Heaven Skyy

I looked around the apartment.
My soul was stuck in a bitter turmoil;
For the place looked exactly like I had pictured.
I stared at Derek.
 
“What are you doing here?”
He asked me. I looked at him and asked
“Shouldn’t that be my question?”
He arched one of his eyebrows.
 
“I want you to know that when you get home,
Package your things [...]

A stillness of silence
a precursor—
summoning violence.
A young child’s cry
bombs blasting–
everyone waiting to die, not asking
the question why?
A solitary soldier presses on, marches on
so much pain - he lingers
As people watch, hands outstretched - a silent
shout for joy — open fingers
And he keeps marching on, until his path comes
to an end and with gentle grace
He crouches, [...]

 
In the comfort of your womb,
I hear your voice,
Beckoning me toward life
 
In the stillness of the morning
I open my eyes to a beautiful sight—
Your face, mother
 
Filled with love and grace,
I feel so cherished that
The Lord has brought me to you.
 
In the years that follow,
I grew in confidence and faith
Guided by your hands, mother
I am completed [...]

Princey ran from bush to post to curb to hydrant and it was fun to try and keep up with him. I decided I’d let him go anywhere he wanted, just like if he was really free, maybe he’d take me on an adventure, we’d get lost together and have to struggle through the elements [...]

Granny Glenda didn’t like it when my mom dumped me at her house just because she wanted to go ‘cavorting’ with her friends. I didn’t know what ‘cavorting’ meant so, suspecting something evil and malignant, I looked it up in the dictionary and it meant ‘to play’. I used it in a comic I wrote [...]