Small Child

Petals and Leaves

Petali na Majani

And More Figures

Na Takwimu Zaidi

Ribbons of Grass

Mautepe ya Nyasi

Poetry in Motion

Mashairi katika Mwendo

Plant

Mmea

Bejewled Flower

Ua ya Vito

Drawing Figures

Kuchora Takwimu

Sketches, Sketches, Sketches

Michoro, Michoro, Michoro

My OCs as I've drawn them. They're a bit wonky. First time drawing faces in a while.

Lovers

Wapenzi

This is how it is with me:

so strong, I want to draw the egg

from your womb and nourish it in my own.

I want to mother your child made only

of us, of me, you: no borrowed seed

from any man. I want to re-fashion

the matrix of creation, make a human being

from the human love that passes between

our bodies. Sweetheart, this is how it is:

when you emerge from the bedroom

in a clean cotton shirt, sleeves pushed back

over forearms, scented with cologne

from an amber bottle—I want to open

my heart, the brightest aching slit

of my soul, receive your pearl.

I watch your hands, wait for the sign

that means you’ll touch me,

open me, fill me; wait for that moment

when your desire leaps inside me.

~ Deborah A. Miranda, Love Poem to a Butch Woman