Dehjah Vaughn | Poetry

Original poetry on Black Life in Atlanta, Summer ‘24

Ontological

I see a vision 

in stored 

for much more 

than we 

give credit to 

even when are remised 

at what Heaven sent 

Go often days 

with no, repent 

When judgment clouds 

an empty brain 

and war is outside 

Just within the frame 

Hallowed be thy name 

Now tell me baby 

what do you see 

now baby tell me 

what you wanna 

be 

I want you to get all of me 

Yeah, living life 

through divinity 

God gives you life and serenity 

my baby

now tell me, baby 

what are we suppose to be 

Tears on the Floor

I’m living on a precipice asking if I’m next to this like can you get 

the exodus

I might as well 

Just sign the check to this 

and send the rest 

up ship

cus I know 

things getting harder 

and I know

and your heart is growing colder 

and these things

Baby, don’t get me wrong 

we just had

a lot going on

popping in love 

like Adam and Eve 

but it’s the blood 

that we bleed 

that keeps us in need of 

sinful intelligence masking self 

and lying doormat 

for the hell of it 

prideful ways 

and material glaze 

And placing ourselves 

In unthinking ways 

And speaking unethical 

things getting sexual 

it’s mind over matter 

so I’m here 

to let you know

Fall In Love

The tree's leaves lean in a certain way 

when you walk by

It's the presence and divinity 

That comes to arrive

Nature has an existence in our reality

Traveling different destinations 

within my heart gallery

1+1 is a simple equation 

the two would be both 

So amazing 

Baby just tell me 

what you see 

open up, see possibilities 

go with life with ease 

float within the trees 

be mindful of what you need 

love is here to receive 

release and just breathe 

believe in God