Poems from GarnetPhoenix
It first arrived in my life the day I was born
It wasn't there for me, God's breath still fresh on my skin
It was there for my parents,...
SHADES OF RAIN
“He loves you,” my mother tells me
He’s yelling again
He’s drunk again
No, drunk still
“He loves you,” the teachers...
REBIRTH
by Katharine Royal
I've just returned from a wake, a funeral and a burial...my own
I felt the pains of the me I'd come to know...
Kalenjin Dream
Hello, goodbye my cherub son
Though you never saw the light of day
Your light shines brighter than the stars
I see your...
This one goes out to all my kids, my teens, my peers
All of you who've found yourselves bruised, abused, misused, unable to choose
The...