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Raven C. Waters

stake the claim

Perhaps

it's the night sweats

the upset stomach

fractured sleeping pattern


deep belly cries


or the string of pain from uterus to heart

that paralyzes me


perhaps

they are life's roars

tired of whispering


so they

scream for attention

intention


Ravey please

Please, listen

to us

to me

to we


to the freedom of discipline


it's yours to claim

to sink your talons into to

and declare


a proclamation

that


THIS IS LOVE

this is how I love

this is my decision

a choice I'm blessed to make


to embrace


through discipline is wealth

is ability

is desire

is honor


perhaps

I've known it all along


and so I ran

opposite direction

towards what I've always known

what I can understand

and find comfortability in


perhaps

my body is screaming

that it is time


the hypersensitivity

rooted in connectivity

to this world

my world


perhaps

through true love

a clear lens of

genuine self


my current life will abundantly transform


and perhaps

we've always known it was coming



• 17 March 2023 | DC •

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