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[baddiebrooke]

And here

In this misery

This misery that is memory

Wakes a beast

That wishes to sink its teeth

Into this endless futility.

The snake will almost always

Eat the rat.

The abuser will almost always

Leave a crack

And deny that it ever broke anything

Because the thing hasn't fallen apart

Yet.

[baddiebrooke]

ah the bitter invention of Satan himself.

coaxing handsome men from the pit of stems and petals

behind a lovers back.

goats hammering jimmy legs in the night.

keeping the long haired beauties,

with long thin fingers,

and eyes clouded overcast,

widowed to their gardens.

swallows filling uncomfortable silences

or trenching smile lines at the corner of eyes.

the beloved thin elixir of the penny university

that romantically whispers

“remember”.

and every ceramic mug containing it

sends me right back into myself.

 --TBR

[baddiebrooke]

SALVATION IN SUBMISSION

-coming soon-

📷: Que Peterson

[baddiebrooke]

ALET.TERTOU. (PT 2)

“Do you still hate me?

Is it over, are we writing?”

Broke my jaw trying to get through to you

But your narcissism and folly kept getting in the way

And when you find yourself behind an AR-15 and a mouthful of words

Someones bound to get triggered.

Funny the finger pulling it ends up more damaged than the one bleeding out.

But whos counting?

So here I am

A ghost

An imaginary repetition of the person I used to be

Floating on some strings

Between rusty cylinders

Put out of my misery.

Would it free you to know I 

(the I, I once was, the I that belongs to you)

Is now hypothetical?

Fuck I hope it frees you

Like its freed me

And freed up all this time

To not hate myself as much you do.

But admittedly

I still hold onto the chisel.

--TBR

[inphereespace]

Aye... You've still got time to come through! #phereedomsol is with @thewritersdenrva for their head to head poetry slam! We are going live in a few! Come thru to support! 1401 Roseneath Rd Richmond Va $10 #phereedom #phereehaliwud #liveband #rvaart #rvaartist #rvapoet #rvamusicscene

[iampoet7]

The Seed

I out grew you…. and what we had didn’t last My thoughts elevated from weed and cash At last I’m trying to grasp The meaning of life I say a prayer for ya’ll at night Pray that your wisdom won’t allow you to be victim in a system That was designed for you to fail I thought seeing your people die or in jail would give you the motivation to excel..well Now the seed has come full bloom Escaping the harsh realities of this ghetto tomb The sun has reached me Water has nurtured me And I have out grown..these ties, these lies even this high that helped us all get by My life now belongs to this earth.. We use to want money and material as if validated our worth Thinking that these new jeans would mean my closet is clean Truth be told my closet has limbs and bodies to fill a lobby And we use to feed off of negativity as a hobby Im no better sitting back in silence afraid that I would be a outcast to say no to violence… NO no longer does the concrete hold me back to rise No longer will the ground stop me from touching the sky No longer will my company define who i am inside I live for those that died.. Now as the universe accepts my call and the seeds near me watch as I grow tall..they ask how did you manage to grow past the grass..why did the sun choose you..the words i say last…I out grew you

[inphereespace]

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[inphereespace]

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