Soundcloud Poetry Produced by Cody Canyon

A few months ago, I met with a colleague. Cody Canyon allowed me to re-record a couple of my poems. He used his talents to graciously add some music to my voice. I’m super pleased with how well these came out. Please visit me on Soundcloud for more of these tracks. Thank you for listening…. […]

MAKAI WITHOUT REGRETS -poem

Khalilah Yasmin Copyright 2021 In the sand I sit, surrounded by the world yet inside of my own.  Crowded with strangers, hungry birds, yet eternally alone.  We connect with others on whatever level we allow them to reach us,  We’re students to every experience and each moment we allow to teach us.  Craving nothing, for […]

SOLSTICE-poem

Solstice  12/21/21 Written by Khalilah Yasmin  Taken by surprise, by an invitation I didn’t know that I craved.  Taken by the hand, and an inhibition I had previously saved.  I caved…in…. gave in… to the possibility that life gives so randomly.  The electric bolts in my ears melted into my skin when his eyes.. they […]

Paradise Series

Since I’ve made all of my social media accounts private, and haven’t updated this website in over a year, I decided to post something here. A hello…and well wish to those that may see it. I prefer not to limit my labels, yet definitely have grown to resent the term ‘model’, as these days people […]

Inspired by a broken heart

These lyrics were inspired by a broken heart. Writing is my cathartic release, but it fixes NOTHING. No one is listening. The planet seems to be getting more divided instead. People would rather label based on hatred & inaccurate stereotypes, than understand one another. People would rather be right, than be kind. People would rather […]

I BELIEVE-2020

2020 ‘Believe’ Re-MIX! Honored to be a part of this timely song and beautiful video, with my chosen brother Bryan. Bryan asked me to re-write the lyrics to the 3rd verse; to reflect the times we are currently living in, along with my own spoken word segments. This is my first time hearing someone actually […]