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Yeah, I heard you
I just don't want to answer
Your crude 'tude
Made me dash
Like Prancer
Your drunk ass don't got no...
I feel their stares,
Hear their whistles,
And see their crude gestures
As they mock me walking by.
I feel their punches...
Kids Seem NOWADAYS ...
To Be .... " Impolite " ....
Well Me I Was Shown ...
That This Just ISN'T Right ... !!!
So I...
I SEE WIFE AND WIFE HOLDING HANDS , MAKING PLANS TO KEEP
IN VEIN. HAVING ALL THOSE TYPES OF PLANS RUNNING ALL THROUGH
MY...
whistle
my entire existence is contingent upon
whether or not you acknowledge me
damn
please pay attention to me
how you ...
“Be safe”
They tell young women
“Don’t walk alone late at night”
They preach over and over.
“Don’t take your eyes off your...
I am no more than skin and bone
A shell with eyelashes and teeth
An empty cage to a long dead tiger
A walking museum with no...
That guy who you've known since 6th grade.
That guy who somehow got your phone number.
That guy who keeps harassing you...
Starting new starting new with no clue
Thinking of what I should do
Was this really my life ? my generation ?
It...
Money or Starve
by Andrea Victoria
What would you do?
If you were in a situation
Where
You'd have to pick life or...
In a miniskirt and tank top
She walks down the street
Head down, earbuds in, music off, cell phone in hand
"Give me a smile...
There was a time where trust was a given.
Where kids didn’t yell “I call witness!”
Where people in ghettos didn’t walk...
My life begins in the middle of war.
Father, comes home broken and marred.
Three years goes by nothing happens,
until the...
Your catcalling, and your harassment
is what makes me feel scared at night
your stalking is still haunting
as you watch me...
We got mamas cryin cus they sons in the hospital bed dyin
Cops sayin they had a good reason
America knows they lyin ...
There's a punk named Sherman.
I think he's a germ and....
He repulses me from Cesar Chavez to Hickory.
All he do is drink...
Now I am taking it to the next level.
When I get there will you be proud of me or will you clown me
When I've finally...
I can’t pinpoint the exact moment when I discovered I was Mexican
Of course, I always knew
But snippets of realization...
Can any one please explain to me this crazy way dudes try to get a girl.
Like why are you screaming Aye... Aye... Really?...
If only you knew how much i needed a friend / i thought i gave you a hint when you saw a cut under my chin/ and you saw...
The blame is put on you;
they say it's all your fault.
A victim of sexual assault,
but they don't know what you've been...
You. In the car. Tinted windows, protected, and left with. You can where you go.
Me, oh, me. I know you're watching. Better...
Scars.
They mark
every
body,
but how do we know what they mean?
Are they a symbol of strength?
Or weakness?
It all depends...
Nobody goes out asking for it.
When I walk out,I am a statementnot be ignoredbut not be taken advantage of.
When I walk...
LIFE
LIFE OF THE PARTY
WE ARE LIFE
FIGHTING FOR LIFE RESITING THE KNIFE
KICKING ROCKS YOU NEW TO IT
DODGING THE BULLET...
you learn about it
hear about it
have sympathy for those whom have come across it
but never do you consider it
these fouR...
Being homeless doesn't mean
I am not blessed
It's Just societies way of putting me through a test
I know that to you ,I am...
I’m Little Red, and this is my story.
Mama said be careful,
For there could be dangerous people
Lurking in the woods.
“...
So times I think I was born in the wrong generation
Don't have time to be relaxed or complacent
Focused on get this money...
I woke up watching the news
A young black dude only sixteen years old and just got his license too.
Speeding on the street...
We only got one time, our life is defined Behind eyes of the man whose never had blood on his hands. They teach us virtues...
Let me enter this world to love
Let me become strong and wise
Let me sit outside and play
Let me spend time with my family...
There's a man
Across my street
He's there everyday
Staring straight at me
Men walk by him
He smiles
Hes says “Hello boys...
7/16/14
12 am
the phones ringings
put me on speaker phone
all i hear is crying
ma said shyheim is dead
the words echoed in...
Holding silvers and golds into place on your neck,
Keeping notes and to-do lists on a refrigerator in check.
Positive...
I always see people returning after a crisis,
Standing alone without shoes and without hope,
What can be believed living in...
A flicker of light illuminated her face and gently touched the end of her cigarette. She breathed in the smoke, letting it...
While the rest of the world sleepsI am up and on a journey to where..As the birds sleep, the crickets chirpAll I see...
I just walked out the house. What do you mean "Come here!"? I didn't put this on to impress you, just so we're both clear. I...
Safe the routes they ought to be,
when the tender flower gently weeps.
A scented trail of flesh she leaves,
for the...
He told me I was “pretty” as he brushed my bangs back.
He told me I should be “his” as he wrapped his arm around me tightly...
MY LOVE KIND OF LOVE,
LOVE TO LOVE,
BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOVE,
YOU LIVE TO LOVE
YOU REPRESENT PEACE LIKE DOVE
YOU PROTECT...
Television, magazines, radio. The influence is disgusting, repulsive, unacceptable. Makes me sick how society is quick to...
These verses are for you and me
For our eyes to see
Light where there was darkness
And love where there was fear
They left...
Being a girl in my day and age,
you get used to the horn honks,
and the "hey baby's",
and the guys saying "you're too...
I see a girl
young and pretty
She has on
a blue dress.
Tears on her cheeks
Tears of pain
Loss
perfect oval tears
that...
The land of brave
The land of the free
The land to be.
We stand here in awww as if we didn't vote for this change
As if we...