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Snapped both my knees
Never jump anymore
Because you said
I never reached the stars
You're right
I never did
I went past...
Forever shall we be together. Until the last breaths are drawn. Complete in one another. Kindred are our spirits.
Yearning...
My dad gone forever he will be.
Why things happen we will not know.
It came to early for me to see.
At least I have his...
The school year is a drag
And my brain is starting to melt
Plus, the internet here, just lags!
But I got this year under my...
I am
N aughty. When I am #nofilter, I eat the forbidden fruit, I hurt others and myself, I do what I'm told not to.
O dd...
Only me in here.
Verly lonely, feeling fear.
Everyone sits back, thinking I'm alright
Reminding me to cry myself asleep at...
When she acts shy
Say I Love You
When she runs away from you
Chase her
When she puts her face near yours
Kiss her When she...
Teacher.... Excuse me, Teacher......Ummmmm Teacher? Well I guess my question wasn't important. Yes teacher? No teacher. I...
I love you.
Lots of trust goes into this.
Others just don’t understand.
Various ways of communication.
Everyone can see...
Ancestors - How we got hereMilitary - Who protects usEconomy - Why we sufferRed, white, and blue - What we pledge...
when you sat at your desk years ago,
like I am now,
did you stare at the clock as time clicked by.
Tell me, did you even...
It's a sad sick world we're living in
Love is a word thrown around carelessly
And here is where the story begins
He had her...
the sun
the sun is very bright
its hot like a dynamite
the sun is large
its bigger than my garage
the sun
Long you've kept me in your grasp
You just won't let me go
Move aside, you're in the way
Every day I live
Disappear
I want...
As a human, I am an enigma.
Perhaps it is because I feel one way
Understanding the opposite to be true.
Zeal for life one...
Degraded, looked down upon, talked about;
the words people say about them, no one can live it down.
To be? Or not to be?...
Do you remember that you were the first lips I touched?
The first hand I held,
The first one I cared for,
The only one...
Many want this and are in pursuit
It’s hard to attain yet easy to lose
Possession of riches or surviving in poverty
Neither...
Peanut Butter Alcoholic
A grain of salt,
a deduction in capital,
strewn on the plains
like
the
skulls
of
Arapajo, grizzly...
A young girl wandering along the sand,
Letting the breeze take her where it wants.
Excited yet nervous for what is ahead,...
Lover since the seventh grade
Offed himself on Rio Lane
Said he loves everything about me
Scribbled on the suicide note...
Sadly in a race against, love doubt will linger my mind, selfishness will decompose the inside of my very own soul, and the...
I write to feel. I write becouse I need it to be real. The words on the page solidify my brain, allowing me to no longer...
Sittng wth kids
Out they go to new homes
Caring and better
I am glad to see this
All is well
Life is simple
Work is fun...
Ruined plans.
Evil at work.
Suicidal, sober, and stardom.
Torture, terror, and triumph.
Irreplaceable.
None can escape....
You broke my heart, you made me cry
and for that i wish you couldnt lie
the pain you caused was just too much
all i could do...
Just one look unhinges me.
Underlying judgements change futures, lives.
Doubt festers, stomachs drop, and fears soar.
Green...
Everyone is waiting to see what you do with the tools left to you after dreadful high school
Damn the pressure to impress...
cancer can chemically commence critical coma.
colon cancer close cartilage
people penalize pure patients
Brontes, Steropes, and Arges: banished to earthy bounds and lands of punishment for eternity
Resentment flourished and the...
A girl, a popular girl
Everyone thinks she is awesome
But there is a twist
To this poem
That girl cuts her wrists
And now...
i am flawed
i have
F ears of the color red of animals of my life being monitored of spiders of bees of ants of germs of...
Black lives
Friends bring joy to your day
Innocent lives taken for granted
Family analyze your ...
Avearge. Never really thought of as a "harmful" word. Everyone uses it, so what is the harm is using, "average".
Vindictive...
(poems go here) you have rights black or white so play ball but over all alway STAND TALL
ah, look at you.
you’re a plum pit to me,
a cratered seed of stability
amidst rotting flesh,
the nectar of bee stings...
I - I am fascinated just by your powerful thoughtsL - Luminous spirit thought to only be owned by a GoddessO - Omnipotent...
Feel like we ain't good enough
Like someone else is always better
Always lying to ourselves
Why we make ourselves these...
My day passes me by while I worry
In the cluster of demands and problems
No time to get everything completed
Depressed,...
Weather
Why the cold
End the winter and begin the summer
All the chill is a bummer
The humidity and warmth is what...
She often sat and wondered how they became so distant.He is close enough to touch, but too far away to reach.Every song and...
Fantasy, living in reality.
In actuality fantasy would be considered “fake.”
Creation of word, pictures, if you may,...
To only say the words
And make it right again
bring light, and change,
Bring back what has been
This place a mess
Dragged...
why is life just sometimes just I don't know hope you know what I mean I don't know how to explain it it's just, just, you...
Stand up against povertystand up against hungerstand up for the humanitywith a resolute heart, andlet this be your...
swims or floats above the chaos
watches from above
as skies turn gray she doesn't fade
as bright as the day she came.
always...
Caring for those just like you, striking down jedi who befriended youTaking control in 66 ways, Losing the one's you love,...
The days go by,
The days do come,
Life is nothing without a little fun.
Hold me now,
Hold me close,
Moments like this, i'll...
I feel I truly loved him, even if we came from different worlds.
Claiming I was not in love would be nothing but a lie...
I stare out the window.
Vacant faces pass me by while I
examine each one with great effort.
Bright green eyes and 6 feet...
Like a daisy gracefully swaying
or a chocolate, rolled in coco.
To know her, is to indulge in the wonder of living,...
My mind is an amazing thing,it can learn to read and write,or learn to ride horses my day and night.
It can make me...
We played a game. It's called "love". The rule is simple: whoever falls first, loses.
I played honest, and you played a role...
Zebra. Not zeal or zoom or zygote (at least not anymore) nor, god forbid, zyzzyva. Zebra because you don't know if I an...
Suddenly
Acknowledging that
Despair will
Never end until
Everyone
Strives to
Smile
Living
On the outside,
Needing a friend...
T rusting
R especting
U derstanding
E ngageing
L oyal
O penminded
V alued
E njoyable
Forced against a sweltering stone;
Bubbling, blistering, all alone,
Heat cauterizing liquid bone.
Exhales trapped breath...
Spanish Town St. Catherine Jamaica is where I'm from
Humidity, Hurricanes, and flood rains punctuates the climate on my...
Why I write? A question so simple and small.
How else could each moment become history?
Yesterday's memories to the wayside...
Love is like a ship
love is like a flower
I have a big ship
I have a small ship
But the biggest ship,is our relationship.
There was a weeping willow tree standing still and strong
Our secret sanctuary lay dormant in it's arms
With ocean waves and...
Black absorbs all energy and
Light, but is still viewed
As a negative thing. Black is a strong
Color, really the strongest;...
Homework everyday.
Homework on weekends.
Homework over vacaction.
Do you think we don't have other things to do?
People to...
The shy quiet girl walking through the long halls
As quiet as a mouse
That was me my first two years of high school
Making...
Above the Salt
You filled courage in love to bloom
You are confluence spirit of two worlds,
Adoring words you caught
Cut...
Pleasing to the ear when music is made.
Its beauty cannot be defined.
Any key that is pressed; a new sound awakes.
Notes are...
Maybe others won't understand what they deem eccentric
Old fashioned, they'll call you
Really, they'll say, aren't you hot...
you say im smaller than an ant .... i close my eyes and i see strech and i grow biger than the sky.. you say my legs are...
Finishing a case of beer was never a problem for you
As you always practiced emptying the bottles during your free time.
The...
Unbreakable, that's what I thought you were.
Never sick a day in your life until after daddy died.
Cancer wasn't supposed to...
kis tawaqqo pekisi ko dekhenkoyi tum se bhi haseen kya hoga with what hope can i look at anyone else who can be more...
Crunchy hayfields
Orange sunsets a blaze
Ravishing lights in summer
Tall pine tress
Excited horses running
Zipping four...
I always think about you
Nothing ever really seems to help to the point where I don't even know myself anymore
I try not to...
I look out for him,
As he did once for me,
We are suppose to be a loving family,
Raised on one main value you see,
Loyalty...
I can make silly faces,
And I can make you smile.
My face is filtered, yes, and that hides the criticisms.
Now, come on, '...
I am not a letter
I am flesh, blood, heart
Thought
Your pen to my paper
Red ink lurching
Is not a reflection on what I know...
Tell me you love me.
Every time I am with you nothing else matters.
A life time with you does not seem long enough.
Out of...
The little girl you see over there,
Yes, the one with the vibrant, shiny, red hair.
She's not much different from you and I...
Lucky
Innocent
Fascinating
Enticing
Intense
Sublime
Ageless
Whimsical
Exhilarating
Stellar
Overjoyed
Magical...
Beginning to realize I'm in deepInside my head, I'm so hard to reachPushing my emotions in different directionsObviously so...
While walking past your dim lit window,
I see you on your tippy toes,
A violin in hand.
You sway to unheard rhythms,
Songs...
stop and watch the day go by,
---we can---
start again?
The clock is just simply waving hi.
We wave back and grin.
drop me...
Being legal in America,This means nothing to black skinIt truly is a white mans world,Hatred, powerless, fear, what we feel...
Poetry, like none other.
Not just words on a page,
Or lyrics in a song.
But a deeper meaning
Where readers find connections...
Suddenly
Acknowledging that
Despair will
Never end until
Everyone
Strives to
Smile
Living
On the outside,
Needing a friend...
Now the mask of nonentity has been lifted for the world to see
That your voice was given with great personality,
It's...
Somewhere there someone who dreams of your smile, and finds in your presence that life is worth while, so when you are...
Click, click, click to find the right scholarship
Humbled by rejection, but strive to conquer it
Anger is felt, but cannot...
Emptiness
Stands in my soul.
No wind,
No air,
No breath,
No…anything
Common sense
Escapes my mind.
No realization,
No...
Colorless is how people should appear to a police officer’s view
Offender’s skin shouldn't make a difference in the end its...
(poems go here) It’s been four long years,
many challenges, and achievements.
Friends made, and lost
but its time to let...
Left out, loved, and back again,
feel as if it’s held within
the soulful corners of my heart,
know exactly how to fall...
Sam not samantha
Passionate about education
Eater of wonderful cuisine
Always kind and caring
Knowledge seeker
Yearner of...
Ish you cant say
Taking away your pride and what makes you gay
As she teaches the kids go astray
They are being restrained ...
its all bad dreams
its not what it seems
i never cried
and so never died
i lie awake 2 hide
from the dreams inside
dreams...
Avearge. Never really thought of as a "harmful" word. Everyone uses it, so what is the harm is using, "average".
Vindictive...
Listen! Can you hear?
Is it here, or is it there
The rhythmic thump, the rhythmic thump
Listen! Where did it go?
Did it stop...
Money is impossible as a musician, people say
A real job would be better for you
Relying on others is your destiny
Live...
Another hour has passed
No Idea what he's up to in there
Too late, I'll just go to sleep
How many times do I have to do this...
Lets not disregard Cupids present but find significance to its existence from up above the Heavens to down below the Earth....
The tingling sensation felt in my fingertips.
The crevices of our hands joined together by an inseparable bond.
The...
When I see birches bend to left and right
Across the lines of straighter darker trees,
I like to think some boy's been...
Wild yet wonderful creatures that sore in the night
Wise eyes set on prey, white feathers shining bright
Wisdom Wings knows...
What does it mean to be happy? Money? Relationships? Material items?We strive to be the happiest we can be but how?I'll tell...
Click, click, click to find the right scholarship
Humbled by rejection, but strive to conquer it
Anger is felt, but cannot...
I am
Always proud
Marching on to the field with my chin up and my shoulders squared
Always ready to give the best...
Dad I know I've never told you
Three little words that I knew
Ever since you brought me here
You've taught me not to fear...
Determined to lose all imperfections.
Eating less because I am too fat.
Flaws is all I see.
Extraordinary is what I want to...
Wrestling is not a sport its more of a lifestyle that must be embraced by the athlete to suceed.
Theres no big notriety for...
ah, look at you.
you’re a plum pit to me,
a cratered seed of stability
amidst rotting flesh,
the nectar of bee stings...
There is no one in this planet
that got attension besides you.
it may have taken me a moment,
but now i finally realize...
Because I love you, I will
Explore the depths of who you truly are,
Care for you,
Acknowledge your imperfections and show...
God is my strength to him I belong.
He will never leave me nor forsake me,
Therefore I will never be alone.
He will...
It's harder to forgive when you've always be forgotten;
Disregarded, paid no attention, hardly acknowledged;
Left there,...
I am here. trying to write a poem.
Nothing short of brilliance, I had hope for it
Trying out different words, different ways...
I, an average college student, would change:
The people who judge before they know,
The people who leave animals outside...
You are the reason why i open my eyes,You are the one who makes me breathe,You are the reason of my survival,You are the one...
It’s something everyone wants to hear
but doesn’t want to tell to others.
Why is that?
Is it because we demand perfection...
Birds fly high in the sky
Birds walk and chirp. They even dig worms out the dirt.
Brds are birds, even without wings!
Life that was given to you
Outlined by the unique things
Very noticable actions done for yourself
Enjoying the world at all...
As a child you’d like to believe you could trust the world to be
Everything you’d want it to be
Such innocence in seeing...
#flaswlessslam
What does it mean to be pefrectly flawless
Does it mean staright teeth, pefecrt hair, perfect butt and big...
Be different.
We hear these words every day.
But do they hold any power?
How can we be different
when we are encouraged by...
(poems go here) its not about corlor
sister and brother
its about all others
everywhere
here and there
beaware and show care...
People tell say that everything in life meaning.
Their are meaning behind everything
books
movie
life.
But I wonder what's...
I perched myself down to meditate
on the stoop of our shed
overlooking the freshly cut lawn
breathing nature in
absorbing...
He's tall and dark,
I'm short and light,
reverse racism is still racism,
it just isn't right,
so he can dunk a ball,
so he...
Gender plays an important roleIn all of our livesReciting the same line of whyLooking past the exterior is toughSeeing past...
Distracted sometimes by the music in my head,
Offstage dreams
Meander across my eyes,
Other worlds of melody and cascading...
Filled with the simple
Audacity to defy Lucifer
In my very existence
Take that you despicable demon
Hide away and die...
There I stood watching the vast beautiful,body of water.
A deep,rich,understanding shade of violet.
Stretching as far as the...
Currently I'm a Senior who has had a very complicated junior year
Having lost many friends
And coming to the realization...
Poet breathe now,
Because if you don't
You won't make history,
And no one in the future
Will be able to identify this
As his...
Kites soar across an empty sky,
A spattering of clouds nothing more than cotton specks.
Tree tops seem so out of reach, like...
Do you ever have a feeling of the future?
Ever dream of tomorrow?
Just close your eyes, try to remember.
And try to think...
G is for the way I glow
L is for the way I look
O is for the way I observe the world
R is for the way I represent this...
Before the love hit me, I was in pain
Love was an item that I couldn't gain
Every day, I ended up being alone and sad
And...
Flaws do not exist because I am strong.
Legs, arms, but mostly mind.
Acing tests or acing serves calls for vigor.
Winning...
Traces of Tears
Why do you allow yourself to return to this place
When you know all the sufferings and pain you must face...
Reach out to me because I can't seem to find you
Every pain in my heart is because of you, but
Suddenly I fall asleep and it...
In the early evening, I come home from the park.
And inside my house there are shadows in the dark!
The shadows are silent...
His hands are full of wisdom
His heart drenched in hope
His eyes lit up in pride
His mouth wasn't the only thing that spoke
The age of incompetence has risen to ludicrous heights;
In massive numbers students have become impassioned,
Matters...
Finally realizing I'm imperfectly perfect.
Listening not to those who put me down but to my own heart and ambitions.
...
I don't have pain.
So I sit here talking to myself with nothing to lose nor gain hoping to find a remedy inside myself. That...
Art lets me release my pent-up feelings,
Lets me take out my frustrations,
Lets me escape my malicious thoughts.
I need...
Made an effort to change everyone's life. At a time when blacks had no say in what was right. Determination was the key to...
Some days I wish I could see you again, but we both know our
Time together passed much too fast.
I still look at the...
Thursday funerals are not
Happy. None are really. I
Understand they are necessary
Really. Rainy, sunny, still
Sad mourners...
Why do we endure pain and agony
While knowing the premises of optimism
Is only found in forgiveness.
Why do we get tied...
A human being
Is part of whole
Called by us Universe,
A part limited in time and space
We experience ourselves,
Our thoughts...
She looks calm and collected on the surface,
Under her tough shell she is screaming.
Inspiration for life and future are no...
Happiness is like confidence, its Key
I looked at all my mistakes
and thanked them because
in the end its made me
...
I never felt this way before,
I could feel my heart begin to soar.
Your smile a beacon of light,
The thing I dream about at...
Many times I'm beaten down and hopeless
You would know, you've lived through this life, too.
Good friends are
Only human...