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My roots will hold the earth together.
Just like the roots in trees.
That hold the ground beneath.
From breaking apart....
Soul of Darkness
Eyes don't lie
Heart filled with hurt
Mind filled with dirt
Lips always curled into a smile
Mouth filled...
Be yourself to the beyond the fullest
Who cares what people about you
Take pride of the person that you
You might be wierd,...
We look in the mirror and see a thing,
We are so set on what this thing should be,
The hardest realization that goes through...
I pray you see me.
I pray you see me as I see you.
Like the rays of the sun shining on the Earth.
Your light is the...
I tried to roll the melanin off my skin
Again and again & I couldn't win
I tried to down size my thick thighs
Because...
When you look at me, what do you see?
Is it the dark complexion of my skin
Or the fullness of my lips
Is it the way I...
If I hadnt gone through what i gone through i wouldnt be me,
I been through what been through but this is still Lee, (...
Whats on your mind?
I alwyas ponder this question time to time.
We often wonder about our problems and what puts us in...
Fatherless
It's been 11 years since he dipped
Left me heartless
It's down rotting in life's bottomless pit
Hopeless
Wheels...
Trust
Sold at an expensive cost
Very easy to crush
Trust
For some easy to get
Still very easy to crush
Trust
In you I...
Wrapped up in a thick material
like a fragile piece of glass.
Down to my thighs.
Solid black.
Unobtrusive.
Hidden.
Afraid....
I eat, breathe and think school.
Why?
Because others may not be able to.
It is clear that society does not value...
Life of sincere and integrity,Life of hope and freedom.Living our life free from the pain;Live our life not knowing what's ...
These words that I avow:
I'm only here now, and only now.
But, soon I'll be gone.
I wasn't born to be anything, I feel it...
Walking thruogh these streets,dirty sneakers matching concrete with so many words to speak on this world, its a brand new...
My Mother was born of Apache blood
She was taught to respect the earth and her people
To honor the traditions and remember...
Black Men laying face down in Blood
Their futures slowly,slowly Dying
Like garbage Dragged through the Mud
Hopeless,...
Take my hand baby
You know you drive me crazy
Everything about you is so perfected it's amazing
How do you feel right now...
Fear is nothing but an illusion,
A confusion,
A lie in disguise,
A friend and a foe, here to outwit us,
An everlasting...
Sounds
written by a victim of Misophonia
Sounds
Prevent me from eating dinner with my family.
Sounds
Make me tear through...
My quote is from the song “Coming Down” written by the hard rock band Five Finger Death Punch. The song is dramatically...
Sneakers are Art
Not to be hung on walls,but worn on feet
in a variety of forms,
Giving me freedom,
Like an artist and his...
I'm very settled with my life.I go day by day.Each day,I make it a little further then i was.
Work 5-10 on weekdays,And 8...
Beautiful,
A word hard to say.
A word most Women don't describe them selves as
because they listen to what others have to...
I'll start the story off with, "There once was a man." Actually that's not true. There once was a boy of who's time to...
Mirrior, mirrior on the wall who's the fakest of them all?
With the title of fairest claimed
My true identity has long been...
this child is my slavery and
blessing that has cursed me
a rite to life, robbing me of my gold
too damn selfish to be let...
I am poor then we should not meet at the first place.
You should start to be friend with me.
You should not help me no...
The power of the kings is a life of solitude
Always existing with the endless flow of eternity, utterly alone
But I haven’t...
Here I lay, for the third day
The clothes i'm wearing have yet to be washed
My hairs in a bun
My makeup flushed
Having no...
I try to live my life as you see fit
To be the person you want me to be and not who I desire to be
My heart yearns for...
BLACK LOVE I watched her... watched her as she slowly undressed.Supple Nubian Queen.My eyes rejoiced at her beauty,as she...
Approaching The Stars
Leaving The Atmosphere Becoming Closer With God
Vibrations Of Manifestations Manifested Out Of The...
You see me as an athlete
I see me as powerful
You only see me active
You never see me still
I'm not who I seem to be
...
There are obstacles that one cannot seize
Thats part of my illusive creed
But as long as my Lord over-sees
I shall not be...
“Stop being so shy.”
“Be more social.”
“You need to step outside your comfort zone.”
Some of us, we cringe reflexively at...
Becoming
“Wow, you never ask for help
You’re mature beyond your years”
under all that calmness
My body’s full of tears
...
The washerwoman turns to me and asks,“Did you hear about Damalis?”Our hands dip into the cool river waters,Cold linen draped...
Today is awesome, so Hold Your Head Up.
No, higher. There you go.
No, don’t put it back down again, hold it up.
Why...
yesterday
i realized i am better now
and i was proud for the first time
since april
today
i took down the sheet
that has...
Who will cry for the woman's sufferings?
Who will cry for the woman's painful past?
Who will cry for the woman's...
I am the rain, I pour out as please on
anyone who's there
I am the the trees, layers and layers of
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Dear Future,I want to take time to say this nowBefore things get too complicated andI don't have time to sayThat I'm glad...
Power in our nations land ,
power in our fathers hand ,
struck those who deceive
and bless those who believe.
Power be in...
Like Shakespeare said "A rose by another name would smell as sweet"
So there's no need to introduce myself if i will still...
I had a lot of confessions
So poetry became my discretion
Through my rhymes I learned various lessons
That everything was a...
As I sat in the cold, colorless room,
Tears spilling from my eyes, I think:
'Nobody needs me' and 'Nobody cares'
My friends...
When I close my eyes, I see pools of blood, black blood, radiating a message . Smooth enough for scrying, pungent enough to...
I speak in silence just wainting to be heard
Speaking in silent words only my muse inspires me to speak what I speak in...
Life and time is too precious to waste,
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Title: Breadcrumming
Breadcrumming, drumming, drumming
Fleeting on my wings feet running
Its sunny, sunny, sunny
Each morsel...
Walking the dreams of something that will never come true
Why love when you know rejection is on the way
When a boy is going...
She thought she seen something special In his eyes
She thought she saw love In his eyes
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The baby sits on my whomb
I cry as I lay on that tomb
No heart beat
No movement
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It’s the sound of my fingertips
tapping against computer keys,
the sound of the wheels in my mind turning,
the sound of my...
Terror, my terror…
It’s making me crumble
Liquify me, making me becoming gloomy
It’s alone, it’s alone…
Walking like the...
Got them haters waitlisted for later. Got them weighing me down like a bunch of favors.
I be in theweight lifting room,...
I have been given the power to change.
To change anything I want.
The word itself summons up clever ideas, yet it is...
Oh I’m sorry,
Did my originality offend you?
Cuz’ last time I checked
the message was ‘be yourself’
not ‘be yourself as long...
As my mind races with thoughts from school,
As my dog barks, asking me to play,
As my head pounds from the stress of the day...
The opposite everything that I thought was real was fake I began to pour out more water than a lake I ask people to forgive...
Boom! Slap! Boom! Slap!
The noise I hear every night,
The permanent sound programmed in my mind,
it won't go away!
"Stop!...
Dont take me getting myself together for granted
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I ...
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Im destined for greatness
I am headed towards the path to success
Success leades me to peace
Hope is my destiny
I can reach...
America the Brave
But only if one behaves
Eagles fish
and only dare swim
when humanity pressures habitat..
to that
where...
I AM ALONE
Nobody understand the love here
i show you everyday im here for
you , but still nothing is presented
to care...
What I want is just a dream
To others, that is not what it seems
I want better for myself
I want love for the nation
What I...
oh dear little girl
what were you thinking
falling for a boy
like that
i know what you say
you loved him
he could have...
I wish i had the power
the power to change the system
the system that claims so many innocent victims lives
so may...
Skin
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Rubs against the soft touch of new life
Undamaged, forgiving and at peace
Skin
Scrapes and...
Who am I to hide behind
a dark red curtan time after time?
Who am I to act as if
I really don't have anger fits?
Who am I to...
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As I travel down the cool summer road, with the moon piercing through the cloudy sky.
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unwritten futures, soundless time
The world ahead is out of focus
fuzzy shapes, colors...
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"You're a strong Black Woman!"
People would say
as they watch her carry
weighty bags like an overworked mule
The title,...
Tears are wrongly looked upon,
As something only sorrow.
They show weakness,
Or they show anger.
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Music pulsatesin time with my heartresonating through my bloodrattling my bonesWords flowthrough my fingertipsdripping...
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We are created Human,Human! Human! Human!To think with our minds,see with our eyes beyond our sights.Breathe the same air as...
In the crowd of strange faces,
Your seemed familiar.
I did not know you,
But you looked similar.
You were my distraction,
My...
Pay no attention to the girl behind the mask.
There’s smoke in the mirror changing what I see.
I don’t know who I am or even...
Hardwork loves success
Who is the relative of money
Hardwork strikes a ringing
Cord in success heart,
Hardwork uses its...
My heart is conflicted
I feel bemused to begin with
I feel treed inside
Like what is freedom if my heart cannot enjoy it
I...
Stranded on an island, how can this be?
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The one thing that I am...
For a while I live in darkness
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although my mouth could use a few itself
I'm the type that talks too much,
swears too...
Dear Self,
Time travel is real
I know what you're thinking
she is crazy
but it is definitely real
it's hard to find...
She is the woman that birth you.
She is the sun to your moon.
Your emotional healer.
She bandages yours wounds.
She is all...
The art of music quite defines
The social spectrum that’s divine.
Our broken world has suffered pain
That Eco friendlies can...
I have to keep following.
Never trying to flee
Keep true to thee.
I may suffer but I will never leave
But I’ll always be...
Im judged becouse of my skin color..
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Fear of building my own...
Am I blind still can you see me for who i am,
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The sad and pitiful truth which is my own...
I am a combination of two histories
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When my desire to succed
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Once upon a time, in a faraway land,
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Elliot was a kind and gentle boy,
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The Legend of the Illimani and Mururata,
a story of mountains in which,
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Who am I?
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I give advice...
If I could change a thing,
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He controls every aspect
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Targeting the most sensitive
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A green stem gives life to a blossoming rose.
Its petals soft as silk and a pure white snow.
The rose, so beautiful it...
Its her the one I love the one I care about with all my heart, Her. She adds the light to my eyes and the beat to my heart...
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And say their pain cause you the most ache.
Give so much of yourself and
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Has anybody found courage?
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I'll spread myself across this page.
be present a pound the stage .
maybe then my memory won't fade.
my life no longer a...
I hated running the 400 race,
everyone was starring and giving a weird face.
i knew I had to finish for my team,
didn’t...
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I am a Black woman
That is full of white folk
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That a Black person can't stand
Black slaves with...
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You dream of life
I live a life of a dream
You enjoy the sun
I run from it
You have all the friends
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You...
There is a thing of all things that is posed
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The brain I have is sure to stop and rot
Doc...
Oh so cold
It makes you want to fold
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It is fun to see your breath
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My voice cracks
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i awake, ready to enter again into
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Since when does one become "evil"?
Is it my pride that broods you?
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Not even my...
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I will be by...
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Your beautiful smile,
Once meant heaven,
Now, it just gives me hell.
The smell of your Old Spice,
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Kevin Smith
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Check out this little treat sitting on the stand.
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The greatest lie
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the heart feels like this could be a...
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all that I...
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with out make up
is where i feel more me
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can effect
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This is going to the be the best day of my life
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My Way
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i try to hide my emotions
from the rest .
it has always been My Way.
I have done...
She rubbed her eyes so much
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Goddamn
Night
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Turned big...
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I have feelings for you
Your the one I'll always love.
It's just one think
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If I ran away...
Fibronacci Theory of natural priced the begrudged fury swipes
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Viral aspects detoxed war...
The clock of life is ticking
And my dear the nails of death are clicking
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Not one of the Me's
-But all of the Me's-
All of the different variations of I
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Only one you will...
Everyone is BEAUTIFUL.
FLAWLESS is unattainable;
as is PERFECTION,
GOD is the only being of Perfection.
He created us, in...
We are all trapped, stuffed, tooken apart and put in dark place.
We never know why we are here
We hear laughter and loud...
I hate to be a bother ,
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What if all my dreams came true?
Then I'd scream to the world
and tell them they can too.
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My mother chose the bottle over my bus fare. Just like when I was younger she chose her boyfriend over me who even he use to...
Go to college,
Get Married,
Be Happy.
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Scream with delight
Have tears stream down from joy
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How well is my destiny written down
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The Journey
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It happens...
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It sends bitter orders through your veins.
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Rap, Tap, Dat,
Rap, Tap, Dap,
A Doo Dah Doo Dah Doo Daat Doo!
A Bling, Cling, Ching,
Cha-Ching Cha-Ching,
Do Tat poo wat...
Although it seems to be in the trees,
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I think...
I was ten when I started to learn about slavery in school and how it had affected the world.
I learned about Martin Luther,...
You agreed we could still be friends,
As you said it was over in front of the
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You ran at the...
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When I walk, heads turn
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I'm beyond what I use to be before
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When reality gets too tough,
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July is hot, slepping under trees
that smell like skunk
We better wake up the snow has rrived.. i gog o be a
Long Nite...
i will always catch your tears.
and i will never disappear.
i will take your scars,
make them my own, and when i walk you...
Without a tongue how do we speak
Without love how do we feel
Without lungs how do we breath
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I just really need a clean slate
I done messed up so much
I just really need an escape
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I need...
My flaws tell me one simple fact:
I am not perfect
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all wrong-apparently I’ve...
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Do you feel like a teenager?
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Movies and famous...
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Creativity is the drug of choice
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Allows you to get lost
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Everyone puts filters before a post
They want everyone to comment and then they boast
but its not the real them.
People see...
I lay back,
splash,
and the sheets consume me.
I fall with my feet planted to the floor,
backwards I fall through the...
What is a stress
For one we miss force
And that beat Lagos
Lead to miss strong
Let me express a stress
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I thought you were the one, but I was wrong
I thought you were able to bring me down the stars and the moon, but I was...
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So there is school, getting your education, and sports hmmm is that the only way out ? NO we have green uncilvlized "gerson...
Flawless Anyway
Rejection and Acceptance are heavy wieghts
Flawless Anyway
When I look up time is Lost
Flawless...
Your temperature changes
And yet, you soothe and you rage.
Bring life across your surface
And destroy without a natural...
Decisions, decisions, decisions
You decide.
Let your voice be heard
Louder and louder,
Scream until someone hears.
Use your...
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Snow as white as the thickest creamLike living in the clouds of a dreamSlowly coming out from my denSnuggled at home, that's...
Agape
Friendship blooms in the most beautiful way
It's everything about you that makes me stay
I love you for humor, your...
the person you don't know ?
the person you don't want to know
she is trying to reach out to you
she want you to understant...
At the start, it wasn't so clear
We met each other, with drinks of beer
I lost my phone, you gave a call
And that's what...
Ekse higher power! We've seen it all.
We get it. Well atleast i hope we do
Eh bafethu, stop it.
We are dead.
War, rape,...
Broken homes, broken dreams.
Cracked cement, cracked skin.
Dirty floors, dirty hands.
Children in despair, parents working...
What is happening to me? My mind is being ripped apart. Everybody is pouring their feelings into my skull. Pain and...
This dream.
This one I so vagly remember.
Falling out of my head like raindrops out of the sky.
This dream.
This one that...
I am not another black person telling their story
nor am i some thing push aside
I do not take things for granted
nor did i...
Tears that my piers would never hear
With a fear that truth would adhear
the disapointment in my thoughts
but a smile on my...
There's a lot I have to say to the people that has and still been through a lot in life. What ever your good at, keep...
As I grow bored
with my daily routine,
I imagine a world
of life and people unseen.
This is a world of nonsense,
of no...
My Dear Uncertain Heart,
People call us insecure, “Nothing there”, they say as they walk past.
They try their best to wear...
Texas.don.g.nutt59.poem.im better im the best theres no front its a bright future im in the better the best man who wins the...
Tonight I'm lying here aloneAs the nights gets cold and the rain comes downTears start to fall, my body becoming...
Me
When I'm on my bed sinking
Into my sheltered mind thinking of my past
Watching the words that written
With golden...
Aye, it’s time for a recap
Rapper Kristen in the house,
Now let’s hit it!
Y’all take notes from my amigo Hayek.
Say’s new...
Who Am I? You ask
Well if you must know,
I am part-time,
I am all cold.
There's a part of me that beckons,
Beckons for...
Romeo and Juliet?
Just stories
Kissing in the rain?
Movies
Wishing on shooting stars?
Walking along the beach?
My question...
I am Laksh
I am from Dominican Republic
I am from the sideburns from my dad and the colour of my hair from my mom.
I am...
To the person I used to be,
I have nothing to say,
Only to scream.
YOU ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN BEAUTFIUL.
In Middle School,...
Trees surround A field of waving grassStars wink In the dark of the nightSmoke Moving freely through the twilightFilling...
When you’re around the world seems simple, the world seems to stand still.
Your way to enjoying the little things is...
the struggle starts when your born in this world as a sinner.the struggle is here to break you or make you.the struggle...
A love, a memory, a habit,
Eyes of lunar luminance and
Fiery coldness-
This is what I remember,
This is what I know.
Urges...
In Your Arms,
I've been set free,
In a world full of sin.
In your arms,
your love saved me,
There is no turning back,
You'...
A B C, it's easy as one, two three
It's simple as do re mi
A B C, one two three Mixed with Poetry
A B C, it's easy as one...
Oh my lady
Passion now is very different
You’re Condemnation of my heart trembling
While hurt sadness tampering
Between the...
Why does everyone want love when they know what it can do to you, it can break your heart so can you tell me why does...
Death scares me
When I forget
It takes care to remind
That it leaves no one behind
Death haunts me
Foreshadowing my own...
Waking up to the crisp air I yawn as the day begins, a shower to put a pep in my step and start a new adventure called...
Chest concaving,
Every ounce of blood burning.
Vision blurred, eyes engulfed.
Sadness I had never known.
Your soul had left...
Poetry abuses me,
Flirts with me one minute and
Abandons me the next.
She gives me palaces
And then she burns them to the...
The bell tolls, and from its brazen lungs no elated chord is breathed.
The bell tolls when Death here reigns victorious,...
My world is becoming cold like a tomb
All my dreams are turning to be just illusions
My faith on life is slowly draining
I'm...
"The sun enters through the window, caresses the folds of the sheets.
Fingertips that circle your chest, and hands that comb...
I see the faces
I see them all
Even through the lies and fake laughs
I see the faces
Through their hoods and headphones
I...
Grey swept the skyline.
Thin fog hovered above the ground.
She knelt down to tuck the seed deep into the soil.
Finally,...
A sick woman,
Her voice was strained.
Yet to the hearts of man,
A grateful thought remained.
The lyrics question
We are...
Close my eyes..
And drift into a silence
Not to far in do I realize.
There's no boundary, no fence.
To what is now, the...
Hands clamped, fingers warm, beautiful sky
You know you're beautiful, he says, I love you, he says
Dinner dates, lovely...
I C.Y.L.E
Yea I’m the friend you guys are always excited to see,
But truly am I, or is it just the thought that I’m easily...
What is change?
Is it a goal?
What is change?
Is it imperfection transforming to perfection?
What is change?
Why do we...
A body fashioned in all directions
When it glides across the wind
Filled with the white drops of hope
Pain; love.
You were...
You have ripped bellbottoms a shaky smile,
The sandy curls that cascade down your back.
You smoke till your lungs go black,...
Rowan Faine
Oh, what a beautiful name...
Dark Brown Skin
Oh, how it glows and gleams...
The Sweetest Smell
Oh, how good you...
I'm being passed by so many of you.
You're glancing or gawking without a clue,
I'm not into you.
My friends, we laugh...
On Wednesday's there is a place
With food, fun and friends astray
I call it the Farmers Market.
There you can find all sorts...
I was not the only flame beating
I had another which gave me warmth
We grew from each other yet became distant
I grew faint...
Mirror Mirror on the wall,
I want to kill them all.
I know im the fairest
No need to tell me.
I want to rule the world, ...
they say life is all about the struggles,
bt i say no u dont have to struggle when you have goals to achieve,
you have all...
Why is it that I'm being punished for being honest? I'm not comprehending.
This companionship that we believed to be...
Time is unstopable!
For it is gone tomorrow.
What we need to seek is the future
for it is all we have.
The Past is gone,...
If I find you
will you make me feel secure
and never let me go
Will you stick by my side
help me grow
through my lifetime...
I have this flame that lives within me.
I call it passion.
My biggest dreams would be nothing without it.
And neither would...
Hermes,
once just a messenger,
but now someone important.
He is known by all,
the person everyone wishes they could be....
Behind the smile is another world
An unseen world invisible to many
Dark in the day
And light in the night
Behind the...
family time, up a tree we climb. We run around, falling down to the ground. This is our time we'll spent, turning everything...
I became grown-up
Much quicker than many
I was only 13
When they found a tumor in my belly
Technically it was in my ovary...
are we allowed to be in love?
hes just to good not to love.
he loves me,
and i love him.
though they dont like "our kind",...
For most of my life I wanted to be like everyone else.
The want and need got so bad I let it consume me.
The idea of being...
What to say to the ones who feel small,the ones who are hungry,the ones who have no home, whose everyday battles without an...
This tale is true and mine.It tells when everything seems perfect but can change in a blink of an eye. Remembering how my...
I went to great America
I ate a meal of fries.
I went on a roller coaster
i didn’t puke... big surprise!
in and out, up...
TO KEEP AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
Worthy of symbol
Proud
Worth a gallant fight
God' grace unite the brotherhood
Bought at a...
I look forward to this day every year.
Feels right.
I am ready to go. I am on my way.
I arrive. There are a lot of people...
Does time bug you to your nerves?
What more can you do that's absurd?
Oh surly time is not curling around your every move...
GOD And I
You never left my side when I got sick
you pushed in my mind not to quite
When I got sick I put my problems in...
All i need is maybe my cellphone
or a couple of other things. You
tell me im stuck on this island and
can only bring one...
Love is filled in the air.
No one wants to be lonely.
There will be somebody for you who cares.
You are my one and only....
Be this poems
Creative means writing are
And for everyone singing
Write listening songs.
Write differently every show
For...
Because I love you, it shouldn't matter right?
The abrasions and bruises that you place on my skin again and again
Their ...
Fire is burnig with in my eyes, wanting to kill everything in sight wantig to strangle you with all my might.the care free...
The atoms of imperfections fog the mirror these two eyes stare into
They search for meaning in the midst of it all
Life is...
When sky speaks of nearby heaven,
and the ground of human hands,
between them rests the freshest angel.
Tomorrow he has...
I sit motionlessly, watching the bright rays of light dim over the horizon. I can hear the soothing sound of the waves...
Changing heart, changing mind.
Stuck in the past is a thing of the past.
experimentation, opening doors, broadcasting...
I will end your night if you happen to forget about the way I look at dusk
I will twist your fingers the way your tongue...
Save me , This is a plea the revolver is loaded to the back of my head as he demads the cream. seems im being robbed for my...
Being with you is like going to the symphony
or wait, being part of a symphony
sometimes I can't tell the difference
...
My Life is not simplemy life is not extraordinary for it is stressfulfor it is lovingfor it is pain my life has meaning ...
Will I ever receive love?
Will I ever receive a home?
I could make a great friend
I could be your best friend
I have...
Warmth.It envelops my being,like that feeling you get when you pee your pants.They always make sure to keep me from...
We all know the cops
The ones that we look up to
The ones who are
our heroes
our saviors
our proverbial
knights in shining...
My Overalls by Jasmine Exinia
Dark blue jeans Minnie on the pocket
Skechers lighting up when she stomps
Little girl in...
I am a Leader
I am Determined
I put my mind to something and I succeed
I am Kind
I am Friendly
I never judge someone by what...
You can’t stop the future
Let her die
Don’t look behind you
You don’t know what you’ll find.
Don’t tell me what to do
What...
I may not be a size 2 or even a size 4
But I am still beautiful
I will not let the mean things you say to me bring me down...
There's something poking my stomach
A sharp angry pain
It's hard to cope with
Maybe if I lie still it will subside...
Or...
"All my love is in you your Word unshaken"
Daily we step out to the world
Daily our mind travels with words
Renewed with...
I hope you look through these steel bars
realizing your mistakes are
part of who you have become so far.
As a menace to...
Dammit! Here i go again
Letting you back in
I should have known you were gonna pull this stunt
Why is it that my well being...
At an early age we are tought that
the U.S. is a utopia, and education is a blessing
but a question still remains.......
Why...
It was a dark night
With only one dim street light
Driving down the dirt road
That December night, it snowed
I pulled into...
What would I change?
Id change alot,
But the main thing would be a home,
For everyone no matter who you are,
You will have...
The year I was born, was the year I chose my path of life
I chose the anger and strife I would go through
I even chose the...
If I could change anything I would change the law.
I would change the cost of living.
I would make food free to all.
I would...
LOVING YOU WAS LIKE THE STARS TO THE MOON
I NEVER LEFT IN THE MORNING OR THE NOON
YOU MISSING ME THATS REALLY WHAT I ASSUME...
I don't know who I am anymore. I don't know what it means to feel motivated in something that you really love doing since...
#poetrywars
pop goes the pistol through my head
I lay in the bedroom unspeakably dead
No one will ever think about my body...
Wrapped around my neck, trying to breath *gasps* for air as i hold on to my neck to check and as im checking my pulse to...
Putting pen to paper
Is more difficult than it sounds
During the night
It's easy
I'll write of adventure
Of fights
Of...
So many things happening around me and it just amazes me how God just continues to keep his hedge of protection around me...
Lambency, The Gentle Glow:
Notes On Rebirth Before An English Channel Crossing
I remember mostly-
The raw horizon...
Godspeed to the little girl whose heart just melt
just stopped announcements to her brain
She just split her body into two...
Kursus online bersertifikat di Indonesia dalam dunia pendidikan sangat membantu para pelajar dalam mendapatkan materi...
You can be lucky and find a girl who
is a hopelessly romantic but also
with a dirty mind.
You should hold onto that....
The beuatiful glistening liquid,
Such a turquoise shade,
moking my facial expresions
as I stare into the cup,
I pick up its...
The way you speak to me
only shows the way you speak to yourself.
-so please stop hurting the both of us
Sista!
My sister you are
With the soft brown skin and eyes that smile when your lips are plumped and closed
The right height...
My life, defined by a roller coaster of trials and tribulationsLike the prisoner, thrown in a lion’s pit, unprotected and...
Chapped lips
Pale face,
Little World
Big mistakes.
I may seem troubled from your point of view
But I have no regrets.
You...
Many kids today pull back from letting other people see their true identity because of the judgemental and jealous people...
The town..ship is a vessel that carries poverty and violence.
In silence it sinks heavily into the blood of the township...
What is the true measure of happiness?
All the good times as well as the bad
And the ones who went for the ride
A tender...
I came with one purpose......to expand my education in math and science,
I only meant to get good grades and pass my classes...
WHAT..and IF.
Seperated...two words of seemingly insignificant consequence, yet together weigh the heaviest on my...
Crystal water and golden sand,
sunshine and peace of mind.
Such a beautiful paradise,
it’s almost easy to ignore the...
Once upon a time there was a widow
Who fell in love with a widower.
The widower had a daughter
The same age as her two girls...
Moles tiny on my face plus one at my right side waist
Marks like tiger claws grazed across my inner heavy thighs
Contrast to...
You tell them the truth , your secrets. You let them fall right through. Misjudged them as somebody you can trust , then...
His assurance gives a distance
The spaces of solar lights and magnitude
reflect off my eyes, only wanting to gaze
Energy...
The inspiration I have gathered and grasped
from the ashes of this exhausted relief
fuels a fire untouchable to man
...
I know fear and loathing
It takes shape in the form of frothy golden liquid and like fool’s gold it is transparent and...
Lost:[ lawst,lost ] 1.The opposite of found: I was lost when he found me! But i was also lost in my mind. Given I was absent...
I'm a pest,
And I'm a thief.
Though, I do not mean no harm,
I disturb your peace.
But can you give me my peace?
Can you give...
The cello sat in the corner
Dim charcoal cords run down its spine
Still untouched and without pure rhyme
Like a sparrow,...
The Wind leads through the woods
the forest is silent,
over the hills comes the glorious sun rise
Music spreads through...
Lullabies sung in the wind,
Sing to be heard once again.
Hushing rivers rise to meet the tides.
Summer rain, drown me once...
Because I Love You my stomach gets in knots when I see you
Because I Love You my heart beats faster when you kiss me...
The hesitation I had to take this medication, wasn't a celebration because my body
Did not have the proper preparation to...
The Me Unseen is a me who is keen
One who lifts up spirits
But is only just a teen
The Me Unseen is one who has a bite
The...
When life begins
And we start to look for who we are in the world
we create ourselves
this distorted image of perfection...
I am a figure
Someome people looks up to for an uplift
i am some one you can count on when you have a down day and felling...
A villain in disguise,
everyone has a little pride.
No tongues of fiery red,
it's all just in your head.
Clouding those in...
Things have changed
life, divine grace
all day long, we will reign
My life transformed
looking through the word of his grace...
Texas.don.g.nutt59.poem.more glory more glory i have i got i get i receive the glory glory the lord christ i be glory glory...
What's perfection,
without a little imperfection?
To the outside
the US is a safe haven,
a home,
a melting pot,
but inside...
If time would rewind I would change a lot
The day my mother was lying down in that spot
Shots were fired in the morning...
Papa,
my beautiful papa.
He doesn't look at me anymore.
His smile has disappeared from his face.
Papa's bones are as thin...
Potions didn't take it easy on me last night
When the bartender made me feel like a dipsomaniac,
Everything I saw sadly...
SLAM!, another one: Blackie, Skinny, flat-chested, BAM!!: insult after insult, a wave of emotion pierce through my body.Will...
I walk around with a smile
Showing the world my happiness
while really I'm in plain
I look around at how happy others can...
As i look in the mirror i see potential,
A girl with courage, stability and grace,
I will make it, i say,
I will become...
Have you ever, just sat and wondered... Whether or not a certain person cared? Whether they felt the same way you do? ...
You’re showing up everywhere nowadays
I’m seeing pieces of you in everything I do
Every breath, every step, every thought...
Cool air comes through the vents in a hushed tone
Tough purple knees hit the floor leaving 20 girls sore
During break all...
Flawless? yes me!
The way I walk into a room. The way I carry myself. The way I talk. I'm not stuck up or rude.
I'm...
I walked down the aisle
Wearing a pretty smile
I woke up in the morning
And found a wish by my side
Everything seemed so...
Blink onceWhy did you do that?Blink twiceWho screwd you over? Or instead, who have you screwd over?Blink a third timeWhat...
When I was younger the skies were always dark.
The rain followed me everywhere I walked.
The world was black and the sun...
Beauty is like a flower,
Fragile yet lovely,
Fierce but calm,
When you pick a flower the beauty can only last so long,
Let...
As I consistently remind myself that
for a seventeen year old,
I don't feel as if I'm living up to life's fullest potential...
I look upon the stage, the one I once fell in love with.
The stage that shinned my true potential out
I walk onto this...
The goddess of sleep and dreams
Has beguiled me of you!
She has robbed me of you completely.
She forbids me my slumber
And...
Whose life is that? I think I know
Having to grow up early was no fun
Forced to work two jobs and go to school
Forced to be...
I am leading a warrior’s life.
I am watching survivors and battles.
I had dyslexia and depression.
I had a learning...
A Day in The Life
By: Gabrielle W.
A day in the life of who you are;
a day in the life of me.
A day in the life of who to be...
Out of the womb and here I bloom,
Mom I know this hard, but college is here.
I want to go out of state, don’t think I’m...
A girl alone at a lunch table.
A huge cafeteria, with hundreds of teens.
Each one giggling and pointing fingers.
She tries...
Stop trying to change me.
Stop trying to rebuild me.
I am who I am.
I may be different,
But sometimes different is good.
You...
The Thing About The Crave Is That It Is Unpredictable
The Unknowing When Are Able To Fulfill It
Everyone Craves For...
I refuse to be another number
A social security number on the government computer
Another dead body out on the corner...
Have you ever just dreamed big? I have since I was a kid. To grow up dreaming to be a celebrity.
Then I realized, nah that's...
Dear America,
Look past your built in pools,
There are kids lonely and afraid beyond them,
They have seen life sized doll...
The stress of you pushing your weight all on me
it's so unfair i just want to be free from your cruelty
the pain of your...
I have a love hate relationship with swimmingIt seems like it’s up and down every weekBut my tolerance has grown over eight...
Luke warm was the weather that maybe kept us? And beautiful were the leaves that fell
when he left.
Summer was gone and ...
Cancer took my friend
cancer took my homie
cancer took Gods Child
football fanatic
marquis could be so sarcastic
base god...
All of the pain, sweat, and tears come down to this
The bonds built will be tested
It wont be easy
But the reward will be...
The same thoughts are on repeat every single day.
Should I end it now?
Should I wait for nature to take its course?
It'll be...
I expect to be optimist, my concious is imagines a life lavish call it benjamin metropilis. schalerships accomplishments,...
My mind is my timemachine.But its different from others'. It's sources of energy are nostalgia, hope, but most importantly...
Many think they know who I am,
But the truth is you don't.
For starters my name is Akeylah Giles.
Many know me as the girl...
A love full of lust
A love full of trust
An invisible connection
That I have seen in your eyes reflection
An interlaced...
I look into the mirror and hope for a better life. When truly the calm of the storm is right around the corner.
Five score years ago
Martin signed
the emancipation proclamation
A great beacon of hope
he ,
was to millions
but in billions...
Every person is just another risk.Recyclable, used, stomped on all in the name of insincere apology.Thrown in the unwanted...
Pag narinig mo ang salitang mahal kita Mula sa aking dilaDila na kayang sabihin sayoNa dakila kaNa mahalaga kaNa espesyal...
Skin so soft, color so unique
Will I take this paint brush and alter a masterpiece?
My reflection says no, My insecurities...
Time is unstopable!
For it is gone tomorrow.
What we need to seek is the future
for it is all we have.
The Past is gone,...
When I look in the sky I see a world with no limits
When I look in the sky I see clouds of different shapes and sizes
When I...
I wake up and wonder if i am actually happy today.
Was i happy yesterday?
The day before that?
Time will tell.
Take it one...
The Moment whe you become numb to everythting around and / or the world. It okay, you may react to certain things. But...
An artist stuck in his works that he's studied for the longest
From his depression to his anxiety to his love for poetry, to...
When you ask “How was camp this year?” my mind freezes.
Time, revolving infinite, shudders, grinds to a halt as I close my...
I sat in the ashes today
And even then I ascend down the stairs
And when he and his bonnie came again
I whisked him askew...
There was once I felt lonely, and at times I felt hopeless.
It's in those times I wondered where you were or where you went...
I love my boyfriend
i love my fiance
i love my husband
he loves me
he slapped me and told me he loved me
why does love...
My heart-- you are my compass.
You guide me.
But if you keep pointing me in so many different directions
How am I supposed...
I lay on Summer's grass,
Imagining winters contrast,
Everything dies and new life blooms,
The squirels hybernate,
The nuts...
Let The Caged Bird Free
Assata Toney
As the free birds fly by
The caged bird watches with envy
She opens her wings
But...
It is my year. My year to be all that I can be.
This can be my year, for all eternity.
My year to be fruitful, my year to...
From the first moment I learned of you, my heart became a spook
A little life inside of me, how amazed I was with you
I was...
Voices fill the air
People often walking by each other and stare
Society so quick to judge, but don't know what lies with...
My life, defined by a roller coaster of trials and tribulationsLike the prisoner, thrown in a lion’s pit, unprotected and...
What am I? Some may say a human-being.
But.. I lack emotion on my surface, but it swells in my core.
I laugh with this...
Father Time
It wasn’t my father but I allowed himYou must understand I had no controlHe was very well structuredAs he stood...
I am
A woman
a student
and a friend
I think deeply
listen intently
and have a passion
for life
I work hard
and I play...
Demons go up to me suddenly talking nonsense,i am like God is this real?He nods and says revelation apocalypse, so i kneel...
I feel the chill across my face
as if the sun has been melted by time
The beautiful coating surrounding the human race...
i have never fit in anywhere. There is always a sense of outgrowing,even when i’m sure i have kept the growing in
sorry...
Don’t joke about love,
It’s to be taken seriously.
Don’t lie about love,
True feelings shouldn’t be a mystery.
Why would...
There are two ways to label,
numbers and categories.
Height, weight, and the circumference of the waist divided by the...
Fifteen years old,
You finally can fill a training bra.
The boy behind you in class whispers,
Words of things you...
I have no reason,
Why?
It's not because I think I have nothing to offer this place,
No.
I have no reason
I have no reason...
So lost, still lookingWhere's the never found?I gaze with fixed eyesThis dark quest has me cemented My heart is dementedMy...
What is the world if not a mere collection of memories?
Some which last a lifetime and others legions
But which of these...
Education is the key to success
and school is the lock !
You can not open a lock without a key
You can not pass a test ...
Today no really knows what love is that it could be something spical
That it comes from the heart not the mind
Love is with...
Brings warmth to my soul, and I wonder why in the world I ever let you go
Or why I stopped calling you, why I didn’t just...
I find you all so funny. How easy you can play with my heart. I’ve been through so many boys.
Not sex but experiencing what...
Food
We eat it
We need it
Is it a necessity?
Or is it less to be
As we crave it day and night
Our stomachs choose not to...
In the black of night
not a twinkling light in sight
he shone as bright as the sun
too bad we were on the run
Had we not...
I embody the life of a young teen that’s struggling.
Going through high school not knowing what’s coming in.
I’m so obvious...
She sees me but doesn't hear me
I say I love you and she says it back
Does she mean it
I can't tell anymore
I don't know...
Bring back the old land
the one we used to be proud of
like the times we still uphold our own values
when we still care for...
Sometimes We don't know how to show our emotions
Sometimes we shine like how the sunshine
The sun can be orange,red, or...
Lost
Vines crept out of the brick trail like swindlers
Haunting shadows lurked, whispering wishful sins
Promises of...
Because I Love You
“Because I love you”
Is a beautiful phrase
It means more than life
And it should never be used in vain...
Oh Chicago, how you eat its young with passion in the night.
Oh Chicago, how you reveal a love soliloquy from Frank himself...
Basketball is what gives me that lift
to me it's life pure gift
boucning the ball up and down the court ...
Their warm and furry.
Soft to the touch and one look in their eyes makes you fall in love.
They bark, meow, chatter, and...
You wake-up, FLAWLESS
False.
"You are everything,but flawless"
"You are worthless"
"You are purposeless"
"You are powerless...
BeesBees buzzing all aroundFlying everywhere in townHoney sweet honey is what they makeAs sweet as a piece of cakeWhen...
When I look in the sky I see a world with no limits
When I look in the sky I see clouds of different shapes and sizes
When I...
Once Upon A Time….
A fair princess was born.
And all the land adored,
The little babe adorned.
How soon would she be...
One job may change my life you say,
one has changed my life I know
It's just a small farm and home store,
though most days...
My body, is My body.
You can not have My Body.
They can not have My Body.
Children, women, and men.
Stripped of Their...
I think you took something from me
I don't want it back:
The fire in my heart,
The music in my eyes,
The sea inside my...
I think the first time I noticed that love tears us apart
Was when I finally experienced it first hand
It can be a beautiful...
Born to be mexican with two great parents and six annoying siblings
My ups and down at six flags
To smile and to glow the...
In life you either rule or be ruled
I choose to rule, do you?
Life's about having faith, love and hope
What do u have?
Are u...
Everyone has a name.
Everyone has a story or background that they wish to share.
Everyone has a dream or future that they...
In a world where compassion is our strongest suit,
we choose to let judgement get in between and all the way through.
And...
Dear love,
How could you do this to me? You hurt me, letting me fall hard into your arms.
I trusted you.
You promised...
I've heard the stories
And i have heard the cries
The evening howls are deafening
And the lust is ever-growing
Hate is at it...
In the beginning I'm granted with life. How can this be?
I'm blessed with a soul that lasts for all eternity
There's a...
Listen to me, and listen well.
If you dont change, then straight to hell.
Youll burn for eternity, or maybe infinity.
With...
Music speaks what cannot be expressed, soothes the mind and gives it rest. Music heals the heart and makes it whole. Music...
Why am I here
I ask myself every day
To live, to love, to laugh maybe
I don't fully understand my purpose
Hopes of being...
All i want to do is become successful,
All i want to do is tell my mom she doesn't have to work anymore,
All i want to do is...
Who the fuck am I, you asked.
I think the real question is who the fuck are you?
What makes you think you have the right...
Beating the heat and fighting my body during marching season.Making it to most prestigious marching band competition, AREA....
Sorrow comes in peculiar ways. The father
kneels next to his motionless son, icy tears
rolling down as he grips an icy...
Forever? always. Often? never.
Often? peace. Forever? Terror.
These are the questions we often answer.
But those answers...
He sits waiting, thinking how everything went. Clenching onto the arm of the chair inpatiently. Watching the clock tick tick...
Mothers, talking the bottle warmer or the nob that starts the washing machine. The mothers Brickell, Clorox queens, mattered...
PHASE I
Leaning on northIn-brace scaling truckOf a whiten tree…….. RattlingA thinly narrow light is strayed from the...
I miss you so
when you are gone
I cling to the memories
of laughter
of times left untarnished
by falling out
it wasn’t...
I seem to love everything, especially my master,
I never really loved myself or understand how.
My heart is so big that I...
For everyone it means a different meaning
To have the sucess
But becuase it is different
That is what is making it unique...
Silver shoes taping backstage
before our perfect production.
The chatter of the cast saying
‘break a leg’.
The swoosh of...
Mama says I'm beautiful
But, the pod shows me some else
Yellow and small you see
A regular chick that's me
Why can't I be...
Finding Me
Freeing my mind is something I tend to wash away, something I tend to have to stumble upon in my inner sanctum,...
Who am I to you
A beautiful inpirational women who has hid in the shodows for to long
Who am I to you
Someone who needs...
ENOUGH!Cry! You cryFight! You fightI’m trying to make things rightBabysit? Hell no! got two kidsBut you a grown as man-get...
The silence assaults meIt spreads with the windMy nostrils flaringAnd my strides,the only audible thing,the sound of the...
A troubled child, split amongst herself,
A ravenous alter with dastardly plans,
A fragmented mind and troublesome past,
A...
“You seek rebellion,”
the lady says to me
Respectfully madame,
i disagree.
Rebellion is no prize i seek
No metaphoric gilded...
Hipster in the navy overals,
Chillen sipping soda, Guetto blaster bumping old school, Biggy smalls.
Eccentric child with...
There's many out there
But there's none near
I've had a few
But they were'nt exactly like you two
We'ved laughed, walked and...
The body that u live in doesn't define your mind
The amount of fat and no fat on you doesn't define who u are
Your thoughts...
In a world where you see souls instead of bodies, I'd imagine it would be terrifying, painful, beautiful, amazing, and crazy...
You began your life with a simple dream...freedom!
A desire to live as you please!
The day you said no to your creator
No...
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They say life is like a box of chocolates,
Well I beg to differ,
Life is what ever you make of it,
Life is people bullying...
By: Alejandro Barranco
Years have passed
Not one step has been made outside of this room
This small room
...Where am I?...
I am what I am
and you are what you are
without panic the thread of life
it comes down to our situation
never wearily
but...
There is a world much like this one.
A world I couldn't live without.
One where everything is right for me.
One crafted so...
An idle idea.
That's how it starts anyway.
The days turn to weeks,
the weeks may turn to a month or two.
Before...
Why do people ask so many questions if they’re already sure of their own belief? My favorite example is when someone asks...
I’m a regular high school kid.There are many things that I have learned up to now.Now that we are putting it all under a lid...
Even though I said I would never devalue myself or my wealth I for got within I was beautiful truthful. Im scared because...
The tiniest speckle, dominated by the biggest star.
Overlooked in its eyes, deep down hiding under its body scars.
Nights...
No matter how long it's been,
the hurt of depression,
anxiety,
and self-consciousness,
lingers with pain.
Pain,
Sadness,...
I find you all so funny. How easy you can play with my heart. I’ve been through so many boys.
Not sex but experiencing what...
People ask me why I stay up all night in the pouring rain or climb on the roof at midnight with a bottle of vodka in one...
I'm not a begger nor a changer
If you call me by my first name
I will respect you
I'm not a begger I do not jump for the...
The world is full of suffering,cries of mercy
Children, women and men cryingThey just need peace,freedom and unity
Peace,...
Happiness
Anger
Love
Hate
Presence
Absence
Prompt
Late
Pride
Embarrassment
Confidence
Worry
Ignore
Obsess
Delay
Hurry...
Jefferson was no man of equality
spitting lines about freedom
and individuality
while holding the chains
of my brothers and...
Cars,clothes,money is what all people want i suppose but never think abut al the drama it could bring.Dont get me wrong life...
I am bold, extravagent
Sepia, rise, valenica, and black and white
have no growth to represent I.
I am plain to the world
but...
Your boldness, Your Heart
Your soul, Your art
All of you, which gives all of me.
Your intelligence, Your brain
The way you...
On a never ending highway
In a never ending pause
Pondering for it like a maniac
The answer was unclear.
I sat uneasy in...
It's not the fall that kills you,
It's the landing,
One step, One mistake, one moment,
Cords and rope do little,
Rocks,...
To fight for love is what I do,
To fight for us is what I'll do.
the past , like waves washing up on the present...
I'm coming out, that is my destiny
To rise above what I call home,
To rise above what Society calls poverty
I am a young...
Carpet, I’ve lain on you all these years
Yet you still hold me up
I’ve cried my anger unto you
Yet you still soak it up as...
I see a lot of people going through stuff—
And little things they claim,
I too, have pain.
Maybe, my pain could be bigger...
There are many adjectives to describe me--
I'm not the averaged colored crayon in the bin.
Soccer and track; sports in one...
When I woke up from laying in the fresh cut grass.The fresh mowed lawn.The grass was freshly cut with a dew scent.The garden...
Long time ago, there was the Nguyens.
They traveled far like the shepherds and 3 wise men.
Instead on land, they traveled on...
America, The country of genocide, suicide, homicide
America, The country of proslavery, bravery, not savoury
America, The...
When I met you,
I knew I had fallen in love
For dear God,
I knew he sent you to be my one and only
As we became closer,
You...
She looks him in the eye, but can't bare it.
He reaches for her face but she looks away.
"I love you" he whispers
This...
No one knows me better than i know myself
And what i know, can either kill me or save me
from heartache.
I know that you...
There are moments when I am so in love with life,
When I'm so in love with the person I am becoming.
When I'm so in love...
She smokes her lungs out everyday
hoping one day her lungs would rot away
she smokes the gray mist down
watch as people...
These dreams they are always attacking me
If only I had the blast of the past
I keep on hearing words of blasphemy
The...
My love is a mathematician always counting.
My love is a predator always lurking.
My love is stalk always watching.
My love...
You saw me sitting hear you'd think that i would be something
something that doesn't involve physical labor
Maybe a office...
SILENT RECORDER
Hoping to ease my mind
I opened my diary
to pen down my thoughts.
Before writing another page
went through...
What people don't realize
This world is too short for us to be wasting our time
Some of us out here fighting, stealing, and...
Why? Why must you be created? Why did you have to become a scar? A scar that is forever burned in my memory, forever...
My Grandparents are the best in the world
They had a great son and two baby girls
My Grandpa he works as hard as he can
He...
Why stay in the darkness when you can light up the night?
Why stay hidden when your eyes can shine?
How do you not know how...
What if we change who we are.
What if started to appreciate what we have.
What if we showed people we do care
What if
...
I'll die in practice to live in the meets
Spikes to rubber, and grass to cleetes.
i will never ever admit defeat
I will...
They Ask Me: Why So Personal?
I Reply: Cause Life is Real It's Hard to Tell Life Is Hell, Heaven and Even a Sea Fails.
They...
You go open your mouthbut nothing seems to come out.People look at you all the timeand get jealous and don't even know the...
Hamlet speech To be or not to be now that is my question/
Weather to act to or not react and then explain my confession/
Is...
I am a soldier, a guide for man.
what do you see when your eyes stretch upon the land.
Sadness,pain but there is beauty...
I start to lose my mind In persistent time, MyWires intertwined, non vine I'm going 9 more.Mentally disturbed,I'mMentally...
You danced in the wind,
Such beautiful little flower.
Given birth by a sweet, lovely mother.
Ready for any type of weather...
I'm just a body made up of atoms. In the grand scale of life I am small.
We live in a universe where anything is possible....
Your Little Girl
Slowly grows up
happy and beautiful
thinking she will grow up to
become a smart and talent girl
3rd grade...
Tell me your passions. Tell me your fears. Tell me about a time when you were young, reckless, and crazy. Tell me the...
Somethimes what we know is so wrong feels so rightWe try to satisfy our flesh only for a nightOur grace our favour our...
people keep wondering what the definition of love is. some say its when two individuals have strong feelings for each other...
To my Former Angel,
I would always look up to you. You were my heaven, my unattainable goal I strove to reach. Everything...
Now all she does is stare into space
Thinking about what used to be
Looks like the life was sucked out of her face
If only...
The Lord said, "Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the...
This something that is so pure
yet so deadly
and one cut is all it takes
Wounds that will never heal
with reasons so paper...
I'm not one to say there is nothing to be done about this country
But, Yes. It is My Country.
My Country is not of perfect...
They say a year can change a person,
Let’s try to envision,
A pretty princess in her bed,
Crying over decisions,
Wishin’ a...
Loneliness is a phase where people are
Surrounded by the world
The world twirls
With the lonely right in the middle
Like an...
My identity.Begins with me loving me. Sincerely. Accepting freely.Love Purely. The way I am .How I stand .How I walk .How I...
I've been down this path before
Seeing all familiar faces.
So many thoughts that I have had
Never met these dreadful...
A woman says she wants to be a homemakerThe Union Says NoA woman says she wants nothing more than to workThe Union Says No
A...
When you were dying, I was dazed yet ambushed.
We were fusing, and I got cold feet.
Who knew I wasn't cunning, firm, nor...
It's not about believing that everything in life will always be perfection or bliss. Or that by merely thinking something it...
My mother had adopted the myth of the black cat crossing the road is bad luck, and when a cat would begin to cross the road...
Roses are red violets are blue
The bees are dying
And we will too
Without there work
There will be no food
So we must all...
Love is not a game that you can take lightly
Love is tbe very thing that people need
Even when your alone love is there to...
The raindrops fall like tears on my cheek
He broke my heart and now I can't breathe
It's like I saw all of the signs, but it...
Ten years ago when I was seven,
All I ever wanted to was a teen.
I’m seventeen.
I always thought it would be different.
That...
I’m not handing checks because it’s not season
Can’t trust the government, better call it treason
I operate for my own...
I want to be remembered
I am aspirannt , determined and driven.
I am a young lady with goals and a dream.
Some may look at...
I am a writer, I write to ease my pain. Hear me scribble, yabble, and babble scrap!
And so I will write until day’s end, for...
She, she knows all of what love is not. It comes to her like a foreign language nobody has ever cared to teach her. She, she...
If I could change anything I would change the school system. In Ohio we are being bread to become factory workers. The...
Female- Delicate
Lovely- In looks and manner
Artstic- In craft, style, and thought
Woman- Yet strong
Lady- Held in high...
Lost dreams found in the
time of impeccable innocence
irrelevant to unnoticeable
causes hidden with brilliancefear was a...
Our life is like music.
the very air we breathe is an amazing symphony being played beautifully.
our veins are the string...
A smiling face
Being like a beacon
From the crowd
Tired eyes and sad looks
Dominate the room
Gloomy looks dull the area
A...
You Saw Me For Me When I Didn’t Believe
You Never Gave Up On Me
You Taught Me To Be And Face Reality
Without You I would Not...
I hear you, I am listening
Every word exiting your mouth, your soul, your very being
I hear you
But hearing is
much...
Behind Walls
Like Martin Luther King, I too have a dream
That I can stop hiding behind these walls that now trap me.
That...
Who hides behind this mask of mine,
The one given at birth so fine,
The one who wishes to fit in,
Yet identity sticks like...
"New Start"
Beginning of a new start.
Dated a dude calling me sweetheart
Of course, I fell for his trap
Put up with one...
What would you consider calm?
Maybe a tropical palm
Or a vibrant butterfly on an infant’s
Sprouting hair
Yet even a single...
The dog lays cuddled in the corner of the lit house
enjoying the warmth from the comforting fire.
Occasionally a hand...
Faith is NOW, if its not now its not faith
Great faith requires us to stand on the word of God
Faith is the title deed that...
You saw me as your porcelain doll
your darling girl
Your perfection
but There was an immaculate exception
you thought i was...
Poem I Wrote <3
I grew up in a place not most kids called home , I was alone and had to get everything on my own , my...
Life as we know is passing,
While we look at other lost souls thats crashing,
As society kicks flicks at these tender hearts...
Mist fall upon the roses in the field and the greenish grass grows greener and rouse in a blissful uproar
Knowing something...
Everytime I open my eyes there's a battle
So focused on physical, yet spiritually doubting
We as a community have the wrong...
Being in the state of mind I’m in now, is crazy I never thought I would be the girl who sits in school thinking about what I...
Speak Your Mind Slam
What do i got to say, my head a mess, just a stress
dont want to cross its path, setting your death,...
When i
look in the mirror
i dont know what i see
is it because of the
pain in my heart
or the hatred i see
what should i do...
I’m 6’5’’, wear size 16 shoes, built like a bull
That bull’s name is Ferdinand and his flowers are computers and video...
Beat goes on-
Corner crack house where hoes with cracked teeth get the taste smack out they crack mouth
Till the point they...
A poem is something I didnt think of as money
But when you think about it my words can be as sweet and cunning
So why not...
By ishianna
Why do people blame themselves for a tragedy? That I shall never understand. You have not caused any pain or...
Ferocious, Fierce, Uptight and Angry,
A person like me sounds so unfriendly.
Take your time, unwind and relax,
And I'll tell...
I'll spread myself across this page.
be present a pound the stage .
maybe then my memory won't fade.
my life no longer a...
I live in a world where 1+1 equal 2I live in a world where 2+2 don't equal 4 but 5I live in a world where women are...
Love is Shady, Love is Tragic Love is suppose to be affectionate, a motivation, a drug, a disease but all I got...
I miss the swings in the playground.
Watching all my friends running around.
Pretending to be who we wanted to be....
Invisible feelings
The frozen river you can’t see,
It flows through your eyes,
How delicate it may be you won’t feel it,
You...
I was raised to be proud, confident, to embrace full.
To ignore the mugs of the brighter skin, Living Melanin.
To wear my...
browsed through selections ,to get a question so epsent, who sent it, must be a majestic magic, bury i the phantom next to...
Because i love you, i think about you all day and
when i lay my head down, with my eyes shut
i can still see you looking my...
I am who I am
A young girl with old ways, deep inside her
Beng the only child, the first grandchild, the first niece
The...
I have been judged about my troubles but do you not care to listen about my struggles that cause a knott in my stomach , an...
Her name is not what matters.
Our first encounter was on my 12th birthday.
Her magnificent tune chimed throughout the house...
I am bright and stained,
I wonder, that if I tell- their minds will wander.
I hear my memories release from their crumbling...
I LIVE IN MY JUNGLE, SO HARD AND SLENDER
IT'S ALL OF IT SAD AND GRAYS ITS DOORS...
AND YOU!!!!MY FRIEND ALTHOUGH BEAUTIFUL...
No more hurting, no more suffering.
For in suffering, there is hate, and in hate, there is no love.
Love, is what we need to...
Lurking in the shadows always listening to others.
Having no voice nor opinion growing up.
Knowing I was full of potential...
I am from numerous stories:
Of love and faith
Of hardship and
Humor.
From
Apple picking
And
Raking leaves, then...
I have not found the anchor to my soulBut many tell me its not what I think it is.They tell me that its all around me But I...
Is it me or am i gay for loving myself?
Think about it i am a girl
and i love myself which
means i love a girl
so am i to be...
She stands strong as a stone but delicate like a rose
Strong as the wind comanding the waves but soft as the gentle spring...
Anger is imbeded deep within my demolished soul
it consumes my body and engulfs it with hatred a resentment
im fadng away...
Being A Hispanic was hard
The black sheep they say, the same but different
Looked at ashamed by the ones we call our people...
Yep, I am Melanin
In fact, I am a beautiful Melanin
My hair is everything from nappy to kinky
even the straightest strand...
I will call you Serendipity
Because you always delight me
You make me smile
Even if I tend to be vile
Bring me hope
When I...
Space can be defined as a room
A Room empty with four walls
A door and window its space
Space is wide or narrow
Space is...
Eccentric is what I'm refered to. Its probably the best term to describe myself.
I became in this manner because of mostly...
Consuming the fruit
Of fruitless pursuits
Social online in our rooms
Pose for others
Hope for acceptance
Ferry other’s...
I'm not gonna pretend I know much about my home land, Palestine
heck I have never stepped on its rich soil, that people have...
When nobody knows
and nobody cares,
its our job to find it out for them.
We don’t sit in one place
while the others
drink...
Life is like music
It has its ups and downs
You have to go with the flow
And get in the rhythm of both
Life is like a...
Judging her by the way she looks thinking you understand her but in her eyes she’s misunderstood by others like you… These...
Now we will count to twelve and we will all keep still
for once on the face of the earth, let's not speak in any language...
Sometimes it’s hard for me to function
Jhene Aiko keeps me from crumbling
She told me you gotta keep going
All I need is...
Darkness....Darkness,
You always see it coming.
But when you're too dazed to see it, that's when it hits you the hardest...
My life is like an apple falling from the tree, when I grow up soon I will be, successful and proud of all of my...
if this is my story
why do I feel like it's yours?
because
I do not belong to anyone.
but
sometimes I wish to
be a part of...
Get out of my way. I don’t need your help.
You think its okay? I can do it all by myself.
I am dangerous. This is glorious...
ok this isnt really a poem but just a way for me to vent my emotions for those who can relate
i saddens me that i cant cal...
He sent me an attachment that
attracted me to attach myself to him and
Start to flow a vaporized love from my heart and
Play...
Respect Connects
I respect your religion said no man ever
Our views--differing, but my respect will last forever
It is...
If you really want to know me…
I prefer to stay outside of the box-- imagining I’m a fierce
triceratops.
Someimes I put...
Hidden away
Scattered amongst the city
Are kids that yearn for parents
Pupils that yearn for a teacher
As they fantasize...
You were suppose to make me forget the first one who killed me. Make me forget the years of tears. The years of wanting what...
The scars of time haunt us,
The trails of time follow us,
but it can't keep us down
Its hard to pull up your head.
Its hard...
Loneliness Lip's Gave a Silent Scream,
Enveloping the unwary with its silken snare,
Opaque crystals glisten with lifeless...
The world is heavy when your in a Black Man, in a Black car, outside of a Black house, in a Black neighborhood, in a White...
The voices that are telling me "no"
they dont know the power inside me
all the things I knew
they no longer belong to me
I...
A beautiful pride loitered in the air
The day our dear Americ was born
Ecstasy lit the eyes of her people
Shining as bright...
Stop assuming you know everything. Why lie to me like I’m nothing
Do you even care of what I say and do? Don’t need me,...
It all starts somewhere.
Internally,
Externally,
Or neither.
For me, it started inside.
Not exactly happily,
But, a...
In a world where have nothing but breathing.
In a life where hate is heard more than song.
Where violence trends faster than...
Crying, lying and fear is what they see and feel.
To want someone to hold them when it gets to much to deal
It takes someone...
When down comes the sun,
Up comes the moon.
As the stars shine brightly down on the children of the world,
They go to their...
I open my mouth with words ready to express
All that escapes are jagged chokes that fade into the atmosphere.
She verbally...
When did it happen
And when did I know?
When I first saw your picture
Or heard your soft voice?
When your eyes first...
I, myself, am entirely strage,
But the things about me,
You never can change.
I'm goofy and silly
And excited non-stop.
You'...
Where do I start,
This thing that I should do.
Where do I start,
With people that have never known you.
Where do I start,...
I am not static, I am ever-changing.
I do not lack growth, I am always rearranging.
I will not be defined by my race,...
If I run across the moon, Can I be your best friend?
If I touch the blazing firey sphere, Can I be your best friend?
If i...
My Grandparents are the best in the world
They had a great son and two baby girls
My Grandpa he works as hard as he can
He...
Life,
Our being, the infinite circle of souls that connects everything on this planet we call Earth
Existing life revolves...
Don't, for today will be the last time you give me this excuse.
Don't, because i'm not sure it is an excuse.
Don't, for I ...
Myself and no one else
I am
A twig under multiple peoples feet
I am not
The strong young lady my mother has raised me to be...
Here thy lie son of the great unkown.
Born out of the land with no chance nor hope.
Father surpases the many conflicts in...
A sad day amongst the rest
The day he lost a friend he knew best
Lost time can't make up for the things he done
Stopwatch...
Quit saying I cannot
Start saying I can
You can do all things
Do all that you can
Can all that you do
The power is in you...
Look up into the sky, young man,
after a night of your worst ordeals
and place that star between your palms
the single...
I'm fifteen for a momentlife full of drama,you would think you were on an elevatorwith little kids pushing just about every...
As red rests o my chest,
I know to who, for why, I gave my best.
Not a hint, I will not give a sign.
For I wear my scarlet...
I don’t want to be a robot, someone’s invention
I’m not a super hero, I must mention
I’m not the center of all attention
I...
My diamond is not for you
My diamond does not need your approval
My diamond does not want to be told what to do
My diamond...
Im walking and its HOT
thoughts driipping off me as if im swimming in them
I feel kinda okay my self esteem is not low
so...
She’s like New York City
She works beautifully
The yellow cabs racing
Nothing slow pacing
Just like her thoughts
There’s...
Was there ever a place the storm had not been?
The storm shrouded everything.
The sea's azure peaks and emerald valleys ...
I AM..
DO YOU SEE WHAT I SEE ONE SCREWED UP WORLD IN A NEVER ENDING CATOSTROPHE? I MEAN WHO AM I TOO YOU AND WHO ARE YOU...
Am the son of my father
so don't you give a dem
who can touch a cub
when he knows about a den
when the jungle roars
hope u...
I've been living in fears
because i thought nature don't care
i told my friend about it
then he said that i should not worry...
Love is a gate that many of us want to enter
with a code that many of us seem to forget
But #BecauseILoveYou, I seem to...
texas.don.g.nutt,59,poem,river,flow,row row row your boat gentley down the river flow stream its the rock the roll the shake...
Look at what I overcame.
I try to get it off my brain
but we are all just the same.
This is my NAME
But my story won't...
The subways in New York remind me of our minds
How each thought can rush past us
How life can be such a blur because we are...
Waking up crying has become a daily routine, because from here on out i don't know where my life would be. Sometime i feel...
If I do not relate to you
Then how could you relate to me?
I am just keeping it real
Getting involved with me
You must want...
Expecting a better tomorrow
well assured that it will come
keeping deaf ears to things that discourage
but focusing on the...
texas.don.g.nutt59,poem,my world, my world my life my time this world right in the poem of my hands like the almighty god im...
I sit down
First day, first class
New faces are all I see
I see smiling faces
Faces, all staring back at me
Comforted,...
I sigh breaths of fire
And spark static from my core
I leave ashes where I stand
And singe this very floor
I swallow...
Scars. A past. They only bring up the past because they are intimidated by my present.I am weightless when I engulf myself...
I'm having one of those days
Where every insult I can tell myself
Is rolling around in my head
I'm not smart enough
I'm not...
A place where education isn't so high,
where a country doesn't rely on
the oppressed
to show the corruption of a system...
A year and 8 months spent very well,
A year and 8 months later I am in hell
To say I want you back would not be a lie,
But I...
Time to Take
Two roads diverge, I've heard
I haven't seen, for I haven't driven
I've merely gazed, wondered, wished...
My great grandfather lived part of his life
in a cave
in Mexico
as an orphan.
Living within rock walls
he learned
Loneliness...
There has been dark days
we all had bad times
most of us truly just wanna run
in our own shadows away,
away from all the...
concerts blasting so loud you can barley hear,
screams of the crowd, everyone dancing,
splashing in the pool,
having noodle...
Its a dreamy day of sunshine blue
but cloudy gray of full of sadness to
If it gets any worse then this
We will never...
The Princess and The Frog with modern dialogue
It was the prince but he is obsolete
The world is at its knees and but we...
I remember the day I went to get
my friend, he was small but, of course I wasn't
any bigger. His soft dense coat was...
Sitting here feeling empty, not understood, an all alone.
Completely gone off to a place unknown, wandering through trying...
So many things I be want to slur
So many thoughts I want to want to ask as time dies
I keep it to myself, that is the best...
Why be so fake?
That only creates hate?
You lose all of your so-called friends;
And have no fate.
Now why you wanna do that...
I am from boom boxes blasting with music
From Ancho’s chili powder and steamin’ hot beignets
I am from the old Chevy truck...
I woke up early in the morning
When I looked out the view was boring
All I saw was old homes and grey cement
No more green...
There are many ways to change a picture of yourself
But without any effects to them
Who are you really?
I stared at a...
Four walls and a register ....That never fails to show me...it's inner most partsFlawlessTis truly a wondrous form of...
My mind is a portal to worlds of possibilities of success. There I sit in my imaginary kingdom of ease and finesse While I...
how can i love you when you're so distant?
how can i love you when you're so emotionless?
how can i love you when you're not...
Ive always loved poetry
Whwn i discovered poetry i was able to express
who i was and how i felt
poetry has gotten me through...
there is something truly rotten about me
deep down in my core
and i keep wondering
when the elixir of pure hatred
with...
I have wallowed in my pain
I have seen the worst and best
side of me.
I was lost, running on a beaten path
this was a life...
Please excuse the format,
For I am a romantic who doesn't live for that.
Who needs structure of words, when you have the...
I could never see what I want to see in the heat of the moment
All those unspoken promises that never been broken
Refill my...
Most people think I am a threat to their lifes but others say, yes! you are my key to success. Who is
true? I am the stars...
When you truly love someone, their heart is yours.
That one person is your other half.
You always have that spark
That can...
Dear Mi Amor,
All it took was a pie
And two little girls playing way up high
Every day was a day our friendship grew
And...
Step One: Start by accepting the fact that you cannot cure them. No matter the amount of "i love you"s or acts of affection...
I gave my love to a world that never gave it back to me
It's crelties are unmeasured
As Boundless as the sea
And so I asked...
Abuse is like a dream.
You wake up with confusion.
Wondering why this happened to you?
It seems too bad to be true.
...
Written by: Juwuan Dennis
We the people.
Land we people live on.
Live on and let live.
To waste time is throwing away a...
I am the queen of disorientation.
There were bumble bees building nests in my hair and now I'm made of honey combes;
but...
one job...may change my life
Who could ever make a true statement to me?
saying that i can never choose what i will be!
I...
Morning
Kids waking up
Parents going to work
How about you go ahead and suffer under the curse
Why;p--p;p-- it seems so...
A crisp wind blew beside the quiet town,
Darkness covered his thoughts as he gazed into the horizon,
He searched as the...
I like to think I'm strong
I used to be smart
I used to think I had some feelings bottled in this heart.
Maybe I used to be...
To walk with no shoes on thick cold ice,
It's the feeling of been stabbed over ten thousand times.
What were to happen if...
Starting at herself two unreadable green irises stare back. A naked soul is curled in a fetal position clinging to her knees...
i go outside
play around and i dont get tired.
i fight with my fist,
and i get hurt but there is no pain.
I build a house,...
Based off my understanding ,
Poetry can reveal, come through pain ,can politely hide, or it can simply amplify anything...
Shh, listen can you hear?
That thing that articulates from there to here
That's my voice that bounces off the walls
That...
The pain in my heart went Away because the day you stopped caring was the day I said okay. .. Noo you said okay.. you...
Targeting the cities of England, the savages rushed in,And, the sirens started to sound, the young pilots charged to their...
Part One: The Lost Boy
Who will cry for the lost boy?
Not the angels
Definatly not satin
Not strangers
Not even...
I am the truth
For the mind, a fountain of youth
I am the devil
I was in hevan, but i turned into a rebal
I am ...
All in a free jail
do what I please
when I please
don't even have to pay a fee
All in a free jail
trapped between four...
Lost, Lost in this Horrifying Night.
As you came close to me you threw the acid.
My face was no longer bright
Lost,...
Africans, Mexicans, Indians, Eskimos, Ricans,
Indians, Chinese, Anglos and so much more.....
Thats America to me. Not the...
First it was the day met
Then to our endless conversations
Our first date to first kiss
Two weeks in and went down hill...
Air fresh with excitement,
Breeze flowing through the trees.
The sun’s rays kissing my skin,
Leaving me with a...
The positive inside me trys to revive me.
All I can do is think about the life around me.
I let it be known with the notes...
Walking down the street
Looking for something I don't know
Why don't you try looking for it yo
As long as you don't steal my...
My mind is a hub for brewing ideas and conjuring thoughts that manifests into actions -
It is my control.
My eyes process...
This fox, this fox which was boxed, trapped in a box.
Boxed from its prey, the prey that mocked.
The fox was afraid from the...
A towel used and uncleansed
A shirt with no hem
I feel lost with no sun
In a maze with no rope
Guided with no tour guide in...
if all I've known was you, how do I maintian without you?
it's like having a cup of coffee every morning, knowing that...
People being together is an odd thing, stranger in a digitized
environment/in-between Facebook messages, Twitter retweets
...
What Am I Worth?
Just A Fuse Or Dust.
Maybe I Need To Find Ones Self.
Cry Each And Other Day Or Their Just Really Wet Sobs...
Nothing but a pretty face to the masses,
A smiling face with a steely gaze,
Moments of weakness and the nations last hope;...
Winter. The cold, icy name cutting through the azure sky. Hearts frozen over like slick ponds with dead lives within. Trees...
A concrete prison
With the walls several stories tall,
And the durability of a bomb shelter.
It's many rooms used to shape...
If I could change the night sky,
You would see all the stars,
If I could change the wind,
It would blow you in the right...
Staring at myself in the mirror pointing out my flaws
Sobbing on the inside wandering if I will ever be stunning
At 15, I...
you look at me with soft brown eyes
the ones you hate and you despise
you hold my hand and get upset
because the sweat...
Every night punches fly to my face like angry ravens, i lay there helplessly knowing that life is passing by as fast as a ...
My name is Elandra Rene
From the distant planet of Chicago
Right here on Southside
Don’t call my home, “Chiraq”…
“Chi-...
You look at me. I look at you. You look at your feet. I look at.. it. What is it? It is everything but also nothing. What is...
I am a young woman with a thirst for an educaiton
The one with a mind
Flowing! Flowing with creativity.
The writer who's...
You know I have never figured out why we love.
Is it because we can or because it something that society thinks highly of...
What really grinds my gears
is a mirror who's reflection does not look as it should appear.
In the middle of the night it...
I want a million thousand bills couple masions in the hills.but my people.Dien everyday.like soldiers in the field.but they...
I am for sure not the typical girl
It is hard being me when society is trying to change me.
Instead of getting wasted on a...
Hey their we need to talk.
Im hear to tell you that I need to let you go.
I have to let you go .
i can’t deal with you...
Dang Can I Be Me ?
Born and given a name, an identity
Already born with my life in the hands of someone else
Told What to...
Singing a lament of answers
In the rain of pooling tears.
Experiencing someone stomp
In the puddle of my raindrops.
...
I grab the mic with the quickness to vision whats scripted, im ignorant sometimes beligerent, but most unconsiderrate on how...
Of all the things that make me tick, it would be HIM.
Everytime he chews, a completely UNNECESSARY amount of effort is put...
When did it happen
And when did I know?
When I first saw your picture
Or heard your soft voice?
When your eyes first...
I am feared by many I am love by many I am hated by many I am a color that seem inferior yet we dominant.I am a gender where...
petals dance in the wind
The cold breeze brushes against you.
You shiver.
Arms are around you.
Warmth and comfort takes you...
Everything is awesome
Take a look at what the world has to offer.
From the deep blue sky
lightning quicker than the blink of...
In today's world,
We tend to let society label us.
But yet we do nothing to stop it.
We let titles be placed upon us and it...
For as long as I can remember,
I have felt inferior; This uncomfortable aloneness and constant fear that I won't be accepted...
I want to choose
but I feel like I'm going to lose.
Who am I
even when I try
I still don't know why.
I feel like we're...
I poor it on my pancakes in the morning
i write on it everyday
it dies it dies
i want to to have privacy
so I close my door...
You see We All Have A Story To Tell .. Is Mine Reality or is it A Fairy Tale I never knew until I looked towards the sky and...
Good day. Good morning.
Evening I greet again and yet my words hang l o n g
Maybe short
Like this poetry is something inside...
As the first snowflake falls
All you can do is recall
The precious times you have seen
Moreover, think of the most wonderful...
As I drove along that treacherous bridge
The cringe worthy icicles pattered on my windshield
Oozing from the frozen...
I guess people think that I'm pretty smart
I do have knowledge, so that's a start
I've learned many things
Things, that are...
My name is Muhammad and i like it
people have called me terriorist but they are hypocrites
I am peacful and i bring no...
Opportunites are diguised by hard work so some people decide to look over it. They're to lazy to see its right...
I am not the way I chitchat, nor attained the materials I discover, neither am I the substances I consume. I endure all the...
Quiet, they say.
I grew up in a strong set of beliefs. No need for conflict.
“Know your strengths.” I listened; I am...
i maybe not be perfect,but i know my flaws...
im beautiful no matter what...
im a individual ...
and one of these days im...
Long time ago, there was the Nguyens.
They traveled far like the shepherds and 3 wise men.
Instead on land, they traveled on...
It’s not perfectBut because I love youits imperfectionIt is the very definitionof perfectionfor me
A gentle squeeze of the...
Fly High
Squeezed within a surface
Gasping for air
It's hard to live your own life when someone wants you to live theirs....
If not for humility
None would
overcome.
I
Seek to humble myself
From day to day.
We are born
With
Gifts and with faults....
Hidden
hiding behind the black, and white scene
people always being so cruel and mean
losing all self worth and respect...
At some point in my life,A bitter seed was planted in my veins - Or perhaps it had been there all along,And its roots slowly...
It's not the fall that kills you,
It's the landing,
One step, One mistake, one moment,
Cords and rope do little,
Rocks,...
I was tiny, I was crying,
The smiles were all shiny.
I saw a man and his wife,
It was my first day of life.
The first pretty...
The way she makes me feel
She makes me feel so real
Relaxed in the sun
Now nothing compare’s, she’s the one
Many hate her...
Poetry is a gift from God.
Given to us as a way of expression.
A way to express our heart and mind.
Whether on a page or...
I wake up every morning wondering how I made it to another day
All the strain , headaches , and heartbreaks why stay
I long...
I see you hiding behind the pain
black eyes on your face but you're saying "I'm okay"
no person deserves that inflicted...
I love you.
You might as well know.
I didnt want it to be true.
But all the butterfly crap,
That's real.
I used to pride...
I sat here thinking
How am I going to write this?
I don't hide behind a mask
I'm proud of who I am
but then, I...
Everyday
I walk up and around the halls
surrounded by people
whose faces are
made to portray the masquerade
they put on...
Somone so special and so unique as if god made her just for me
our eyes lock on to eachother as we go through the journey of...
I am the future. I use my mind to change the world and to make a difference. I walk the streets and to realize were i am...
Because I love you…
I will never let anything come between us
I will never let anything hurt you
I will never let you be...
I do not define myself from how many barriers have appeared in my way.
Though I define myself from the strength I have found...
My life is a complication,
But I still stand strong and live,
I hide behind this curtain of the happy life, As I hide I cry...
I was in love. And you were too.we were together, through and through.but you left me alone, Stranded in an ocean of my...
All I need is my Bible, my faith in Godpursuing through my blood and enveloping loveFrom the man who taught me to hate, and...
Sticking out like a sore thumb
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know i'm different
Looking for confirmation
Looking for...
Living in a new world,
I got nowhere to go.
My brains aren't enough,
And my looks wont show.
I can be as strong as a lion,...
These hands do all of the hard work in this life
They build, they fight, they break, and they die
I have the power to be...
If you knew just what I knew
About him and his boo
And what they tried to do
To make me look like the fool.
They met me on...
secrets are held for a reason, maybe they dont know but its because of treason. Others say school is easy, but they dont...
Stress, pain, sweat and tears.
For a moment of either,
Making it or breaking it.
Climbin the paltform,
Wet and slick.
Three...
As I walk through the streets of the city
I see people stare as I walk by
My mind makes me think of why
but my heart knows...
Poem I Wrote <3
I grew up in a place not most kids called home , I was alone and had to get everything on my own , my...
Today I'm feelin' good, I dare you to change that
The sun greets me with a smile while birds sing at my window
I'm grateful...
I am labeled, yet not defined
I am not perfect, but once a week, my page is refined
I am kind,
More like the kind who’ll...
Traveling afar
A crowded bus
Moonlight bright
A world unknown
Unfamiliar faces
Destruction, despair
Sent on your behalf
I am...
The parallels of wooden window frames
Race up the sides of luminescent figures
While the blinds sway microscopically in a...
i had one foot in the river styx
counting change for the boatman
when i woke up
only wet with perspiration
i was mere...
These weeks move like minutes
These days like seconds
I gotta value my time 'cause time is of the essencne
Lost in the...
I know i've got an education. For what i have tried to build my path in this worthless foundation. My life is my creation. ...
texas,don,g,nutt,59.poem,thugg,love,thugg ove withpassion from the hood known in the streets this thugg love is greatly...
There are many adjectives to describe me--
I'm not the averaged colored crayon in the bin.
Soccer and track; sports in one...
Vendetta
bitter quarrel
bribed by sweet words
spoken from a man
veins that no more carry
deoxygenated blood to my heart ...
Seeing my self in 25 years?
A nurse.
To get there listening to my teachers is key.
Smells of students smoking linger.
Shake...
Have you ever stopped to just watch time pass before you
On a quiet Summers day
Not many do
To busy with petty wants and...
Dear First Love,
I’d rather be anywhere but here,
Here where I sit,
Here where i wait,
If I could be anywhere
I would not...
Whenever I get sad,
After the day has ended,
Before the Sun rises,
As I prepare myself for tomorrow,
I look at the Moon and...
Poetry
Is the thing I do.
Poetry
Will always shine through.
It runs through my brains, body, and heart and now it's...
the calm silence covers my ears, my eyes taken over by bright lights, i see nothing but faris wheels, and prizes for my...
Not planned, and yet not a mistake
My biological felt it was too much on his plate
in search of an escape, abortion was the...
Dreams cower to no one they fight harder than time, waking to blood in your eyes hearing a voice that makes you hazy. Trying...
The world doesn't owe you a thing
so take back your out-reached hand
an arrogant,choosy begger, is someone I just cant stand...
We all have demons inside
And that's not to say that
We can't truly be fixed
See, lately I've found that
Even the most...
I ate too much chocolate, they said.
Eating too much chocolate, makes my eyes and hair brown.
Just brown.
But I wanted blue...
Her blood was filled with viruses,
and nothing could be done.
Passed without me even knowing how it came about.
Left with...
I hate that I feel like we don't connect anymoreThat we no longer talk the same wayI long for the days when my heart was...
Dear Police Officer,
How do you feel?
Do you feel?
Are you scared to feel
Being empathetic with apathetic tendencies ...
that smooth chocolate skin, those big brown eyesthat non existant waist and those thick thighs
nice plump lips that encase...
Stay strong for yourself and others,
Make life worth your time,
When you look at the sky it shines so blue,
Have you ever...
I once read that you can either be courageous or comfortable, but not both at the same time... I guess I'm just hoping that...
The color of your eyes are what stay in mind.
I know they shouldn't be in my head
but I can't forget you.
Even after...
the Awesome mother of three, was crazy indeed
she runs all day chasing, playing, and frolicing in every way
messes, spills,...
I might not live to take in my next breath,But as sure as jesus walks I'm tryna take my next step,Just knowing I'm closer to...
I am like the sun
blinding and radiating
everywhere I go.
Throughout my life
I have experienced
hardships and pain...
words unspoken,unheard
ayli’u na ayskxe mi te’lan
i want to say it but I’m scared
that they’ll mean the world to me
and...
You put yourself on a pedestool
When in reality you are lower
Than the dirt you walk on
Pride will only take you so far
With...
In and out
He shows his face
Then shy away as it touches the tips of toes
Rolling away so subtle
Whispering a continuous...
Through beauteous fields we wanderOur minds free wherever we roam
A rainbow of color surrounds usLuscious petals striving to...
yo im so
flawless i go
baldness no fro
real talk fo sho
play in the snow
so flawles yo
yo yo yo yo im flawless, YO...
So many things happening around me and it just amazes me how God just continues to keep his hedge of protection around me...
my family is a framed picture
sitting on your nightstand
my grandma is flawed
but takes care of it all...
The most powerful word in the world is Jesus.
Simply calling on the name of Jesus we can do many things
Calling on the name...
My mom is the north star
She shines bright in the darkest time
She will help you fnd your way
When you are lost
She will...
Though it was my fault…Though it was my fault for forgetting the day
The day that I heard the trees whisper away
In the...
The difference between you and I
is that my experiences molded me into this unqiue individual
I like to call, me.
You see...
All alone,
hiding from the unknown.
The lavender on my skin,
is not as sweet as the color promises.
It stings, and the red...
I see them talking to each other, smiling with pure joy
I know I can join in and be the same,
I know I could contribute to...
You are known to be in the heart of NASCAR country.
Your name is legendary like the great pass in the grass.
You gave Dale...
I hear the crickets chirping absent of rhythm.
I hear the clock ticking away the seconds.
I hear my blood pumping through...
If I could change one thing,
it would be the process of educating.
I would change the way we learn,
because tests really...
Raindrops, Raindrops
Tiny little raindrops
Falling from the sky
Dropping on the leaves
Looks as fresh as a morning dew...
Voices , Voices and complete silence
Death is everywhere..
Children are dying
Mothers are being slaughtered
But!!
Whats it...
It's Senior year and its supposed to be about cheer. Yet i cry everyday i have to wake up. Dreading going to a...
A love story has no end;
but as they say, it needed to be bend.
Relationship don't last,
because some things are going to...
Success to a man
Is like food for a dog
He wants it
Nourishes it
Cradles it
And loves and basks in it
Sucess means...
Memories
Why is it that girls like me aren't allowed to wear what they please
Why is it that the ones we trust most seem to...
All I Need by Melia Candelaria Your lips, your eyes the way you smile at me when we brush fingertips in the store as we...
From my window I watch them pass by
Small, young, tall, bold
My gaze drifts from their fearul eyes
Injustice, death,...
the calm silence covers my ears, my eyes taken over by bright lights, i see nothing but faris wheels, and prizes for my...
I can't live without the joy of the simple things that bring a smile to my face. The simple actions that can mean so...
The world as I see it,
unfiltered,
is not shown through our screens
is it?
My freckled face,
unfiltered,
is now in valencia...
Thinking that she is invincable
She dances in the Jaws of Death
She picks plack from the creature's teeth
She dares it to...
Who’s to say that who I am is wrong?
That what I do is dumb?
Who are you to say that I’m not beautiful?
Those eyes of...
Born to be unloved.
Made to be broken.
It’s tough love and shoves.
Quick slaps whenever miss spoken.
Made to be broken....
From the first humans to modern day society we seek knowledge from those of our past,
We try to understand where we all have...
As life gose on
The wind blows by like nothing has changed
Time gose by as quick as a flash
Life get lost and born...
Beaming Yellow
Layers of makeup coat my anxious cheeks,
Tutus glimmer under the incandescence.
An eerie silence follows...
As the weather gets colder; so does my heartAs I don my wool jacket - thats when the doom and gloom startsMy friends turn...
I am...
The breath of air in the back of the class you coudnt hear
drowned and caressed in my own fear
a heart which flakes...
I know you think I’ve forgotten
The days of yellow peril
Your fear of Asian invasion
My Asian persuasion
The massacres of...
I've never known her or seen her to be
the mystery behind her. The black long hair
silky, and her surliness stands aloof....
Who am I?
How do I describe?
Will I tell you the truth?
Or what I wish was the truth?
I'll tell you what i do know
I am...
What It Means To Me
By: Jaeden Brame
What does it mean to me?
To simply say, I love you?
That not what it means to me
To...
I am, currently a forgotten child
I'm someone who's brutally honest, and is from a generation who doesn't know how to stand...
Who are you? You help make me, you birthed me , but who are you? Did you meet any of my friends, were you even there for...
The dancer stands on the stage unmoving
Eyes watched him with intense stares silently
Music starts to play, volume...
Oh my lady am really honest
Of all I have met you are the finest
Your glow engulfs,every single moment
the best touch is...