I’ve been looking around at the faces in all the places Now I’m thinking we’re not so different despite our races All of us be masking varied insecurities Hiding who we are, scared of our impurities Perceived imperfections force up the walls Hurting and broken, we build barriers tall Push people away, faking it till…

When I see you, my soul explodes with colors like the sunset. I chase you, hoping to capture just an inkling of your brightness. Your sparkling rays ignite my heart’s fires, leaving me breathless. I laugh as you jump and glimmer across the water, evading every net, Turning dewdrops to diamonds, stardust sprinkling the ground…

Its late. I’m tired. I want to go home. I squeeze through the door No seat to be found. We be bumpin’ and grindin’ total strangers smashed together lives colliding sharing sweat swaying to the rhythm of potholes and missing shocks Half-asleep, I stand one eye open to not miss my stop Then I see…

Once small children we scribbled and scrawled, we colored grass orange and painted skies green, then ran to proclaim that proud artists we were. But then as we grew, everything changed. Ashamed and secretive our art became And some of us stopped creating at all Forgotten colors bled and words dried up And inside, our…