Headroominations...: encouragement

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Sunday, January 12, 2020

She Deserves

Brotha,
out love
my love
for her
or let her be.
She deserves
someone
so much better
than me.
-HymnAgen

Thursday, May 23, 2019

Bringer of Peace

Although I drown
in brainwaves of cacophonous sound,
your voice cuts through the noise
and it calms me.
Your temperament disarms me.
There will be no casualties of my confusion this day.
No victims of my wild delusions.
I am at peace.

Like a lullaby to an infant is your speech,
so never stop talking.
It is music to my ears.
I fear my savage breast may Hyde
should this melody disappear.
That your silence may be the prelude
to the violence of waking eyes
not seeing your form where I need you to belong -
right at my side.

You did not ask to anchor me through my life's storms,
yet here you are
keeping me moored when I'm unsure of myself
and things as they are.
My rock. My cornerstone.
Foundation walls that form my home.
You're mama's kiss. You're papa's hug.
You are my Peace.
-HymnAgen

Saturday, April 27, 2019

Overcoming

I was trained to swallow my pain

instead of my pride.

To hide any hurt I have ever felt inside.

Be nonchalant whenever I have

been denied the things I want,

and have this air of "I don't even care"

around me.

The pen has helped me deal

with what I feel and been a valve

to vent the pressures I've concealed

within and soothe my wounds like salve...

But I found a better medicine

the day I chose to let her in

and close the gash that bled within

for nearly 30 years.

I feel better than I've ever been.

A post traumatic veteran

relearning it's ok for me to share.

-HymnAgen

Saturday, April 20, 2019

Not Like That, Like This

Not Like That, Like This

I don't want you
to need me like self-love,
or food, clothing and shelter.
Like breath or blood.
I want you to need me like purpose.
Like goals.
Like those energies that feed your soul.
Like quiet times and good music
that soothes your mind.
I want you to need me
like favor from the divine.
I want you to need me
like I make life worth living.
-HymnAgen

Wednesday, April 10, 2019

Sometimes

Sometimes,
I don't want to be strong.
Sometimes,
I rather rest than press on.
Sometimes,
I need to get in my feelings.
Sometimes,
I recognize I need healing.
Sometimes, I feel I couldn't

decompress with my head
against your bosom,
because false male expectations
say I shouldn't
let your loving caress of my crown
open my floodgates of release,
but I'd drown
in the depths of my grief
if I didn't have you
to hold me down,
sometimes.

-HymnAgen