LaToya Martin : Writing

My Skin

My Skin

A Poem by LaToya Martin


My skin settles with the evening skiesIt dwells in the darkness of nightIn the morning time, it awakesStill in its beauty-LaToya Martin
MIRROR

MIRROR

A Poem by LaToya Martin


Blamed for displaying broken imagesFor ignoring inner beautyBlamed for awarding the outer maskA trap for the weak as well as the strongMirror, approac..
Friend of the Family

Friend of the Family

A Poem by LaToya Martin


I love youBut yet I hate youYou are the hope of my futureYou were my guidance in my pastMy father despised youBut my mother adored youYou were her wil..
This Christmas

This Christmas

A Poem by LaToya Martin


He went on and on about his childhoodAbout how he walked miles to school barefoot in snowOh how we chuckled to his many storiesGrandpa spoke about whe..
Rebecca

Rebecca

A Poem by LaToya Martin


Sold for what she wasn’t created to beGiven for the pleasure of anotherOh how pain is now her newfound loveBeaten by the hands that constantly d..
Weed in the Garden

Weed in the Garden

A Poem by LaToya Martin


Gardener, why was I planted here?What did you see?The gardener replied, a little weed from the earth standing with nobodyBut the sun burns, said the w..