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"Writing is a way of continuing hope ... perhaps for me it is a way of remembering I am not alone."
~ Lucille Clifton
Dr. Young's Library
My library is not a place of peace and quiet
as my past mistakes are always running riot
My library has rules about books for loan
so be careful if you decide to take a few home
Once you've opened these books and carefully read
you can't put them back they're forever in your head...
please enjoy
Dear Daughter
dear daughter don't wear skin like a sad apology make a home out of the beauty in your unique body be free in it, others thoughts you'll...
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
Resurrection Day
suffer not the little children He said kindly set them free, let them come unto me so that they might know God almighty though many are...
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
BLOOM
A love so strong it burns The ash in my chest makes fertile ground My heart sings as flowers Bloom all year 'round -TLY
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
BREATHLESS
he stood in front of me naked broken and afraid of true intimacy and the sweetness of it's taste i kissed his insecurities 'til they...
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
The Graduate
managed innocent & strong temptations pleased past present future stolen generations elevated & ended others expectations bypassed paths...
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
In the end
in the end I let you go full of hope and newfound glow I was the space for you to grow nourishing your maturing ego getting you high when...
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
10,000
I've no wish to say goodbye and even less desire to miss you I'd rather share 10,000 sighs remembering every time I kissed you Yes my...
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
MAYBELLINE
my girls suggest using Maybelline but I'm wondering there maybe a conflict within their beliefs to have consumers truly believe in the...
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
NEVER
we've never been together and never a 'friends only' theme our default error is forever waiting in the tricky in between -TLY
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
Anchored
masters in taking steady breaks impossible for smooth seas to make uncharted yet skillful sailors anchored deep in their shallow saviors...
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
Serial F-Ups
a dominant trait, labeled and often tagged as special, betrays is costly for those value loyalty an everlasting style of commitment...
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
Melanin
Dynamic, beautiful, radiant such an appealing, powerful ingredient soft and warm, no need for a mink able to comfort, deeper than some...
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
Reminded
warned you, that you'll always look but will tragically never find it yet I'm reassured when you get close you'll reminisce my love and...
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
BUTTERFLIES
allowing the butterflies worry me as they travel their way inside dismissing their mindless hovering urges of flying free or finding a...
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
Lips and Tips
missing your touch an artist unquestionably ambidextrous double dutch involuntary celibacy hunger with a fiery taste salty hope and...
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
HER REIGN
HER soul forged tempered of hell's cosmic blazed fire HER passionate self-deification demons admire HER essence blooming from heaven's...
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
George Floyd
places across the globe's planetary waves attempts to justify the trade of slaves maleficent skills to uproot family ties religion and...
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
Living Hell
in a world where anyone's a liar in a place surrounded with fire no one to talk with or call a friend heat molded bonds quickly end...
Tasha Young
Apr 29, 20231 min read
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