6 Quotes & Sayings By Yesenia Barkley

Yesenia Barkley is an award-winning, published author. At 19, she was the youngest person ever to win the National Book Award in poetry, and has since gone on to receive numerous other national literary honors including an NAACP Image Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, two fellowships from the National Endowment of Arts, and a "Webby" for her online book "My Bitter Sister." Yesenia is also the recipient of a 2016 duPont Columbia teacher & scholar fellowship.

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You fell asleep and a monster crawled from out of my head and found its way under my bed Yesenia Barkley
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I see your face, your smile and poetry comes flooding out of a heart that can't love you anymore... Yesenia Barkley
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I'm on my way...don't know where to, but my road is build with metaphors and nonsense Yesenia Barkley
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I love a man who tickles me awake with reality, and kisses me goodnight with fiction Braids my hair with simplicity to compliment my contradiction And calms the waging wars inside with a simple boyish look For he is as much a mystery as he is an open book When I am at my worst, I am beautiful by his side He draws me in yet keeps me free, the moon to my tide He relishes my quirks and antics just as much I love to keep him frantic And if I ever fall, he doesn’t catch me right away Because he knows I’ll glide And even more so, knows how much I enjoy the ride… With the strength I lack, he holds my insecurity safe in-between his fingers And if there is ever a doubt while I am out running about His steady grip lingers He drives me crazy just as much as he keeps me sane And has the wisdom to keep me wild knowing I’ll die if ever tame So when I am far, he frets not, because he knows he’s my favorite destination If ever I am down, he joins me on the ground and points out my favorite constellations He catches my sighs and lackluster replies With ageless humor and tenacity I draw blanks at his capacity And challenge his audacity But He wins because despite my stubbornness he is persistent Yet forever fails because he belongs to nonexistent . Yesenia Barkley
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Ummmm hi" and my broken heart twitches in an attempt to start beating again Yesenia Barkley