MISTRESS In the days of my dark persecution My mind was so corrupt with pollution That I’d stand in front of the mirror In an attempt to see much clearer The soul within my eyes But all I could read was the Devil’s lies To this state within I had become prisoner Every thought that…

THE BEENS Somewhere back in my long ago I fell head-over-heels in love And sunshine and rainbows Filled the skies above He was my true love A man among men I think of him Every now and then And I wonder about The could have beens The might haves And the shoulda beens Simona A.…

WHEN DARKNESS FELL When darkness fell And her eyes no longer shined You would expect him To be compassionate and kind But he was just the opposite Heartless and cruel No one had taught him The golden rule Treat others as you Wished to be treated But he couldn’t because He was thoughtless and conceited…

MR. KRUMB Louis and Lucy Should have never been partners At least not in the science lab They acted like kindergarteners Even though they were in 9th grade And were expected to know better Someone should have told Mr. Krumb In an anonymous letter That he was dimwitted and her head full of air Between…

LOVE LAID DEAD I remember they day That I knew I would never have Sex with him again It was the day He criticized my weight In that moment of callousness Love was slain Love, she laid dead At his feet And he didn’t even Recognize Because he was too Self-absorbed to see The expeditiousness…

A WOMAN’S PRAYER Let me tell you a little story About prayer and its validity Now this story isn’t for those With faintheartedness or trepidity So, stop reading now If you don’t have the constitution Because this story may get A tad bit gruesome There once was a woman In the throes of depression There…

WEIGHT There was a time I thought I’d lose my mind Cause I felt the weight Of the world on my shoulders The sun didn’t shine And bells didn’t chime Cause the weight felt like A two ton boulder Simona A. Brinson Photo by Zoltan Tasi on Unsplash © 2021 mylifeinword.com All Rights Reserved.

MEMORY TORN She’s not insane, nor is she crazy Sometimes her thoughts get a little hazy Sometimes when her mind is engrossed in thought She remembers the things she once forgot Like the names of her mother Her sisters and her brother Her husband and friends And the feel of the wind As she strolled…

WOVEN You are wrong about yourself And here’s the reason why Because you bought into Someone else’s lie About who you are And the breadth of your worth That was bestowed upon you Before the time of your birth You see, You are priceless Because you were chosen In your mother’s womb You were intricately…