Brown Suga Babe

Constance Sloane hates the summer. She works the farmer’s market, spending hours selling and transporting fruit under the South Carolina sun. The days end with Constance sticky, plum-scented, and dark. She could rinse the sticky, scrub the smell, but that dark is staying until the mid-winter. She hates it. The calendar by her mirror has […]

The sun sits high in the sky, nestled between dense clouds. Branches of an old oak break the sunshine apart. Alma stretches her limbs across the grass underneath. The sun graces her rich skin in slits. She basks in the sun until she hears her voice.  Read the rest of Blackberry and more at https://ko-fi.com/brownnsugababe.

THE VALENTINE’S SERIES: THREE. I’ve had a dream about us, one that plays in my head over and over. In my subconscious, you exist among the galaxies. You hop from one star to the next, illuminating each one in your path. When you feel as though the sky is bright enough, you come down and […]

THE VALENTINE’S SERIES: TWO. At a time where our next moves are especially unpredictable, it’s reassuring to know that I can count on you. Your love is comforting, safe. You demonstrate finesse in the way you care for me, fluid movements as if you’ve performed this dance many times before. Read the rest of Condiment […]

THE VALENTINE’S SERIES: ONE. Maybe it’s your smile. Your deep brown skin. It could be the way you carry yourself. An amalgamation of things I’m sure, swirled into one beautiful woman. In my dreams you reside, warming my skin with your glow. Read the rest of Icarus and more at https://ko-fi.com/brownnsugababe.

I watch her walk by me every day.  She’s beautiful. I wish I could tell her. I part my lips to speak, but I can never find the right words to say. I want to confess my love. I adore her.  My heart beats for her, even when she doesn’t feel the same. Read the […]

I lay my body down to rest in the soil. It is moist against my skin, dark like me. I rest and I think. Read the rest of Wounds/Garden and more at https://ko-fi.com/brownnsugababe.

26 years ago, you did something that many would turn and run away from. 7 years later, you did it again. Through uncertainty, judgement, and fear, you became a mother, something that I am forever grateful for. Read the rest of Super Hero and more at https://ko-fi.com/brownnsugababe.

its funny how the weather changes the wind picks you up, changing you too sun beaming on your skin, reminiscent of the good times Read the rest of Weather and more at https://ko-fi.com/brownnsugababe.

Empty. Brown skin against the cool glass of his car, green eyes staring into the dashboard, Micah felt. . . empty. A feeling of what if turned into what is, dwindling into what was. She was there until she wasn’t, a shooting star illuminating a black sky before returning the space to its dark hue once […]

It’s frustrating. Heart pounding, blood boiling. The feeling of white-hot anger behind eyelids, searing the image into the mind. There are so many unanswered questions, loose ends left frayed and separated. What does one have that the other doesn’t? Read the rest of Introspective and more at https://ko-fi.com/brownnsugababe.

he pauses, taking it all in. the room had a distinct smell, one he found himself growing to love. he held her in his arms. his fingers traced her curves, and then wandered across the ink that enhanced her skin as opposed to staining it. Read the rest of Spine and more at https://ko-fi.com/brownnsugababe.