Moodymann as translated by ASL interpreter Josh Navarro at Portola

I mistook silence for mystery,
distance for depth,
hurt for hidden gold
and so I threw my pearl
before a swine who could never
tell treasure from stone.
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I'd swallow your name if it meant I could speak you fluently #poem #poetry #love #lust #poet

Sometimes the soil you plant in rejects the seed,
But keep sowing, keep watering—
One day the ground will open,
And what wasn’t meant to bloom will lead you
To richer earth
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Your absence, a scar
A wound that refuses to heal
Yet, love remains still

Setbacks are but the universe’s way of teaching resilience,
Lessons written in the language of struggle

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What they saw as my cage,
I saw as raw material—
Bars bent into bridges,
Chains melted into pathways

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Each wall that has been set up to block me,
I have taken the bricks and made my stairway to freedom

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You were my world,
my universe,
the brightest star in endless skies.
But dying stars burn wild—
unpredictable, explosive, divine—
and in the end, all that remained
was a black hole.

I thought your gaze lingered because it saw me,
But it only sought a reflection of what you wished to become.

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You didn’t crave my presence;
You craved my shadow—
A place to hide your fears,
A stage to act out your dreams.

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DROWNING DOVE:
P.1

From my chest I sent a dove
My rest, my peace, my love
She stretched out her wings
In search for your shores
Only to find you were unsure

You weren't secure
you werent dry land
You, a drifting boat.
Pulled by winds you refuse to name
You had no anchor
Just filled with shame

The ocean sang of release, its waves a hymn of letting go, dissolving what was never mine to keep. #poetry #poet

The wind urged me to breathe,
to inhale the world and exhale my fears.

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