Potential Greater Than Effort
"i always find my way back to this place
it tends to open me up and i spill all over my own hands
it’s the coldest thing about me
to be truthful i’ve created a sick way of putting emergency breaks on my feelings
stopping any further damage
yet i keep finding my only loophole and getting through
i’m telling you this but my heart really desires that
it’s a tricky game to play but i just don’t want to trip and fall on my own failures
i’m not certain & neither are you
i think we’re both waiting on answers only we can provide for each other
i’m actually proud of myself for admitting all this
i feel like a numb neutral being
no love language
no love
no vulnerability to dive into
just flesh and tones
now that i’ve had time to watch our reality back i notice all the pitfalls
potential greater than effort most definitely
“it would never work anyways”
who i was then is so much less of who i am now
past tense that’s nonsense
i like to think you’re a better man now
whatever that looks like to you
maybe my love language is my own words articulated so well i fall deeper in love w myself
you deserve to indulge your senses in this flesh and tones"
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