Poems from okay.joey
I brought you a gift—
a star
from my travels
through space and time.
Unsatisfied,
you asked for the sun instead
With no regard
for...
Fear twists itself
around me:
legs wrapped over
my waist and its arms
restraining mine
We stumble to the precipice
teetering towards...
I am the second-generation seed
Of the flower my ancestors planted
My grandparents—born and raised in Jamaica—
Traveled to Ellis Island...