Flames
I have hid and I'm still hiding. But I would like to not have to pretend. Listen, all these feelings fill me up to no end. Romantic feelings. Platonic feelings. Sometimes a beautiful blend.
I have so many feelings and I have felt a lot of shame about it. I have felt like my feelings were too much, too big, too emotional, too irrational, too hysterical, too African, too western, too sinful, just wrong essentially. This poem is primarily about relationship anarchy but it speaks to other "unconventional" feelings.
I have been shamed, dismissed and ignored when I have tried to share my feelings. This cruel minimisation of my feelings led to me sharing my feelings with myself via poetry and ultimately my art.
Image Description
A close up picture of a fire pit.
My feelings are like an open flame
Hot, expansive and cannot be tamed
Again maybe not
I like the rhyme sha
Either way theres a lot of feelings
And the steps its taken to actually feel them
If it appears out of hand
Why is that a shame ?
I'm not taking any blame
I have feelings.
A lot of them.
Feelings I refuse to contain
Feelings for you
Feelings for her
Feelings for zhem
Feelings for Den
And more and more feelings again
Feelings poured out in pen
Feelings for my friends
Feelings I don't want to end
I need to feel and acknowledge those feelings
I have hid and I'm still hiding
But I would like to not have to pretend
Listen, all these feelings fill me up to no end
Romantic feelings
Platonic feelings
Sometimes a beautiful blend
Feelings for Corn
Feelings about being born
Its feelings that help me write this poem
Saving and storing all my romantic feelings
Pouring it into one person ?
It's a no can do
I refuse to
If I had the choice I wouldn't choose to
I have a choice
I refuse to
Don't insist I choose you
My feelings are a fire, a big flame
You know what's next
Yeah yeah
Exactly that, for now I'm feeling the same
My feelings won't be tamed.
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