Poems by Yevereh et Elohim

Will you look at her

Dusty face, rusty nails missing teeth, missing sock.

Please, will you look at her?

Tears of pain roll down her swollen face. She sits in that puddle of mud, fear in her eyes.

Please, will you look at her?

Not asking to live with you, nor suggesting dinner at Toa’s— all she needs is the need for you to be there. Not asking you to wash her clothes. Nor asking you to help her move out of state.

Please, will you look at her?

She needs reassurance that she’ll live tomorrow— wants to be assured that she’s a woman, that her beauty is outstanding.

Please, will you look at her?

Tell her tonight she’s a ray of sunlight, wipe her tears and hold her hand real tight. Tell her she’s God’s pearl.

Please, will you look at her? Yevereh Et Elohim

Hardship

it’s so painful how can i endure this pain i know you’re teaching me how to walk i long to learn how to lift my feet yet this is hardship hardship because You love me

there is long suffering the world’s gonna think i’m lost it hurts too much to let go but i want to learn this is hardship hardship because You love me

it’s hard to say goodbye thought it was for the strong i for one do not possess the gift of goodbyes now it’s my turn this is hardship hardship because You love me

the road is foggy i keep tripping on these rocks my toes are sore yet with sore feet i’m walking this dusty road this is hardship hardship because You love me Yevereh Et Elohim

You are

you’re that sun that sets so beautifully you’re that flower that grows on the bricks you’re that smile that no one deserves you’re that heart that cries out for justice you’re that eye that corrects but does not judge you’re that comfort when there’s no end you’re the place people call home you are a woman Yevereh Et Elohim

Wonders of your beauty

when you speak even the winds obey when you blink even the mountains bow when you breathe even the oceans sleep when you whisper even the clouds pause when you sleep even the earth rotates no more when you near even the sun heats no more when you love even my heart pounds no more Yevereh Et Elohim

Emptiness

as i look at my life i see the “What Ifs” that cross my mind i wish i could’ve had the wisdom to understand why certain things were the way they were now there’s nothing left to hold onto there’s this sense of emptiness within my soul

i’ve let people in my life i’ve traveled the greatest cities i’ve tasted all that life has to offer yet i sit alone in this room waiting for answers there’s this sense of emptiness within my soul

my father cannot fill, nor my mother neither my closest friends nor my lover it’s beyond human comprehension i’ve come this far to life yet there’s something missing not even the smoothest touch of human hands can come close to healing this gap within me there’s this sense of emptiness within my soul

this loneliness is breaking every bone in my heart and it’s only now, only now that my worst enemy, solitude, is what fills that gap in solitude You capture my heart only in solitude can i truly cherish your presence there’s this sense of emptiness within my soul that only You, my Creator, can fill Yevereh Et Elohim