Killing Me

CYBAH (feat. Lucky Daye)

Monologues

Follow Me

NAPPY HOUR

Stay In (feat. Leven Kali)

Times It By Two

Lose You

Endless Night

Centigrade. (feat. Nao)

Elevate

I birthed a child into the world,
and a sea of red opened beneath my feet.
I knew what that meant—
not from pain,
but from the panic in their voices.
They tried to keep me here,
but the world was already sliding behind me.
I birthed a child into the world,
and for a breath, the world birthed me into death.
I felt the pull—
forward, not falling—
and every cell whispered not yet.

Φῶς ἐν σκότει κεῖται,
light lies in darkness.
Ἐγὼ μνήμην φέρω καὶ πνοήν,
I carry memory and breath.
I was moving beyond the room,
beyond the cries,
into the silence that remembers everything.

There was no light,
only the hum of distance.
My body became a memory,
the blackness opening like a mouth.
Below, a city of silence took shape—
a labyrinth of smoke and bone,
the ruins of a place that once dreamed of men.
At its centre stood a hall of pillars,
braziers of blue fire.
I stopped at the steps,
knowing the doors would open if I asked.

And a voice, without name, rose from the unseen:
“If you walk through, pain will end.
Grief will dissolve.
You will be whole.”
For a heartbeat I wanted that.
Then I remembered the child I had not held,
my body still bleeding for him somewhere in the world of air.

Φῶς ἐν σκότει κεῖται,
light lies in darkness.
Ἐγὼ μνήμην φέρω καὶ πνοήν,
I carry memory and breath.
I whispered into the dark, He needs me.
There was no answer—
only motion returning.

I was pulled backward,
through corridors of wind and dust,
until my lungs struck like thunder
and air tore through me.
I woke with a scream and called for my son.
When they placed him in my arms,
the world trembled—newly made,
fragile and shining.

I am not the woman who left.
I have seen the quiet that waits behind every heartbeat.
It lives in me now—
not a shadow,
but the truth of death,
real and close and strangely kind.

And when I close my eyes,
I still see the blue fire on the steps
and hear the whisper that followed me home:

Φῶς ἐν σκότει κεῖται,
light lies in darkness,
not to die,
but to rise.

miigwech gaa-miigwewin noongom,
(thank you for allowing my return).

But I did not come back as myself—
the woman they knew stayed in the dark,
and another walked out breathing for her,
carrying the hush of that place inside her ribs.

Resurrection

Ding! Ding-ding-ding! ALERT! ALERT! LIKE DETECTED!

Woke up to the screen-light glare!
Finger twitchin’ in the air!
Gotta check the morning stats!
Did my breakfast get some hats?
Scrolled past war and puppy pics!
Filtered out the politics!
Found a cat in tiny boots!
Smash that heart, collect the loots! 
My reflection in the glass!
Looking tired, looking crass! 
But the filter makes me shine! 
Like a plastic Valentine! 

The numbers climb, a hungry beast!
Need that dopamine release!
A tiny buzz, a fleeting high!
Watch the seconds ticking by!
My thumb is sore, my eyes are red!
A million voices in my head!
REFRESH!

I’M A LIKE ZOMBIE! BRAINS? NO, THANKS!
FEED ME PIXELS! RANK THE RANKS! 
SHAKING, TWITCHING, CAN’T LOG OFF! 
TIL THE NOTIFICATIONS STOP! 
MY HEART’S A BROKEN EMOJI!💔
LOST IN DIGITAL KALASHNIKOVI!
I’M A LIKE ZOMBIE! STARE AT THE GLOW! 
WHERE THE ACTUAL HUMAN ME DID GO? 

LIKE! LIKE! LIKE! LIKE-ZOMBIE!
SCROLL! SCROLL! SCROLL! SCROLL-ZOMBIE!
LIKE! LIKE! LIKE! LIKE-ZOMBIE!
BRAIN-DEAD IN THE GLOW-ZOMBIE!

Saw a trend! A dance! So dumb! 
Gotta join before it’s done!
Film myself with socks on hands! 
Doin’ jigs on sticky sands! 
Caption: “Deep thoughts by the sea!”
Just some trash washed up on me! 
Check the views! Refresh again! 
Need more likes than all my friends! 
Bought a thing! Shiny! New! 
Made of plastic, toxic goo! 
Posted pics with perfect grin! 
Hidin’ chaos deep within!

The numbers climb, a hungry beast!
Need that dopamine release!
A tiny buzz, a fleeting high!
Watch the seconds ticking by!
My thumb is sore, my eyes are red!
A million voices in my head!
ALGORITHM TAKE THE WHEEL!

I’M A LIKE ZOMBIE! BRAINS? NO, THANKS!
FEED ME PIXELS! RANK THE RANKS! 
SHAKING, TWITCHING, CAN’T LOG OFF!
TIL THE NOTIFICATIONS STOP!
MY HEART’S A BROKEN EMOJI!😵
LOST IN DIGITAL KALASHNIKOVI! 
I’M A LIKE ZOMBIE! STARE AT THE GLOW! 
WHERE THE ACTUAL HUMAN ME DID GO? 

Remember trees? Remember air?
Remember talking… anywhere?
Without a lens? Without a feed?
Without this desperate, gnawing need…
to be… validated… by… tiny… glowing… hearts…?

WUB WUB WUB KSSSHHHH DING-DING-DING BRRRRRR!

I’M A LIKE ZOMBIE! BRAINS? NO, THANKS! 
FEED ME PIXELS! BREAK THE RANKS!
SHAKING, TWITCHING, CAN’T LOG OFF! 
TIL THE NOTIFICATIONS… stop? 
MY HEART’S A VENDING MACHINE! 
SPITS OUT CONTENT, OBSCENE! 
I’M A LIKE ZOMBIE! STARE AT THE GLOW! 
DID I HAVE A SOUL? I JUST DON’T KNOW! 

Like… Zombie… Scroll… Feed… Need… Valid… ding… ding… dingdingding…

Got it.

Like Zombie

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