E. Zora Knight
2009-02-28
2009-02-27
Overheard....
Overheard - "absence does not make the heart grow fonder, it only makes the eye wander," female co-worker offering "BAD" advice to another re: her ongoing long distance relationship dilemma.
Because I have an extreme amount of work today, there is no poem.. there is this..
Snow caresses raindrops
I beg my foot steps to betray my quicken heart beats,
And turn to you…
To greet our past moments of happenstance and circumstance,
Peel away the my self annihilation
Strip me of my inhibitions.....
my words would stumble,
trip and fall for you
over and over.
again and again.
I taste the hauntingly
familiar,
my body gently quakes
I savor the flavor
That mends my aches
and breaks,
at each and every break of dawn
break in the rain clouds threatening
to drown my blue skies
breaks in crumbled promises made
by those who’d trade
the assurance of lies
for the uncertainty of truth.
you a graciously simple constant
the one I hold dear
cradling my fears,
brushing away tears,
and damn… I wish you were near.
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2009-02-26
gimme...
gimme,
gimme one reason to stop.
turn.
rethink
the beauty that lies
within the
mirrored
pain in
the brown of our eyes.
simply
hope
birthed from
the exploration of
possibilities.
gimme.
gimme one glimmer
of light,
and i will
transform it
to a shooting star
barreling
and burrowing
burning the core
of my
shaken,
not stirred foundation.
drunken
by angered faith
and misguided
love,
always questioning.
gimme.
gimme hope
and i will
learn prayer............
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sometimes i wish for nothing other then an opportunity to wish
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run wildly like freedom and fall courageously like children, eventually the momentum will transform your steps and trips into flight!!!
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1- a week of understanding
2 - friends
3- distance and space to grow
4 - love
5 - family
6 - phone calls
7 - g.o.d.
9 - long drives
10 - music
11 - a language the angels understand (truth and faith)
12 - a good friend's birthday and her safe return
13 - prayer
2009-02-25
2009-02-24
2009-02-23
You greasey one, go take a nap!!!! (LOL)
I know this is probably gonna embarrass the heck out of you, but who cares, right?
Here's the thing! (LOL)
A.L.W. aka Super Woman
you have been the best thing since sliced bread, my ELM and the Wii system. You are as reliable as prayer and I know you are a GODSEND. It's almost like my village picked you personally to make sure my flighty, goofy, wayward butt got things kind of right most of the time. You HAVE ALWAYS BEEN the epitome of friend. And I don't know how to thank you.
Me and the little balled fist one aka "SNACKER" miss you immensely!!! And can't wait for you to return!
Anyway, I know that Gladys, Granny and the PIP are taking good care of you. Selfishly enough, we wish you were here to celebrate with you. Enjoy YOUR DAY. See you soon. And we've never stopped!
Love ya, like cooked food and air conditioning (in other words, life would be pretty hard without you!)
kim
2009-02-22
mary OF bethany
I was once some one’s daughter…
I was birthed just outside my mother’s womb,
encapsulated by her dread.
My familial blood line
and pulse feed the inherent fear
(that has been) tattooed upon us
since man evolved from all fours
to beast.
Loneliness and laughter engulf me
like indecisive walls of forgotten sentiment.
Jaggedly they pummel against my intellect and will
thrashing any remnant
of conviction and good judgment…
And I float.
I float like a perplexed
arch angel
reddened by the viciousness
of hypocrisy
and the compulsion of duty…
I loom,
like the 13th apostle courageously
carrying out
an heroic feat of treason
embarrassed by the
twelve’s valiant gesture of
redemption.
I hover atop whimsical
dreams and streams
that seems convincingly conniving.
I’ve been here before;
the colors have never been more deceitful.
Red and yellow dye dying skies
a vivid, fleeting fiery shaded hue.
Rays of arctic orange,
burn cold, no hint of blue.
I’m crying, lying and dying
for a glimpse of you…
Yet all the colors in the world
could never tint the sterility of white
over the selfishness of black,
painting my world
UNINSPIRING…
Wrinkled and crumpled
life’s graying arms,
timidly embrace
my humored aloneness;
holding me like my mother
motionless and unconscious
affected only by the warmth
of her memories’ mortality.
And I feel secure all around for the very first time.
This is my inheritance,
a life on bended knees
lacking absolution and thoughtful prayer.
Exchanging my womanly humanness
for survival and change..
the clink and chill of silver
fall through fingers
and quickly as the last john’s semen
from my tongue and cheek.
Cheeky, I know, but
I was once someone’s daughter
before I was swallowed by these streets.
can i not be forgiven?
I stand behind you weeping
in shame,
my hair, unkempt,
not worthy to wash your feet...
To be continued.
kdtaylor, 2009
Section 8 Coffee
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this was a writing lab project,
used a Scrabble letter (l) picked the word loneliness
and then from the AMAZING K.O.R.I.M.
I chose a line from a poem he recently wrote about his sister..
"open arms, hold me like my mother, secure for the first time"
i switched them around a bit...
Also, I'm hoping to use this as my first human trafficking piece..
don't know..
2009-02-21
2009-02-19
averygratefulme....
01) grace, opportunity, destiny. (g.o.d.)
02) good, orderly direction (g.o.d.)
03) guidance, optimism, and determination (g.o.d.)
04) recognizing people and their respective seasons
05) the arms and shoulders of good friends, i.e. staying in your lane, and being what i need (no question, simply a laugh, a joke, a smile, a text, an e-mail and a hug! it means a lot.)
06) g.o.d.'s ear i.e. diligent prayer
07) facebook and my monkey
08) long drives with good music
09) my sisters (blood and kinship!)
10) my nieces (blood and kinship)
11) a new meaning for 13! Superwoman, if u fly by...
12) patience and kindness
13) And acceptance is the answer to all my problems today. When I am disturbed, it is because I find some person, place, thing or situation -- some fact of my life -- unacceptable to me, and I can find no serenity until I accept that person, place, thing or situation as being exactly the way it is supposed to be at this moment.
Nothing, absolutely nothing happens in God's world by mistake. Until I could accept _________, I could not stay _________; unless I accept life completely on life's terms, I cannot be happy. I need to concentrate not so much on what needs to be changed in the world as on what needs to be changed in me and in my attitudes. AMEN
2009-02-18
porque me escuchas
Overheard… "What is it about make-up sex? He ain't gettin' this, I'm still mad!"
Anyone who REALLY knows me knows this.. if you don't, listen (READ) closely, "withholding affection in a relationship is grounds for termination, just because your MIND is MAD doesn't mean your body is!!!"
I wasn't suppose to be a part of this conversation, they were talking loudly as I was passing; so I wrote a poem about it!!!
Lo siento, te amo
Baby, please.
let me disrobe
the intensity of your resentment.
excite your searing rage.
skillfully search for the source of your fury,
to find if our love is still here.
allow me to offer a sincere request for forgiveness;
starting with the deepest wrinkles
furrowed within your brow.
i will
slowly, deliberately
exchange the dampness
of my apologetic kisses
with your angered perspiration.
Baby, please.
let fingertips,
and hint of lips
pursue and conquer
the fervor knotted
within the small of your
back as it responds
to the
moistness
escaping from my
quickened breaths.
arching
in anticipation,
desperately
defying
it's yearning insistence
for my touch.
Baby, please.
permit my tongue
to knead and massage
the hurt
it has caused.
consent to an inkling
of forgiveness…
bend and swing
the fullness of hips
and thighs
methodically,
erotically
against
mine…
let your heart resolve,
what your psyche
cannot fathom
in this moment;
the failing and falling
of cautious fragility
like lacy lingerie
against
the nakedness of
charmed persistence.
Baby, please.
linger in the space
between
anticipation
and absolution.
listen to the
enamoured silence
dribbling,
dripping,
trickling,
seeping
streaming!
divulging
your body's betrayal.
take note
of base notes
tugging gently
at
heart strings...
a
sycophancy
escaping
from
the fullness of breast
the wetness of sighs,
sweaty sweet caresses
and pleas of bitter compassion
empathizing with
engaging passion
Baby please.
align
your
body with
mine,
relax your mind
and unwind,
imagine
our bodies
entwined
in mind,
what's mine
will always
be mine.
allow our
heated tenderness
to remind..
your mind
and body
that we are
hard to define,
and there
is no better
love
in mind
than
the one i
call,
"mine."
Baby, please.
kdtaylor
section 8 coffee publications
all rights reserved
2009-02-17
ame caerse de páginas y pétalos
u ask y…
and i wish.
i wish
i could ascend the lofty
distinction
between
an under-
taking
and a promise.
bridge the gap
linking
intention
and
action.
run the distance
connecting
adoration
and
admiration…
but I can’t.
my trepidation
suffers
from an acute case of
cowardice.
the hero in me
ate a bit too
much baloney
and is sick to
her stomach.
cheesy,
i know.
though
if assurances
were flowers
I would choose
them more
carefully ..
prayerfully.
contemplating
each and every
one
before
clumsily
reaching toward
and clasping them
in my hesitant hands.
i would vow
to cherish the
delicacy
of moments
graciously accepting
the timeless
flawlessness
in every petal's
splendor;
of it’s frailty.
appreciating!
knowing!
that
one day
it too shall demise.
in times of darkness.
I must be ready
to sacrafice
strength
accept humility; and
transcend my moon light
to sun rays.
(if i could)
if only for a second
to keep it sustained.
and in defeat
strongly face
the brillance
of it’s transition
from
body
to spirit!
like our
love
it doesn't have to
die.
or be crushed...
simply cherished...
tucked tightly into the
leaflets and pages
for some one
some where
to find...
to open
to read
to watch
us..
stumble
tragically
from
this
life's
pages....
kdtaylor, 2009
section 8 coffee
all rights reserved
2009-02-16
writing lab
It is written that
every daughter who
posses an inheritance in any tribe of children
Shall be wife unto the family…
Though faceless
shameless
And nameless
I was once some one’s daughter
Yet, I have no inheritance
Nor allegiance
My people
Burned life on both
Ends
Trite and bright
They clutch street corners
As desperately
As sallow ladies
and coin purses
engulfed in darkness.
Light only
offering a glimmer
of hope for
one at the expense
of another.
Iconic and ironic.
There is no gray!
Needle pricks dubbed oil wells
in pit of elbow,
top of fore arm
and
‘tween toes
splashed with
Indian ink tramp stamps
replace tribal marks.
Drunken stupors and
opium induced nods
shade lucidity;
transcending
dreams dancing horrifically
with my nightmares
which astound.
Even during waking hours.
I have no blood line that
stretches
to any time
other than
mine.
And my choices have
erased the inkling
of my existence.
I have a covenant with G.O.D.
I ride
STRAPLESS
And I won’t complain.
Topless
Without
brakes
we speed through
Intersections
carelessly, courageously.
I gulp down
ill bred fear
inconsiderate
of reality.
I have a covenant with
G.O.D.
who loved
everyone whose
ever loved me
more than me
as justification to take them away from me.
I have a covenant with
G.O.D
and I don’t ask questions
I’ve seen curiosity
choke the clandestine
certainty
Of the smarted cat
And I won’t be made an example.
I have a covenant with G.O.D.
whose Grace, Opportunity and Destiny
allows me to ride
Even when I don’t understand the journey,
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not sure what i'm going to do with this, but it was a fun exercise..
2009-02-14
opposite day, Saturday 14th
my heart called out for you
today..
a momentary whisper betraying all
i
WANT
and
am determined to be.
it's beats pounded cryptic messages
through space and time
etched itself
upon
sand dunes and mountain sides
in a frigid desert
of a northern hemisphere
on a planet
in a galaxy yet
to be discovered.
it said everything
and
nothing
and it wasn't until
i felt the faint
dampness of
it's tear upon my breast
did i realize..
perhaps,
i wanted to search
within it
and find the
meaning
of
it's
thump thump
thump thump
thump thump...
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2009-02-13
One Three on Friday One Three @ 1:30
Superstition is the weakness of the human mind; it is inherent in that mind; it has always been, and always will be...
fredrick the great
Superstition is poetry of life, so that it does not injure the poet to be superstitious
wolfegang von goethe
today she wages a new battle... NO ONE can AFFORD to believe the 13th offers anything LESS than hope....
2009-02-12
Nunca he conocido las paredes que no he construido
on january 20th, i began my birthday at 8:00 am. i lay on a make shift pallet, celebrating my birthday over the phone watching Obama with carrot top, one of my closest friends. we've known each other since the 6th and 7th grade when we shared the social awkwardness of being born to the wrong parents, in the wrong city, on the wrong side of town. mind you we weren't poor, our parents weren't abusive, nor were we living in some urban plight that most made for tv series stemmed from.
2009-02-11
para todas estas cosas y mucho más
1. god's grace
2. love of familiy (thanks SIS!)
3. langston (i mean damn?)
4. wii fit
5. skinny jeans
6. my sex in the city (we kilt the 4th bitch!) crew
7. chelle and her babies. thanks for letting me play second momma, and thanks for knowing i do care...
8. my blog.. i mean you can see i'm writing.
9. THE MONKEY (u gotta be on facebook to understand)
10. simple understanding
11. clarity
12. promise of more
13. knowledge there is more
and last but not least, face book for bringing me back in contact with my closest friends in the WORLD. (phoenix and carrot top!!!)
2009-02-10
la conciencia de su fe es seguro que vengan a ti
cool breeze pick pockets dreams,
I place stones in my pockets
I want to be heavy!
I move through shape shifting hopelessness,
I mean if not for your avoidance,
cobblestone sheets I sleep
I try desperately to pull the dirt and mortar
IT IS ALARMING
I stage fights against bitter memories
Choking on sullen ponderances
My God have you forgotten about me?
or am I not your people,
Withstanding...
to be continued
kdtaylor, 2009
Section 8 Coffee
all rights reserved
2009-02-09
En la actualidad vemos indistintamente, como en un espejo, pero entonces cara a cara
I’m packing…
tucking away pledges of unyielding love,
happily ever afters,
and assurances of perpetual tomorrows
lingering somewhere
linking
the insistent wetness of
dried caked over tears
to the deafness of God’s ears.
I can promise,
he ain’t answering
cuz he ain’t listening.
i’ve spoken in human
and angelic tongues,
my pleads clanging against
the chattering of thousands
begging and seeking
eternal salvation.
I mean baby,
in this dark and lonely night,
how can I ask g.o.d.
to remove the stained pain of
YOU from heart,
when somewhere
OUT THERE
SOMEONE
is in a life or death struggle,
and would gladly accept
the strain of my
pain
in exchange
for another day!
I’m packing…
starting with saccharine sentiments
baby pink and lady blues,
confusing senses
and sensibilities
criss-crossing
tongues and buds.
yet I know the true taste of love,
it is bitter, raw, savory and sweet.
tart, like the bitter charm of a first kiss….
a perfect combination
of snickers, peppermint and pickles,
with the incessant desire to wipe
tell - tell grins from our face…
it is elementary pinky swears,
spin the bottle,
truth or dares..
i mean...
sometimes,
just sometimes
it's not gonna fall the way we like...
to be continued...
kdtaylor, 2009
section 8 coffee
all rights reserved
2009-02-08
2009-02-07
la esencia de nosotros
2009-02-06
Yo me siento como regresar a casa. ....
2009-02-05
yo nunca podría reemplazar su sombra de azul
2009-02-04
para todas estas cosas y más… gracias
g.o.d. (good orderly direction)
2009-02-03
piensa que cuando llega la perfección, el imperfecto desaparece...
i no longer wish (that)
i did
not long 4 u
want 2 hold u
B near u
build &
kneel B4 an alter
4U
n prayerful thanks...
2day
my heart crumbles
under the weight
of my own
devices
drowning n the
musty sweat
of my suicidal hands..
&
i am fragile,
OLD
the frailty
of my humanness
and
inadequacies
has left me
stripped
of
every
i have ever known...
i have never known
how
yet
wanted 2 love..
frantic and selfish
i clutch and grab
at it's fluttering wings,
like a tortured soul
flung from the tip
of mount Everest,
desperately
grasping
for the
indecisive safety
of the line
between
life and death.
and like u
i walk a tight rope,
tight lipped
weighing
&
crushing
B4 i ever had a chance to fly .....
i dream in extinct
colors
shaded fades
of black, greys and blues
with hints of you
flashing before
me...
i loosen grip
to fall
2bcontinued
kdtaylor, 2009
section 8 coffee
all rights reserved..
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g.o.d. please be kind to kam..
and his family
....................................
and yes eb...
thanks for the peaceful comfort....
it does endure all things..
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super woman if you fly by
i got you....
2009-02-02
todo HE DEJADO soy desteñido memorias
... u said she would fight until
her dust settled in your tracks.
greyed my bluing skies,
pains panged and multiplied!
shattering every memory of
your face
your grace...
that space.
(to) leave me in
this place...
wHERe
numbness tastes
sweet bitter with regret - (forgetting and romanticizing)
apologies
wrapped thickly 'round our tongue(s)
like rose petals
and thorns
in honey...
gelatinously heavy!
forcing our dignity
to choke on the sticky stubbornness
of it's pride
.................
that aside...
..................
i Still love HEr..
even if it means
i crawl!
even if it means
i
walk!
even if it means
i
run!
run
back toward and into
borrowed time
charged against
mine
chasing change,
lost
and forgotten chances,
once mores
baby please
one more
and another
time!
what i
believe
/feel
should
/will
always be mine..
.................
she
running in
tripping out
of my
mind
and..
heart
...............
aNd
i Still love HEr.
i chase
the
peony scented
recollections
carelessly
aS
HEr
blood curling demons
cradle my fragile sanity..
PUSHING
me
toward the
acridness
of
self destruction.
our thoughts
slow drag
shattering
illusions of
martyrdom.
(we)
hurl
dangerously
like the
clanging of glass doors
against iron corridors
.........................
u said she would fight til the grackles
devoured the bread crumbed
salt trail
u left behind.
dry and withered -
weathered storms
we could not forecast
or avoid.
and
i mistake you for rain (droplets)
disguising and hiding (my) tears
streaking
sullen faces...
i can never wipe you away.
yEt
i want to be drenched in her.
the umbrella filled with
promises to never leave
and wait for me
lies
foolisHly
by the rEd dooR
.........................
u said u would fight
til the sun and moon morphed to
a thousand noons
mimicking midnight...
and we'd be cloaked in the sunlight
of a memory
that could have been...
2bcontinued
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kdtaylor 2009
section 8 coffee
all rights reserved