Steaks on the Grill

My days

You took 

The best of me

Then,

Came back

For the rest of me. 

I surrendered 

Every particle 

On a silver platter. 

In your absence,

I dance in the mirror 

Until it shatters. 

Who the ***

Is going to pick up

The me

That used to be?

Who is going to pull me closer?

I have a ***ed up sort of beauty. 

Thought you’d always be 

The beholder.

@ 3:59 am

Chased shadows

Just to be next to

Your silhouette. 

Woke up to alarms

That I should have never set. 

I just wanted to be prepared

To spend time. 

Could’ve sworn

That we were on a steady incline. 

But,

Our dreams came crashing down

Before I could even

About your one word text. 

The scars are old

But,

The wounds are fresh. 

Once again,

I find myself bleeding out

Over a man

Who swore

To be 

Different from the rest. 

Copyright 2020 by Kentrell Blanche

🌑🌻🌑 past Uranus 🌑🌻🌑

Funny how  

Thrills come and go. 

6 months in

And I still feel 

Like your {🦋}

I know 

You had your situation 

But,

The stipulation 

Was that 

I’d be the wife

And she’d be 

“Up out your life”

Yet,

Here I am 

Flippin through bridal magazines 

All alone

On the sofa

While you’re somewhere

Drippin in your Fashion Nova. 

I should’ve never 

Let you use my account. 

Lord knows

I should get my {🐐}

Out of the house. 

But,

This pink moscato 

Has me convinced

That you’re in it to win it. 

“Yes. He’ll be home in a minute.”

That’s what ...

Steaks on the Grill

Take a puff.

Pass it on.

Blaze it up

While I burn alone. 

Patronize my insecurities 

All you like

But,

I can look you 

In your eyes

And tell

That there is reason for all my concerns.

I wouldn’t be opening a can of worms

If I didn’t feel

That there was something to reel in.

I know the feeling

Of an approaching cold front. 

Wrap me in sarcasm 

All you want. 

If there were nothing to hide,

Why do you get so defensive 

When I ask about certain likes?

IG is going to be the reason

You meet an early grave, mister. 

But,

Go on and chew on the attention.

Digest the confirmation 

That you seem to need. 

Just know

That I won’t leave the table

Should be me

Can’t count the number of drinks

We’ve bought each other

At bars.

We’ve gotten drunk

And sat out on balconies 

And named stars.

We’ve ed about work

And cried on each other’s shoulders 

When lovers didn’t realize

Our worth. 

The things

We’ve heard,

The things

We’ve shared;

No other union could compare

To what has always been there. 

We’ve been each other’s safe haven

For years. 

All this time,

I have been patient

Although it is clear

That we should be more than friends. 

I know you have your preferences 

But,

Surely your heart must extend

When it comes to...

Copyright 2019 by Kentrell Blanche

Course

Breathe.

Receive.

Spin.

Release.

Clean up the mess.

Return the favor

When you’re at your best

And we’ll live happily ever after.

There will be 

No need for chapters.

Our love can be 

One big run on sentence. 

We can flow 

Without pause,

Without break,

Without feeling the need 

To justify

Our business. 

We can sail across the sea

And soar through the clouds 

All in one course.

I can’t wait for the day

That I get you onboard. 

© 2019 by Kentrell Blanche

🥞

It’s 5am

And I’m 

Tossing and turning

Over things concerning 

You and me

And the uprooted seeds

That we continue to water.

Our shadows grow darker

As the Sun catches an attitude.

The universe 

Seems to have grown tired of

You and I 

Altering our latitudes 

After every disagreement.

A year only has four stages

But,

We’re adding seasons,

Infusing excuses

To our everyday lives

To fight,

To overcompensate,

To sugarcoat

And lie. 

Back and forth,

Back and forth;

Neither one of us

Can take much more.

And neither one of us

Is more guilty

Than the other

But,

It’s so easy to point fingers

When the source of miscommunicatio...