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we could heal each other
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December 22nd, 2008writing/poetrysome days you have to stay in, blast some jill scott, and write corny love poems, you know?
let me take your burdens and bury them under my tongue,
locking them between my teeth,
reminding you that i am the keeper of your secrets
only through soft sweet kisses
on your beautiful skinlet’s pause this nonsense, the distractions are clear on freeze frame,
black and white stills of our lives
exhibit one
politics, different backgrounds, loud suspicion between two peoples
history is evidence and prophecy that all the love in the world is often times still not enough
exhibit two
jokes, the kind that leave us both hurt and forever frontin’
miscommunications sit between us
i still can’t believe you said that last week…
exhibit three
media, textbooks, and systemic violence remind us everyday that bodies shaped, colored, twisted, broken, and beautifully abundant like ours
are not worthy
or ever deserving of lovesitting in a dark room, fingers intertwined and touching the screen
i’ll say baby.. even with all this, i still believe we could heal each other
if you could stop hop scotching around us, around this.
trust me, give me a chance
i won’t laugh
i won’t say you were wrong, you didn’t try hard enough, you misunderstood his intentions, that it’s all your fault
i won’t tell you what i would have done
i won’t
i won’t.after confession number one, if you are still listening, if you have not left me,
i’ll search for you in the dimness
letting my eyes ask you
am i too blatant?
have i been too loud, too proud in my skin?
it has been a process to claim who i am
& i am fastened together by little threads, pieces of worn cloth patched together
deep scars trace the path of knives that bit my skin in the pursuit
of a more perfect union but i refused to be carved into one of them.it hits me, the truth is slowly beginning to reveal itself,
i am the glaring reminder of what is hidden under your clothes
the things you want to forget
ironically, it’s those things that make me want you
even more…let me take your burdens and bury them under my tongue,
locking them between my teeth,
reminding you that i am the keeper of your secrets
only through soft sweet kisses
on your beautiful skinwe could heal each other.
7 responses to “we could heal each other” 
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Mesmerizingly, probingly, tenderly beautiful.
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Well, if the person who you’ve written about still doesn’t take a chance with you .. I will!! That was beautiful x
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wow. really moving and powerful, and not corny at all. no response really, except you are awesome :)
imogen… great to see you here! woot real life friends and blog friends connecting :)
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Beautiful honesty, radiates such a good heart, the Ace of Cups! (tarot)
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cripchick
Cripchick is a queer disabled corean-american living and loving in North Carolina. Cripchick is a 22 year old youth organizer who has been working in the youth arm of the Disability Rights Movement since high school. She is most interested in using poetry, community organizing and media as a way to cut through isolation that marginalized people often face. Cripchick is a radical woman of color feminist and believes in the power of people coming together.
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A Few Projects Cripchick Is Involved With
Cripchick is facilitating a satellite campus in her local community for School of Our Lorde. School of Our Lorde is an effort to bring people together to study the poetics, pedagogy, politics and publishing of feminist warrior poet Audre Lorde. You can join an existing campus, participate by distance learning or start your own campus! To find out more, visit: http://summerofourlorde.wordpress.com/
Disability Justice Track at the Allied Media Conference
The Allied Media Conference is an annual gathering where artists, media makers and activists come together to talk media strategies for community building. Cripchick is working with other disabled people to create the first ever Disability Justice track--- a space where we people will dissect a disability justice analysis and have time to talk about the way disability shapes our work as cultural activists, media makers and activists. You can find out more at http://alliedmediaconference.org
Disabled Young People's Collective's first ever Activism, Community, Empowerment Summit
Cripchick is an active member with the Disabled Young People's Collective, a crew of disabled youth working to get free in NC. DYP is organizing a 6 day event in August for disabled youth between the ages 16-24 to come together and learn about disability justice, organizing, and community building. To get an application or find out more, visit http://thedypcollective.org
Kai December 22nd, 2008 at 19:55