Debby Keys

Weekday

Weekday

Mondays for questions

Tuesdays for miracles

Sundays for sucking into rotting fruits.

And kissing the navels of lovers 

We hold this body sure and true.

Ripe as pears

Making a bargain for healing

begging Joy to come earlier than dawn.

Like any other day

It’s been an impossibly long year and sometimes I can’t believe it. For a year laced with tumultuous lessons and strange assignments, I have of course been sobered by ignorance and the humility that comes with starting new stuff. I have been writing...

Fear is not such a terrible thing

When it was time to publish this post, I hesitated. I was not sure if I wanted to write this topic, I was worried that maybe it wasn’t the best of topics, then it dawned on me that I needed to pay more attention to my own sermon. So, here I go. Fear...

Say Amen

Everyday the world wakes us then we summon our waters all the dampness we can afford We give into the battles that licks into our core We look at the mirror For imperfections For dents For the echoes of yesterday For the blasting past But we can...

FADE

The defining moment in a second. the miracle in a blink of an eye. how the seasons turn in a split. how the years roll with a swing. the questions that get no answers. the puzzles that revolve with spinning time. the man at the back of the bus keeps...

SONGS

To witness two lovers under the moon. whispering nothingness. curling under the wind, with racing heartbeats and sloppy kisses. to murmur under my breath the names of past lovers that faded. while closing my palms in surrender. to listen to the...

SUNDAY MORNING

how long can a man go without breathing? In the tub, I am splashing cold water to his skin, I touch his crumpled shoulders -and I bite my lips till blood scents the water. a broken man does not cry, he bleeds. I recite. But he is inconsolable with a...

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