Lee York

Joined May 2021

5 stories

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Lee York is an Indianapolis based writer who has a passion for creating, empowering and inspiring Black Womxn through literary art.

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Just So
Just So Maybe my shoulders are structured, beautiful and broad, to help carry the burdens of others Maybe my feet are perfect, graceful and long,
By Lee York5 years ago in Poets
Stir Slowly
Stir Slowly Mixed and mashed together, that's how I feel. Like butter and molasses, all the finery needed to make sweet n’ decadent things.
By Lee York5 years ago in Poets
Landing
LANDING This feeling of fear is overwhelming at times, it’s like I am waiting for something. Waiting for the fall. I close my eyes and clench my fists, but nothing happens. I am still floating…..always and forever floating. I mean, I guess I could get used to this….if only I could get used to this….the floating, the fear, the fall. I am tired of being this way, tired of the sound of my breath, tired of the tears in my eyes, tired of the pounding of my heart. Most of all I am tired of waiting. It will come. It always comes and it always hurts. Willing myself, I fight.
By Lee York5 years ago in Poets
Checkmate
Checkmate Who taught you that there were lines you cannot bend? Boxes meant to keep you in place. Plateaus you cannot climb and valleys you should not cross.
By Lee York5 years ago in Poets
Shades of Us
Shades of Us What then is Golden If not the color of perfection? Amber, Cocoa and Charcoal A crown of luminous curly locks.
By Lee York5 years ago in Poets