Ruminate by Princess Yvonne Dumas Sometimes I like to sit in silence To ruminate about my day And wonder if perhaps I’ve fallen Far away from dreams of yesterday. Am I forging forward on a path, Dark and thicket-drowned? Am I pushing beyond the storms, An ambivalent buoy right offshore? And yet, it’s possible thatContinue reading “Poem: Ruminate”
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Poem: Two Years I Lived
For two years, I lived without you, Your smile fading into the past, Countering notions that you’d last Much longer in my mind than here. For two years, you haven’t been here, A total disappearance from me, A broken promise about an unfailing thee Throughout my years to come. For two years, you left meContinue reading “Poem: Two Years I Lived”
Poem: My Moment
Far into the night of my childhood, There waited the daylight of my wisdom. As I stumbled, crawled, and cried, A pillar of strength waited to become me. I had no objective when I arrived, And neither did you. We landed. We paused. We stayed. Far into the nights of my womanhood, The crone inContinue reading “Poem: My Moment”
Poem: Cactus Circus
Cactus Circus by Princess Yvonne Dumas One, two, three, you go, Grow across the surface – With a scorched tip nose And a juggler’s dream come true. Do you know the way from here? Is it straight to the water or my fear? Looks like you’re missing an act. Right there, do you see it?Continue reading “Poem: Cactus Circus”
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