Black History Love (snippet)
I ask myself multiple times if I should let you back into this home. My couch isn’t ready for your weight, and I’m not talking about in...
Barry
- Mar 12, 2019
Left Unsaid
Stable Firm I was in need of some change and I saw that you were the brightest diamond around.. She laid on my chest not aware of how...
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Barry
- Mar 12, 2019
Delivery Room
I see you. Angles dancing in your corneas as your first breath is of second hand smoke infecting your lungs with the whisper of the devil...
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Barry
- Aug 22, 2018
Behind Eyelids
Still shining; underneath the black cloth that has engulfed us in a room 100 degrees below light, and your chakras are the only thing...
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Barry
- Aug 22, 2018
The Lifeguards Seat
The sea breeze rushing through the pores of my skin. Goosebumps rise from my flesh getting their first look at the universe. The smell of...
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Barry
- Jun 26, 2018
Don't Remember Me
Leave me in all the places you left me and forget me. Don't remember me. Don't think of any place we could be. Or that restaurant where...
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Barry
- Jun 25, 2018
Godiva Prayers
Sweet tooth craving every inch of you. Chocolate kisses left on caramel skin making this the sweetest Snickers I've ever seen. This must...
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Barry
- Jun 25, 2018
Chinese Handcuff
My fingers glued to my phone so I've been typing in my notes. About broken hearts of broken girls I tried to piece together but ended up...
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Barry
- Apr 16, 2018
Flight to Houston
This layover has my whole mind ready to lay over.. Stagnant in this river of your emotions.. and my emotions. Gate 4 Group 4 Window seat...
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Barry
- Feb 1, 2018
The Sky's Hour Glass
I just wanna stay warm and look at the stars. And trace out the constellations. There goes Orin's belt. The Big Dipper. There goes You...
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Barry
- Jan 1, 2018
Talking to Lavenders
Temperate thoughts lost in the crevices imbedded in your cheekbones. Hazelnut diamonds entice unimaginable truths to surface to reality....
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Barry
- Jul 26, 2017
"Indigo White Water"
Falling deep Indigo white water It's a tug... Snatched Whirlpool Counterclockwise Pull tug It's a tug... Not falling, But like being...
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Barry
- May 27, 2017
5/27/2017 17:28
Been saving my graces for a blessing like you. Been saving all my first impressions to impersonate and embody everything your heart...
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Barry
- Oct 25, 2016
Moonless Sky
You move just like the ocean. Creating ripples in my mind that extend throughout my soul. You look just like sun. Shining, blinding to...
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Barry
- Oct 25, 2016
Open Letter
I keep writing poems for women who deserve better so here is my open letter. Sincerely, Everything you used to be. Or want to be...
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