MJ'S POETRY

the rays of the sun stretch out and open the sky to you the colorful petals stretch out and open the flower to you the branches and...

there is a pulchritude in darkness one cannot find in the light a deeper honesty revealed in the tenebrous, Stygian night the unseen...

you were always so nonchalant about everything. i don’t believe you thought twice about it before you grabbed my hand. my eyes filled...

like a pinprick, he did sting me left behind an itching bump but i did not become indignant for now i know that i’m alive with a sizzle,...

what is the destiny of a cactus? to be consumed, to rot; ultimately, to die. is this fate, however, what the cactus strives for? does he...

times, scores, GPA weight, height, diameter points, calories, sizes these numbers? that's not who we are diversity is. we are a melting...

the coming together of those who are invested in love is beautiful joining of souls platonic intimacy collaboration trust ~mj

i am like a squirrel in that i am easily distracted. you put an iced coffee in my hands, and i forget everything but my love for you....

sometimes poverty isn’t sitting on the street begging for spare change. sometimes poverty is sleeping in past breakfast so you have money...

motivation is hard to come by and tricky to hold on to, so it's a massive blessing when one receives it. ~mj

son·der (noun): The profound feeling of realizing that everyone, including strangers passed in the street, has a life as complex as one's...

dear ben, thank you for creating music that somehow fits whatever mood i'm in, no matter how weird or obsolete that mood may be. all of...

PSA! please stop romanticizing every friendly gesture, especially physical touch and compliments. friends should be able to give other...

she can always say i love you to everybody else but even though she needs it most she never tells herself ~mj

everything is so fractured but normal i forgot how used to this pain i was i guess my sliver of happiness was just a beautiful illusion...

breathe just breathe inhale exhale but it will not can not work i’m choking trying gasping but you squeeze my lungs more each time you...

everything is so loud the music the talking my heartbeat it's roaring but i'm drowning in silence because you are the only quiet thing ~mj

i can’t explain to you how what i thought was so wildly different than what was actually happening because you’re gone and i’m still here...

gentle now go slow i’m still fragile i can’t handle you yet you’re just a little bit a lot sometimes ~mj

she was an absolute tornado of a human being wild terrifying but reaching the eye of her storm? beyond stunning and infinitely calm. ~mj