A Season of loss
Punctuated by a season of loneliness
Reminds us of
all those we hold dear
Reminds us of
all those we held dear
We reach out
Pulling closer to
Those who truly matter
Let’s start a movement
Let’s start a movement
Let’s start a simple movement
Relieving the burden of proof
From those who are oppressed
Relieving the burden of proof
From those who are marginalized
Relieving the burden of proof
From cultures that have been appropriated
Let’s start a powerful movement
Relieving the burden of proof
From those who experience micro aggressions
Relieving the burden of proof
From those that experience systemic racism
Relieving the burden of proof
From those that experience discrimination and prejudice
Let’s start a movement of believing those experiences by relieving the burden of proof requirement to be heard.
DeShauna Hollie
Say it aloud
As I read through their
Names, I pause and say them out-
loud to get it right
It be like that
Sometimes sleep play hard
To get- it be like watch
sunsets and sunrises
Fireflies
Fluttering de-lights
Announcing boldly, shyly
We are here as guide
Moon phases
Moon phase un-phased as
Natural cycles takes it
Around and back home
#springhaiku #moonhaiku #haiku
Gold
Her skin gold dusted
Glimmering in the sun as
She makes her way back
Vacations
Refusing to let expectations
Take from me-
Vacations
Filled with poem reading and writing
A little music playing
Bike riding and friend hanging
Truth telling-
I don’t feel guilty for
Vacations not wasted
Instead gently
Washing over me and
Leaving behind me-
Retrospective looking forward
Today
Laundry dishes dog
Perfect weather for outside
Stroll and simple tasks
Not so hurried
Sometimes we want them to already know
What we know
Sometimes we want them to be who they are going to be
Without know who they are now
Sometimes we try to hurry them
To be who we want them to be
Sometimes we try to hurry them to be
Who we see them as
Sometimes we hurry them along so fast
That they don’t get time to
Play
Rest
Tryout life before
Committing to who
They are
Committing to who
They want to be
Sometimes we want them to bloom
Before they are ready
D.S. Hollie 