Your eyes move like the tide...

Today I will go check out Pariah, an independent award-winning film about a 17-year-old African-American gifted student quietly struggling to embrace her identity as a lesbian. I’ve really great things about the film.

It’s Saturday and it’s usually about art around here… 

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Nows [no. 6]

Your eyes move like the tide,

looking first outward,

before sweeping it all in.

We sat on splashed rock

that took a million years

patiently sculpting itself

to be our throne

and waited…

silent, naked and serene,

drinking in the wisdoms

of the sea.

Just now

I was caught in the

quiet of your undertow.

And since the moment

I first brushed against you

I promised myself

I would never live

on an island that was

too small to fit you in

somehow.

Edward-Yemíl Rosario ©