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  As soon as I find my voice

  

  By imnotjaye, Los Angeles, CA

  As soon as I find my voice, I will write the words of my life across the galaxy. They will read: my life is my letters, words, notes of happiness, written in the thin glow of stars. They will be out there for the world to see, I am ready to become vulnerable, Expose myself to the unknown crit...
• Nonfiction > Personal Experience
  The Cellist

  

  By imnotjaye, Los Angeles, CA

  I pick up the bow, which now seems like an extension of my ebony arm. As my fingers touch the mahogany, I hear one constant note rushing through the small studio that I call home. The sound is a choir singing in unison, the same beautiful note: G major. My soul yearns to hear more, so I pick up the ...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Into Despair

  

  By imnotjaye, Los Angeles, CA

  Into Despair I am Suffocating, Mostly Drowning into Me. The world I thought I knew is now Unfamiliar. I was holding All my power At the tips of my fingers, Vanity taking the better Of me. The rush, The high Vanished into thin Air. Engulfing me In the remnants Of my destro...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Complicated

  

  By imnotjaye, Los Angeles, CA

  I see you walking Down the hallway. I glimpse you face. The smile on it makes my Heart throb. You are surrounded by people. There is no way I can talk to you. So, I just look. You are wearing that shirt That I think looks Hideous on you, But it makes me laugh to think That you think t...
• Opinion > Love / Relationships
  What is love? Will your dream guy find you?

  

  By imnotjaye, Los Angeles, CA

  Well... that's hard to say... There are 6.8 billion people in the world.... people cheat on each other... I think that there is more than one person out there for everyone... I can be describing millions o' guys... so my dream boy can be living in 200 years or something... because a baby i...
• Poetry > Free Verse
  Under The Cherry Tree

  

  By imnotjaye, Los Angeles, CA

  Under The Cherry Tree Under the cherry tree You wait for As the petals fall A-top your shoulder, Your love for me gets colder and older. The sky turns black And your hopes fall, Your patience with me is all dried up And you have no more love for me At all. You know I will never come...