as with whispers heard in the hush grace of pride hidden in a word of a child who lied and a mother who cried everything slurred from first to third are left inside what comes out is a tide of silence louder than my inner bird leonell echa

Take a pose, stand still Twitch your eyes, open your ear For this ill, One needs more than just beer To beat what has now become our fear Everyone must take a pill Or we’d just die in the mill Without knowing the puppeteer Hiding behind the chandelier Driving us downhill Victor Oyedele

for breath that ceases that we may remain alive we are grateful for in the face of flood and water that know no depth except on dry land and dreams that become despite many ruthless sleeps we are thankful for leonell echa

Wake up in a bed that can bear your weight Be grateful that you didn’t fall through when the night was upon you If there were wounds, Nurse them Feed them to the air Take in breaths that wake up your lungs When your stomach growls Wear a tea that has your name In that […]

we must know that poems do not write themselves and poets do not hang on shelves if sinners are misled by God and awe in awesome is flawed the city will be empty of people as the effect will ripple we should only gather not a word, not another we just follow leonell echa

If the brain can be seen, Mine would be a place Far away from home, Where no one is allowed, A tree bearing fruits for thoughts This heart will be a shrine To aid the gods in judgments, A lot of sacrifices to be carried, An existing land to be referred to Only by assumption […]

son, be grateful. there’s no better scripture look back and not be hateful son, be grateful. some days will be fateful the frame may be better picture son, be grateful. there’s no better scripture leonell echa

the mice will chase for cheese so hunger may decrease its bite the chase will be a fight for food, a rich respite measure first, it is for pleasure not for want of treasure to pile or for things that are vile or those that last a while and die do not prove, only try […]