Brownie for breakfast Because I’m a grown ass woman and can eat what I wantBecause I’m alone and it makes me feel betterBecause I baked them myselfBecause chocolateBecause deliciousBecause it’s sunnyBecause it’s ThursdayBecause why the fresh hell not?
Tag: writing
POEM A DAY – May 5
The way she looked at me For N. into me, the way she read the words out loud, a few at a time, held them in her mouth, tastebuds shocking, savouring then swallowing the meanings, her blue aventurine eyes pushing brilliance, bridging us in a spectral hue of heaving hearts…I mean, my heart was heaving,… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 5
POEM A DAY – May 3
Found this piece in a 'rejection' pile...written in 2020, with a little editing...here's a re-vision! woman at a cross garden I risk damaging my skin to understandthe depths of the miracles making in her shadowsI fail to root with her a bristly purple flower blooms in my throatmy inner child wants to apologizefor choosing awe… Continue reading POEM A DAY – May 3
VANESSA SHIELDS 