evening of summer. But when I put the pen to paper, I forget everything, Other than the feeling of how my heart stops when you stare at me a little longer Than how friends are supposed... Continue Reading →
I thought I loved love. I liked how crazy it makes you. It’s thrilling and exhilarating, It’s frustrating and infuriating. You forget how important everything else is. It’s like a drug, Like how I imagine Coca-Cola tasted in the 1800s. When it hits you so good, You don’t want anything else anymore. I’ve never felt... Continue Reading →
She is like a selenite wand. She clears away my fear and sadness, reminding me of what magic I'm truly made of. Feeling her warmth is like drinking a glass of wine fortified. She is vitamins. The type of minerals found in pharmacies And also in rocks Like amethyst and igneous and selenite wands.
Sankofa Virgo 