No Offense-Unless it Applies

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“No offense.  Unless it applies.” © http://KhalilahYasmin.com I’ve written a blog on this in the past from both sides of the spectrum. Years ago it upset me when people said they were less attracted to their own race. I thought it was wrong to discriminate against your own ethnicity.  To say “I want no one […]

“Dear You”

khalilahyasmin  POETRY  6 Comments

“Dear You” Dear You,   I cannot pretend you don’t exist now that I know that you do, The moment you spoke, I lost myself in your YOU… I cannot show you what you aren’t ready to see, Cannot make you stop loving her, and start loving me.   I cannot make this make sense […]

“EKAJ”

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“EKAJ” Smitten, for he is a poem I have not yet written. Both of us shy, and sore of lips from being bitten… He got closer. I stood contemplating my heart- my keys and letting him in… A stranger at distance, and a lover to win. Sin? I had considered because I want to live […]

K~Y Thought of the Day: “Value-Look DEEPER”

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Letters to the World-From the World- “Value; LOOK DEEPER” http://KhalilahYasmin.com I woke up today and remembered a dream that I have frequently.  I dream about someone that mattered to me and was taken from me.  And that dream got me to thinking about ‘value’.  As I look around me and the world we live in, […]

“Perfection”

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Letters to the World; From the World. “Perfection” © http://KhalilahYasmin.com I wanted you to be my canvas, I breathe art, philosophy, poetically … And You wanted an ass to kiss, literally… I want something deeper than something that wants to go deep IN me. I want a connection, and nothing like what all the other […]

“Missed”

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“Missed” Khalilah-Yasmin I don’t miss you, I miss who you pretended to be, and since pretending isn’t real- I miss nothing at all. I haven’t changed my number,  yet subconsciously wait for your call. You see, I thought I was a dreamer, until my dream was deferred. I thought I was a poet, until your […]

“Let me BE ME”

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This is partially inspired by my own life and thoughts. Yet, I had some inspiration from a paper that I am doing for class…. Letters to the World, From the World… “Let me be ME” © 2009 Khalilah-Yasmin Yay for gays, piercings, tattoos, interracial love, nudists, universalism, freedom of thought/speech, blood and liberalism. For being […]