Lyric Poem

These poems are songs without music: intimate, immediate and soul-deep. The lyric form captures a single voice in its most vulnerable state, echoing desire, grief, awe or ache. This is the heartbeat of poetry: personal, pulsing and unafraid.

When emotion becomes melody on the page.

Blazed Desire Sizzled My Skin

shaded by an embracing old oak tree

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Fearless Giants

if I object, the hands block my face

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You Blinded Me

from your diseased spirit

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Dreamed He Would Keep Me Safe

while held within his firm embrace

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Deceived by His Beauty

found myself enslaved by lustful vibes

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Ceased to Be Seen

the woke West works to weaken my mind

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Dearest Friend

saw beneath my mask to my crushed heart

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Inside Your Aroma

bruises too stark to hide from the start

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Tears Bled

rested my tired head on stones of hate

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Conquered by Your Fierce and Tender Love

warm, fragile tears revealed I am loved

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Denied the Queer

gagged and oppressed by the righteous

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Big Daddy

each word I uttered, I heard your voice

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