I turn the world My world Upside down To take care of you Rescue you Comfort you Manage everything in your life That you can’t handle But unless something Directly and adversely impacts you You will not even take basic steps To protect me To not invade me To give me the space I need [...]
I am enough My life is enough I have done enough I am doing enough I am valuable My life is valuable My worth is valuable My emanation and sharing are valuable ©2017 by Loolwa Khazzoom. All rights reserved. No portion of this article may be copied without author’s permission.
This mess Just keeps following me Dragging on and on and on I try to clean it up To cut the brambles With my machete But new knots and thorns Spring up constantly ©2017 by Loolwa Khazzoom. All rights reserved. No portion of this article may be copied without author’s permission.
I trust you But I’m not sure If I can trust my trust Of you Others who loved me And who were responsible for my care Covered shit up Pretended Did in the guise of And that fucked me up I don’t want to lose In another game of psychological attrition And I don’t want [...]
I’m going to let you let me Fade away I understand your dream now You running on the tracks Me running beside you And you waking up To an empty bed With a sense of loss I’m going to let you let me Fade away I was never actually beside you Which is where I [...]
You have spent my life Trying to bring me down I have spent my life Trying to lift you up ©2018 by Loolwa Khazzoom. All rights reserved. No portion of this article may be copied without author’s permission.
The more I try to help you The more you come after me Inverse energy The black tar Confused Who doesn’t actually Want to hurt me Not sure why he is there Or how he came to be ©2018 by Loolwa Khazzoom. All rights reserved. No portion of this article may be copied without author’s [...]
I am the eagle to your mouse I fly where you hide I am the river to your boulder I flow where you are stuck I love fiercely And I have witnessed your suffering And seen in advance The dangers you are facing So I have spent my life Showing you how to leap off [...]
It’s the game That can kill you Or liberate you A risky prospect Something you have to do Because of who you are The savior saving And through doing it so well Learning that it’s not your job To save others And through saving the mother Who taught you this is your job Finally letting [...]
I am an eagle Born into a family of mice I keep picking out mice And trying to teach them how to fly But they can’t see their wings And are afraid of jumping off the cliff I guess I’ve been surrounded by mice For so long as far as the eye can see I’ve [...]
