BLOOMING
Poems by Jalen Taylor

 


About

Nephesh
  1. Nephesh 
  2. Deaf Ears 
  3. Eye Spy 
  4. My Evils & My Sanctuary 
  5. Growth 
  6. Going Out 
  7. Vent 
  8. Reborn 
  9. Hunger 
  10. Once 
  11. Essence of Life 
  12. Work 
  13. Fogetting 
  14. Whitley
  15. People of America 
  16. Visibility 
  17. Voiceless in America 
  18. Take Space


The Uncovering
  1. 3 
  2. Mirror Mirror 


Prayers & Revelations 
  1. When Love 
  2. The Lesson
  3. Affirmations 
  4. Cycles 
  5. Repetition 


Archive 
  1. Transitions of my state of mind 
  2. Beauty? 
  3. My Kings 
  4. Bruh Please 
  5. Revive 
  6. The Beauty in Your Scars 
  7. Soul Ties 
  8. Bloodstained Hands 
  9. Journeys End 








    Soulties


    My mother warned me to never give you the best of me.

    The unseen and underrated that no one talks about or warns you of.

    The soulties.

    Beautiful but binding.

    You took a piece of me in the dirtiness of ways.

    Through my lust and heightened emotions.

    Unknowingly making me surrender the best pieces of me period pieces of me

    that I didn't know were missing until you went missing.

    Forever lost in your embrace and soft lips.

    I wanted to be whole again, I needed to be whole again.

    But I could never get those pieces back because you wouldn't surrender them.

    Because you fed off my love even though it caused me pain and despair.

    You enjoyed seeing me beg.

    You fed off my spirit and I realized that in exchange for a piece of my soul, I took a piece of you.

    Controlling your mind, body, and soul.

    I owned you.

    Through our soul ties, I felt your heart.

    I could love you unconditionally but that only made the hurt detrimental.

    But I never intended to create a bond that would steal some of your freedom

    and independence.

    And I sure as hell didn't want to surrender this to you.

    So give me my shit back and let's call it a truce.


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