THE QUEEN WITHIN How is it that I love Such a man as this? Have I been deceived Or is my judgment amiss? Am I so wrapped up In this artificial skin, That I have lost sight of The queen within? Simona A. Brinson Photo by Oladimeji Odunsi on Unsplash © 2021 mylifeinword.com All Rights…

A MADHOUSE I am a sane prisoner In a madhouse of men To this cruelty I shall give pen Ordinary rights I have been so denied My truth used against me Concealed in lies And false morality My voice suppressed By a lack of humanity And oh, what a miserable humanity you are So full…

CLOSETS In the closet Sometimes I HIDE My vanity And my selfish PRIDE From this judging world And its critical TONES For, I fear I may get STONED. But why should I hide From you HYPOCRITES When you’re standing In your own piles of SHIT You know what, clean your closets And mop your FLOORS…

TUESDAY MORNING Tuesday Morning Out by the lake I sat on the ground To take a break And before me Shone the sun So, I gave praise To the One Who breathed life And conquered death And gave the newborn babe The sweetest breath He made roses red And violets blue He created you for…

TORN When shall winds blow And rains fall To cleanse My bleeding heart From the sorrow And the ache That’s torn it all apart When will lilies bloom And marigolds glisten When will the whippoorwill sing So, that I may listen Cause all I can hear From this heart of mine Is the whimpering Of…

GROOM I will not beg you To be a part of me So, I’ll set you free To traverse the wild and discover Perhaps many lovers Who have the time to groom And time to teach you A thing or two About love and devotion How to share your thoughts and emotions Because I don’t…

your tank I cannot love youInto loving meNo matter how I tryI can’t love you anymoreNor can I love you any lessSeems I have poured out more loveThan you can bearLike a tank You are full of my loveAnd empty all the sameIt puzzles meHow this can beHow can love like manna flowAnd be siphoned…

in this lifetime If I could live A thousand lifetimes In each instance I’d choose you But not even in this one life Have you ever chosen me Seems you had places to go And other things to do Though I gave you my heart And laid down my soul You walked away Without looking…

SWEET BABY GIRL Sweet baby girl Who wouldn’t hurt a fly Stayed in a relationship And as the years went by He beat her and he beat her Into submission Now she has a condition From which there is no remission She talks to people Only she can see And has conversations From A to…

BEHIND THE GLASS I was the clown Behind the glass I don’t want to sound Brutish or crass But those days are over You can kiss my ass From east to west And west to east I will no longer be Just a piece of meat To be groped or ogled As if on display…