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I...
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I know that we shall part
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Likewise
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colors made by colors
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Tomorrow ... will be changed all cases
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She is what I aspire to be
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...
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Let them know that i said this
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Dear Branches,
Gnarled and twisted.
Dear leavess,
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Dear tree
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Mama
youve been my light
youve been my armor
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Mama
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Nefertiti The Queen of all Queens
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Jack Jorge Fernandes, “Gratitude for Broken English”
(Please note, I deleted my first submission after my friends coaxed me...
Cry little girl.Run and hide.Huddle back into your trenchesWhere the voices lieAnd tell youThat it's safeTo sleep.
You have mold me you have taught me
Now I am growing to who I want to be
I Have follow your steps
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Did you forget?
That all you have is a life left.
We manipulate ourselves to start,
The ending seems too far apart.
Don't...
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Part...
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Of course I do honey!
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6 letters
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who speaks for the teens?
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you know nothing about me.
It...
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For all the things I wish for, I get,
so long...
America's is the best country in the world.
people come, people go in order to find hope.
Oppurtunity and liberty is what...
You were young, but old enough
to remember it all.
Your eyes fillled with hope,
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They were ...
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A mother's love
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You are beautiful.
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But, you are beautiful.
Your presence is like
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Where I’m from, people work day to day to sustain their families and the daily food is always there, my dad...
I walked on broken glass,
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Each shard...
I'm always getting hurt
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My sister,
My father,
My mother....
I don't know what I did to...
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I'm 14 I was raised with my father dad left at 3 but its okay cause I have my mother . Sometimes it hurts when I think how...
It started in the beginning of May
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Even though we never have enough money, I tell you we do, all because
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Dear, Mom
There have been many times were i felt lifeless
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Ikeeped...
We started off united, as one whole
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H-Happiness: Happiness is key to in any relationship
A- Acceptance: Accept each other for...
Friends are somtime the closes to you
when there is no one else around
Friends are always there when need them
even when...
texas.don.g.nutt59,poem,forsake,of me forsake of life forsake of the gods forsake of the people forsake of the love forsake...
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That feeds off of dismal and harrowing memories.
Oh no, is it time for the feast?
It feels as...
Build a wall and no one can enter
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we live day by day and see no change
we cry, live and die
Nobody seems to have an idea in mind to change what they
see ...
On sunny days and dark nights,
in troubled times and pointless fights,
you've been right there through it all,
you've stood...
You act so tough,
You act so brave.
But really,
you are the empty beer bottles
that you used to hide.
you couldn't face...
I am a flower
I have grown, starting at the roots, moving through the stems
I have been through rough patches that have...
Everyday I wake up with a start,
because my son has my whole heart.
He won't sleep in his own bed,
to wake me up he kisses...
The flow of happiness overfills my soul
The spread of happiness consumes my world
This joy
This feeling
This emotion
This...
oh how the wind blows
how the trees bend in honor
how the sky cries out
screaming and Flashing love
for herself,
so...
Oh guardian of mine,
what shall I do to please you
we your kin do our best to meet your expectations
some of us are better...
There were so many messed up days.
There were days I thought we wouldn't make it.
But to say that you weren't my sunlight...
As I open my eyes I see light a thousand times brighter than the light we see in the sky.
It feels as though heaven is...
Oh guardian of mine,
what shall I do to please you
we your kin do our best to meet your expectations
some of us are better...
I cant breath, my head aches
if only I could reach
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within reach, but refusing
to grasp it
although it...
So to say I have been told that I am not
Im sure of it.
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Blondish brown hair,
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I come from a hardworking family
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so i wear my insecurities...
One may see themselves as they pass,
But I see myself through broken glass.
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All the time I wonder how she has the time.
Mama how did you sit and listen to me whine.
Long brown hair with whisps of grey...
Life starts with living, do you cherish the memories, the love, the friends. the family,
the fighting, the helping hands? Do...
Dear Love of My Life,
In your arms I find comfort.
In your face there is rest.
In your eyes I glimpse a future,
One that...
His knee looked as if someone painted blood on him,
Gangly and nearly broken, Craig lifted his bad knee
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My family is a garden
Dad is the fertile soil,
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Sometimes cracked and broken below,
But...
An inner battle you can not win.
To feel the pain,
To see the end
Walking through not feeling anything.
Shattered...
She's the love
That I had hoped for
The dream I had chased
She's the wish
I thought would never come true
I know that I am...
prominence stands above
darkness surrounding now
starting in hushed whispers
praying no rocks on trail
upward upward we...
Blood formed in battle
Is thicker than the water of the womb
Likewise
You
A father formed through the battle of not
having...
Abandoned yet hopeful,
still trying to be a little boastful. Imagine being left by your parents who had no other choice but...
I don't need any one thing in this world,
I don't need a what, or a where, or a how.
What I need is a who and who I need is...
Do you see me?
I do not need the sun. I like the night.
Do you see them?
They do not need the sun. They like the stars.
One...
I've never been so incapacitated like I was when I found out you left.
And when I say left I'm not talking about for a...
My uncle is a lot like me
But prefers the sights of trees
Over computer screens and crystal-lined shoes
Berries and shrubs I...
Pain I can’t solve
Seeing the struggle of someone I love
Hopeful I can get through
I watch him in pain
Why is there...
You Left Me When I Was Young
Not Knowing What I Would Become
Let Me Tell You A Few Things About Me
I Am Not The Same Little...
You are everything I hope to be in life. You are strong, caring and loving. even when things aren't right you don't show it...
Take care of home first, before you impress the streets
All this people telling you that they love you
and that they will...
I was raised by the
Soul food cooking
long legged, short legged
"Lay down and let me braid your hair."
Type of Women
I...
Thank you,
I have been wanting to say it for a long time.
Having the opportunity to say you were mine has truly been devine...
don't try My Darling
The fruits of my tree doesn't fall
Hasn’t aftertaste
Wind and rain stripped distance
Deadline to my...
A flower pot ever so unique and beautiful to show its value
Belonged to two crossed lovers
It was not too long
Thin
Short
Or...
I live inside of a voidAnd I stand directly in the middleCountless faces take shape in the darknessAnd circle me, ever-...
You speak to me while you drink your poison
And inhale the chemicals of dust
Dying down like the sun
And hanging from a...
If I could have my dream job, I’d be on my way to medical school because I wouldn’t have to worry about loans or tuitions....
Drifting through wind, my eyes are closed
My mind's open to visions behold
Dancing with skies, space and cloud
Twirling the...
I know
What you're feeling.
Trust me
'Cause I feel it too.
And I know what
You're thinking.
It's just 'cause we are in tune...
I present myself among this crowd to calmly sermonize my thoughts
As I speak tonight do not be alarmed
For I only speak...
I AM A WOMAN!!! So what?I get into an argument with a man, he slaps me, I feel the pain, yet they tell me I provoked him...
I love you because you love me.
I love you because care for me.
I love you because you are there for me.
I love you because...
I am from flowing green fields of maize
and hard-working arms.
I am from chilled rural mountains
and steaming hot summers....
WHY IS THE MOST QUESTION ASKED; BUT WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT BASICALLY IT BOILS DOWN TO A LIE. WHY IS A DIFFICULT...
I am supposed to lov the number four
it is this very didget that i am forced to grittingly adore
I am supposed to be apart...
Sit on the ground, head on the fish tank, in front of the space heater, but your feet are still cold. Above you are the...
College is a dream
A dream that can only be accomplished by a dragon
A dragon that supports you throughout life
This dragon ...
Our world today is a bitter place to be,
People getting shot up, just for walking down the street.
Officers see a different...
Funny how I imagined my life better if you were in it.
My letter to you I can't complete a single sentence.
I hope you're...
A delirious soul I am,
Constantly yearning for the love I can never attain,
Why must my heart ache for those who it will...
My family is everything, and this is true,
The've helped me over the years as I grew.
Alway there for me in my times of need...
It's a fact we knows the sadness of this world,
A Mother crying out too her son hoping that he isn't dead,
The evil spirit...
Watching them smile was like seeing a whale for the first time.
Hearing them laugh was like listening to angels sing a...
Born and raised in a glory-hungry west, where a mad king now lays
However, under the care of a beloved royal family, whom...
Butterflies fly around chaos as we are best friends forever. We hold a tight bond as our three strands are not quickly...
Once upon a time, like every other fairytale ...
There lived a shy, lovely , fifteen year old ...
She had 2 lovers...
One of...
texas.don.g.nutt.59.poem.the ghetto boy raised up from the hood from the streets the pro jects still on the grind gotta make...
Once i had it dream
that dream became distance
as we move along i was
i was desperate for yor love
i couldn't find it no...
What if the stem is so bad What is your purpose when You know you'll make a bad leaf Are you been planted badly Is there not...
The person who protects me from the monsters under my bed
The person who kisses me gently on the head
The person who...
Dissapointment.
Nothing but regret.
One night stand,
Nothing but a sweat.
I was your seed,
You gave me no lead.
Feeling...
Everything is Awesome but My Mom Is Better
I find it funny how this is based off of a kid’s movie
You may find this poem...
I scream for help
But no one hears,
Im in a cage where everything is unreal
The feelings of loneliness
Cant be explained
I...
You'll hear them coming
Their voices of thunder rise
I hear the sound of sweet children cries
They are not fair
They are not...
I am from the Garden State.
From the city full of violence, gangs, and drugs;
Criminals competing to become frauds and thugs...
My father is a loving and caring man
As a young girl he always held my hand
One day everything changed for the worse
Though...
Label by others as a misfit,
oddly enough I warmly fit.
We're different in many ways,
you can't disturb our calm bay.
I'll...
I.
I have been lovedBy a boy who made me feel like a queen.He ran his fingers through my hair and made me feel thatThe world...
The irony of cold
Yet leaves still grow
The eyes in the sky keep on starring deeply into your signs
What more can it be?...
Tick tock tick tock! Time is going, little shiny smiling
Beautiful skinny, her smile could kill the evil inside you
Oh the...
Breathing in the salty air I can feel the wind pushing through my hair,
I feel the warmth of the sun pressed against my skin...
Percs and molly in my casket so I can roll in heavenGet a bad bitch up out of Magic, need a ho in heavenI need me a TEC and...
A pain Overlooking
From under of the door sills
Overlooking suffering
Uniqueness of paddle in heart
Closed of the doors
Oh...
The time you won your town race
We chaired you through the market place
Man and boy stood cheering by
And have we brought...
A mirror stands before me
Whispers of hate and laughter surround me
They point out the outside flaws
So I put on a mask to...
Distruction
Informal Relationships
Never Lasting Loyalty
Fornications
Informal Hanky-Panky
Danger In Your Family ...
I love my family, don't get me wrong
But I'm sure there are other feelings
That makes my smile go bong!
Don't get me started...
Am very happy to tell everyone to hear my testimony will say. am Sandra James from united state,am a nurse,this story of my...
To be heard is to be free and I am honored to be a part of power poetry, you see I appreciate writing down my thoughts...
I close my eyes to see a pain that's rooted in my psyche
a pain that's like a vine choking out a tree.
Why, I ask, won't...
Here I am
A withering soul
Inside this carcass of skin and bones
Like a ragdoll being tossed and thrown
As I rip apart...
DIVORCE
The legal dissolution of marriage
It may be as a result of misunderstanding after engage
Giving her your words is...
Aurora is the definition of beauty- skinny and p-r-e-t-t-y.
Who needs a personality when men will fall for your appearance...
Brothers and sisters, cousins and friends,
Are the only ones who will truly stay till the end
Say what you want, and say...
I'm only 16 trying to chase my dream
things are getting very ironic
they dont appear to what they seem
Soaking up a message...
When I was just a little child
I began to see
I had a special family
Who is always there for me.
A family that stands by you...
It's dark. /I cannot rest. / No longer can I weep. / With eyes too dry and mind too weak. / My heart pumps fast, / I want to...
Hidden; hiding in the dawn of the day
Scared; locked away in the basement all night
Knowing that if you step out in the fray...
Stuck on a phone that’s stuck to me
Bombarded by images of what we should be
Being told who I should follow
Leaving me...
The line between right and wrong
is now a blurry one
We used to not do what's wrong
because it was right
Now we don't do...
Nobody knows what I go thru my family talk about me in a bad way I walk with a smile and play to stop my heart from crying I...
When people see red, they think of love.
Every story told to us.
Snow White's red lips,
Prince Charming's kiss,
There's so...
Wake up in the morning and stumble out of bed
You want to crawl back under the sheets but get it through your head
She...
Relationships
Are cultivated
Relationships
Are made
Relationships
Are real
When I was young I tried killing myself
I tried...
While it’s something I’ll often deny,
This is my family and it’s everything I pride.
You get exactly what you see
And it’s...
He is my ghost writer
The one who wants to see me ranked up higher.
Helps me put in the work so I don't stress later
No...
Oh love love love,
what does it really mean to love someone?
To take care of, to protect against, to take responsibly.
We as...
To be stranded in your mind is one thing
as i seem to be but my family revives me
but to be stranded with at me family is...
Dear little boy who sleeps in my doorstepEvery day you see me with a smile when I on walk pass you the streetYou call me...
The rolling power of my tongue can be good our bad.
You can feel the vibrations of each word that descends of my lips.
It...
Those who look outside of the window sees the perfection of a house. Built on the sturdiest foundation of all even though it...
I am not her
Don’t compare me
to the “oh so great things”
she has done
Don’t tell me
to walk, talk,and act
like her
I am...
You wake at dawn.
You dress; every piece by layer.
You move accordingly to what you only know.
20 years, no stop.
You...
On a cold night my mother asked me, "What do you want to be if you're born again?"
I answered to myself, "I would want to be...
A father daughter bond, in my eyes that’s been long gone
You weren’t ever fully in my life, why?
Because you had other kids...
A hand of cards Unevenly dealt An invitation of butterflies Leading to exquisite daydreams An unopened gift A mystery ...
In dreams does porcreation begin. Few know the power of the unconscious mind. Things come into fruition when given the...
Percs and molly in my casket so I can roll in heavenGet a bad bitch up out of Magic, need a ho in heavenI need me a TEC and...
Once I was a little girl.
A little girl whose Daddy wound up on her bottom bunk.
A previously vacant bunk.
a bunk which now...
Dear God,
I'm just a college student searching for a way in, not a way out. I'm heavily seeking out every opportunity out...
We constantly fight
We consantly love
Someone is always giving a warm hug
Anger and dispite is always near
But love never...
We say we have it all planned out but do we really know
five years later will it be the way we thought it would
we both know...
The flow of happiness overfills my soul
The spread of happiness consumes my world
This joy
This feeling
This emotion
This...
I am the first generation to go for my dreams, not working and concentrating on school to get a career to make life easier....
from the beginning, there were bright eyes
shirley temple dark oil curls,
lips snow white would be envious of,
the fair skin...
Mind of its own
It thinks way to much
It expresses itself in crazy ways
Mind of its own
It sorts everything out
It views...
If she had a nickel for evertime she'd scowl at her body
She would be so wealthy her body would be covered in money....
You were once everything to me
A crescendo in my symphony
Crashing like waves in the sea
You were once everything to me
But...
my room always has LED lights that are red.
something about the red gives me comfort.
maybe its the warmth and the comfort...
Dear Mama, I sat surrounded by the whole family, presents piled highBut you weren't thereI would stare out the window,...
When eyes come alive, from darken to light
My day began with you with comfort so tight
I'd look to the sky, to the air, to...
Itty bitty Dean
So much younger than a teen
Mama cookin’ some peas and rice
Stomach growlin’
Mouth hungry
Can’t find a toy...
A ONE OF A KIND BLACK WOMAN
Beauty
Fondness
Kind heart
Sturdy, adventurous
Bold
That describes a black woman...
To be a wolf or a sheep?
Die of boredom,
Or die alone?
Many will choose boredom,
thinking they can find a task to do.
I...
I am not ashamed,
Nor am I confused,
About who I am and
Who I've become.
I am neither daughter nor son,
But somewhere in...
You blame me for every tear fallen,
You say I forced you to join the darkness,
You say I stole you from the light,
Yet you...
My best friend.
You make me happy when im sad.
Even when im feeling bad.
So i am so very glad.
Glad your not mad.
You may...
since on monday
we were propose
on tuesday
we were called lovers
engage on wednessday
married on thursday
on friday
we have...
F oreign
L ove
A massed
W ithin
L ungs
E ndlessly
S upplying
S ubstance
My legacy is my parents.
Undoubtedly and...
Broken promises are promised to me,
I have no hope for gold at the end of a rainbow.
I have no hope for christmas presents...
Roses are red
Violets are blue
I'm so pretty
What happened to you?
It's not like I woke up
Feeling this way.
Sometimes...
When i look up towards the sky, and i see all the stars,
i envision in my mind, the demons in the bars.
All the violent acts...
When you look into my eyes, do you see the pain?
Do you hear it in my voice that i've been standing in the rain?
I mean...
She's got suicide in her eyes.
They glisten with tears.
Her body tingles from her toes to her ears.
Lips shiver, eyes...
The word forgiven is sign of letting go.It is the memory that you kill of what had happened.It is the shovel that you dig...
These are some of the things I miss,
Stuff I took for granted; like a good night kiss.
Or last May I wish you were here to...
The Begining
Flawless
The scares on my chest from the ones that I love
Flawless
Having only one person on my team while the...
Family
Without them I wouldn’t exist
They keep me laughing even when I’m down
I don’t know anyone else better to turn my...
Every day is a game you pull the card sometimes it be a walk of shame, don't trust people you like for the person you love,...
One decision, that's all it took.
Should she have chosen others' happiness and played by the book?
I am pleased to say that...
The ashe from the fire place mingled
with the sweet potato soup wafting
from the stove top and settling through the...
It is 4 o clock in the morning.
There is no filter in this dingy dorm bathroom,
just the flickering light of poorly...
texas.don.g.nutt59.poem.life for life.life for life the step we take a breath an a break for lifes stakes take life away...
Without you who may I be?
Without your melody and tone,
Who will I call my own.
I listen to you daily,
I pray and hope I am...
Love was all she longed for,
all she needed.
She didn't believe in it
because she had never seen it.
And what she thought...
All my life I've lived for other people,
what they say about me, how I should act around them,
how I should change myself...
Many things that I can say ,
to tell you how my life has changed.
You help me up whenever i fall ,
also walked with me...
Well, let us start off with an essential cliché.
They are, indeed, essential, you know?
Anyhow, once upon a time…
And I...
As a kid,
you take everything for granted
not knowing what you are doing.
You know,
that when you leave your house,
your...
As time goes on, so does age.
Appearance grows of greater importance — or less,
Makeup changes as one realizes how bad it...
The Candle
I see the flicker of life before me.
The tainted flame burns brightly in my eyes.
Yet darkness keeps me from...
Mom,
You Are My Hero
The Most Influential Person In My Life
You Are The Sunlight In My Day
You Are The Moon I See Far Away...
You gave me a palace where I cannot even breathe.
A palace that is filled with anger, at risk.
You gave me a palace where I...
Any minute now,
I will be called to give back my instrument that has served me for four years,
I’ve been counting down the...
What is family. To me, familly is all.
Family is what keeps you up and running,
Family is what supports you and loves you no...
life is what you make it and if you make it nothing then you will get nothing out of life, so life is what you make it if...
Dragged out of my chest,
my veins searched for it’s source of
life.
She was not there.
The look of shame in her eyes....
Keep Going So I Go Farther
The sun gleams over harsh clothes,
Heavy boots, feet sore of weariness.
He pushes and pulls...
It takes a gentleman to get her back onto her feet, but it takes a real man to help her shine to her fullest potential.
Sometimes I'm mad, sometimes I'm sad. Bring me food and I'll be glad. The days seem
cloudy, the days seem sunny, but my...
A cross-country runner she planned to be,but reminded so she had to bring Bing.A four-legged lad, a Beagle in breed.But Bing...
I Am……. YOUNG
Being 17 is not easy
Waking up in reality, wishing I was only dreaming
Trying to finish my last year with my...
is even more fun than seeing the World of Coke in a bustling downtown Atlanta
and burping up bubbles of carbon for the...
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Dear Mama,
I know in life we've been through so much, but we have god on our side
and we have to just trust. I use to think...
I put my own crown upon my head.
I never had a dad to show me what love really meant.
now I am 16 years old
getting...
Everyone has dreams to make it for their familes get of the hood to live good well some people was born into this world with...
Poetry has taught me how to look at things in different point of view
When poetry is the teacher you learn why some might...
Without any further ado
I'd like to explain who is who
In Odessa she dwells
She's annalee,my sis its true
As beautiful as...
Standing in the cold
Doing what I'm told
But it's finally midnight
There's nobody in sight
I go into my own world
And leave...
Lord,
Can you hear the girl,
That prays to you every night,
Praying with all her might,
Asking for everything to be alright...
The symbol of my country
Mean more than what I see
A pelican flag is a symbol
That is fierce and strong and free
Our flags...
Girls like to dress
They like to dance
They love it when boys are trying to impress
They love to shop
They love to hop
They...
These shoes are made out of cement.
I didn't know what that meant.
These shoes are heavy but hard to see.
They may never...
The Life of me.
The life of me was and still is a journey I continue to try living
With many, many trainwrecks and attempts...
Murder she wrote, at least that's what the scars showed. A slap in the face and a lost of innocense all in a blink of an eye...
I woke up, headaching
my mind was baking.
Wondering did I come here on my own bearfeet.
Trying to connect the dots, who did...
texas.don.g.nutt59.poem.life for life.life for life the step we take a breath an a break for lifes stakes take life away...
She is determined
And so am I.
When I graduate,
She will cry.
Not out of sadness, free from sad tears,
But with a smile, and...
This is not about me
As you and I can see
But about my dancing day by day dog Jellybean
Jellybean has lots of joy jumping up...
The sadness comes
Here comes the madness
Her hair falls out
She is sick
Here comes the worry
But when it is all over
The...
Your age. Changes. Your face changes. And you’re put through these different phases. You realize you changed when you’re put...
A man with heart
A man so smart.
A man so bold
A man I can hold.
A man so nice
A man with advice.
A man with love
A man that...
Oh, i cant live without my mother,her mothering love warms me, deep in my soul. She brings light to my world like no one...
You take my cup and drink it free
there is none in my heart, for you to
take so liberally.
You stole my heart so many...
Please stop saying you’re the best father in the world,
because you’re not.
You’ll be another girl’s first father-daughter...
Roses are red violets are blue
i love you
you seem so happy
when I see you
cause you're just as beautiful
when you're you.
As I sit here,Pondering what I would take,On a deserted island,For my life's sake.I can think but of one necessity,For me to...
8 years ago It's has been
8 years since, assured I've become endured I became by the color green But I wonder When did the...
Are you there?
I hope you see this one day
maybe then you'll realize how alone i really was
you claim you teach me
you...
My God is a blessing to me
So much joy people can not perceive
Why I can go through my storms
Feeling such at ease
Because...
We grew up on the countryside
My brother and I
We were just two kids
Who had a real tough life
We had to learn how to cope...
Just come around,
So that I can be found.
You can't always cope,
But you will always find hope.
In sickness and death,
Every...
Poetry is the lighthouse of lifeGuiding the lost from a stormy sea.Without it's presence darkness prevailsKeeping us...
Saudade
By: Sydney Johnson
A feeling
of melancholy,
longing or
nostalgia
It seeps into
the deep crevices
of your...
The Fogged Mind
Cease the worried thoughts of the past, For the past cannot be rewritten and lessons have been taught.Need...
Oh what it is to fly, I do not know, How I yearn to gaze above the cool air. To feel the freedom of the grounding dirt and...
When I go to sleep It's magical,
I see dreams beyond dreams,
and funny things that are hilarious,
It helps me sleep the way...
a plucked rose. thrown on the ground, removed from the bush. detatched from the roots, the red petals ceased to be crimson....
It goes up
It comes down.
Day in
and Day out.
Then it stopped.
It no longer moved.
Was it Broken? They asked
Stuck?...
What I wouldn't give to be heard. The people that surround me treat me like a bird.
Yes I can fly and chirp, but all that...
I see a family someday whom despite the storm and quake stay together,
They stay together even I'm these harsh weather,...
A family that was never been together,
Everything was so other favor,Anger, sadness and pain altogether,In the heart of a...
they look at her with big bright eyes
little do they know she rages inside
they look at her like she's an angel sent from...
Because I love you
My love for you never slips away
Making me special every day
Giving me life that I never knew
...
Imagine a world without filters
Where people see you for who you really are
Don't worry about hiding that scar
Because that...
When it seems that no one is there for me,
And when ev’rything appears to go wrong,
They always come as the people to be
Who...
Papa,
You are a deity,
For our cross you carry on your shoulder,
Caring for us when we were toddlers
With grains, milk, like...
what am I gunna do in this world
i don't wanna be left in the dirt
i need to do something to change
can't stay the same
I...
Dear you,
Dear best friend,
Dear soulmate,
Dear boy from art class my freshman year of high school,
Dear boy who made me...
REGRET is poison.
SAFETY is the spoon we drink it from.
We ask,
How do you live a full life?
A life without regret?
...
Christian. Jesus had to renew me.
Amazed at what God has put in font of me.
Seriously hilarious all day everyday.
Special...
I've lived in a house full of groans,
and understood why my mom had problems getting loans,
she screamed and yelled and...
Being adopted is a blessing.
Mom, I love it when you tuck me in at night.
Mama, I love it when you surprise me with gifts...
I am my mother's son
Someone who won't compare to none
A unique creation made by God, my savior
But since the age of six I'...
You will love me unconditional
Pure, without complication
You will understand my tears
And calms all my fears
You love me...
Oh guardian of mine,
what shall I do to please you
we your kin do our best to meet your expectations
some of us are better...
It was my parents that gave me life.They nurtured me and showed me love;Taught me wrong from right.Cuddled me and hugged me...
the mind is beautiful
the pictures it makes
the song it sings
the mess it creates
the thoughts that ring
the clock it hates...
Could this be,
My destiny,
Does he know what time will show?
The time had crept,
As I had slept,
never to awake,
This...
One more night
One more day
One more time
That's all I ask
I don't know when
I don't know where
I don't know how
We'll spend...
One day I will feel you and It will be the happiest moment of my life.
One day I will meet you and I will teach you that...
Celestial being carrying feminine power
You share the light with the universe
you are a creator, a painter for this...
You are...
You are my crazy, my sane, my strength, my weakness
You are my law, my procalamtion, my truth, my forgiveness
You...
My friends always tell me they think I have split personalities.
Some days I’m a tiger orange --
Edgy and ready for...
It was the end of 7th grade,
I felt like I was getting paid.
We were just a middle school couple at the time,
I thought my...
God looked around His garden And He found an empty place. He then looked down upon this earth, and saw your tired face. He...
She is who she is
She a person full of smiles
She is a person who is goofy
She is a person who is never hostile
She is a...
You wake at dawn.
You dress; every piece by layer.
You move accordingly to what you only know.
20 years, no stop.
You...
There's a ring in the air
A whoosh of the wind breeze taking you away from your computer's' ting ting
and a reminder bell in...
I always want things that are impossible to have
I always give so much to people, expecting nothing to have
I always put...
It's been a rollercoaster ride, I seem to not be able to get off of.
From additions to the family to school stressing me....
texas.don,g,nutt59,poem so tipsy.so tipsy up wide awake stumbeling around an round like a drunk in distress missery upon my...
Look at me
In hopes that you see the Afropunk in my vunerability
Every picture I would hold you close to me
No matter your...
I was in Florida for winter break
A break from the sharp winds and rough roads
A break from the overall vibe of a Michigan...
To the Guardian of a Child, pay attention
Notice your child and show them
You see them and who they have become
And who...
What makes me want to succeed is knowing that my family is behind one one hindred percent and I know that no matter what I...
There is no light skin vs dark skin. Only brown skin between us.
To be proud of what society deems unacceptable is a...
I never expected a wedding invite
Or a Father's day card
Not in repayment for the father I've been
But you ended up giving...
You say pay attention to school.
You say stay out of trouble.
You say watch your Brother.
You say be yourself and don't...
have courage to love yourself and to love other in the world because love is from god above, because the courage to love...
He works hard all day, and I can't blame you for your rays. I can't blame you for his lack of eduacation, nor his lack of or...
Dear, God
It all started June first, two thousand seventeen.
Late that night she had gone missing.
My cousin Jamaari was...
Cry for HelpI am talking to youcan you hear me?Look into my life and see what my eyes seeYes; I am a little angryBut do you...
Dear Gums,
That's my nickname for you,
Cause babygirl you got no teeth
I write this with you next to me on the floor
When I...
A cloud of sadness,That covers my happiness.It does not let me see the sun's rays,It does not let me breathe,Eyes following...
Would you have remained,
had you known;
Would you have love me
if I was not your own?
I do not believe, though it...
From the time I was born to the day that I am living now, I see nothing but potential. A young woman who strives to become...
Nerves rush
All at once
From one end of your body to the other
Asking yourself
This horrifying anxiousness was voluntary...
I remember the day the silence grew,The house felt empty, voices few.In rooms where laughter used to play,Echoes lingered...
Gambling daily with my life
constantly trying to repent my sins to Christ
Struggling just to get something to eat
Wishing...
Dear, Nephew
You are so full of life right know
so full of energy, joy, happiness, light.
You make my days brighter than...
I'm jealous of butterflies,
They fly and fly and fly,
Away from their problems and fears,
They're free and free and free,
I'...
Happy as a butterfly
Smart as a bee
The sugar to my tea
You were there for me
You watched me grow
And begged me to dance
As...
The gentle hugs you gave, the softness in your heart
The sugar on your cookies, and your ability to play all parts....
It was all so rapid
Like a flash of lighting
Not having any memory of it
You weren’t even trying
You thought I’d hate him...
In so many ways we always walk and we keep walking but we do so while we are blind folded and the last thing we want is...
I stand on the cool sandy shoreline,in silence.I feel a salty tear drizzle down my face,and then a thousand more.The black...
I am from the Garden State.
From the city full of violence, gangs, and drugs;
Criminals competing to become frauds and thugs...
All I ever wanted is gone, down on the ground with the debris.
All is lost undrneath the dirt and rocks
Down with the worms...
You say I am a disgrace
But you are not an ace
I see you see my face misplaced
Nor can I reach for a hug because I am a...
Diversity is what makes america great
Each culture threaded in the american fabric like clockwork
Blood and sweat soaks the...
I get to cover her bruises, and watch those that caused them cry over her.
I get to conceal her scars without knowing the...
i don't understand why
why it was easily hard
for our memories to stay
a shine and keep producing
it was easily hard for me...
family should show love love from god above, family have to be real to each other and show the love that god taught us above...
I made a mistake I can't erase
My life a mess, myself a disgrace
My mind is spinning round and round
Six feet under, stuck...
Because i love you, doesn't mean i am gonna jump to your every beck and call. Because i love you , dosent meam you get to...
For my love to the girl who saved my life,
For the love of a girl who made me thrive!
For that girl who stood proud and...
Just a young black male in this world of sin
Man versus man
I'm fighting from within
Got to stay strong, can't break nor...
Brush your teeth,
Comb you hair.
Ask me before you go anywhere.
Don't have too much fun.
Answer your phone.
Make sure your...
I see you everyday-
Monday to Friday sharing eye contact every 3 minutes
but you like her.
She's anything anyone could...
Sometimes I like to think in even numbers
because Prime numbers tend to lend a connotative tone
Sometimes when I close my...
Did you ever wonder why i hide ? , im a shy girl in dispised
i hid their in the night and come out at day
not to associate...
To hear “because I love you”
Is never a bad thing—
If the phrase be said with truth.
But rarely is it so, it seems,
The...
I am the little girl who likes to be alone. I’m from hurtful words that nobody knows about, where the world is a playground...
As 2013 is almost a memory
I am hopeful for what next year brings
Tis also the season for reflection
Of our family,...
Some people smoke weed to distract their mind how they feel,cause they don't wanna see the truth, but soon they'll notice it...
Face it, the world throws everything it can at you to knock you down.
A bad grade on a test, you just got dumped, you're...
People replace the word beauty with flaw .
How could they do such a thing?
To tear a sister, a girl, and my dream.
By...
I am
the daughter of a mother who has an uncurable diease
no life long numbing agent that could
soothe and heal it.
It left...
Surrounded by darkness
The light always burns at night
Gravel crunches underneath the tires as I pull up
I see him standing...
My unique life
I am from the black T.V.
from the king size bed and the soft blankets
I am from the small rocks
I am...
We were young and in love
We were a fiery passion
You were just playing a game
You just weren’t that into me
I was...
Don't you just hate when history repeats itself over and over again?
I do! Even when I tell my family its gonna be the same...
Because your skin is so fair it makes my life unfair.
You dare to take chances while I sit here with the consequences....
Just another word some may say,
and a word with no importance.
Oh, how false some can really be.
Inspiration to me is more...
Hey, best friend, it's time to wake,
for we have a big, fun day.
We'll have a breakfast too big for two,
and recall memories...
I am the girl who has so many questions,why did you leave me?, or why didn't you come back for me? I am the little girl who...
When I was thirteen
I took a plane over the sea
Under the clouds
To my grandparent’s house
Even now, years later
I still...
How difficult would it be to be stranded to a deserted island?
But I imagine
It must be lonely and difficult.
I can't...
You're still pretty in the rain like sunflowers in the field
Even when your petals droop, yellow you are still
tear-stained paper
confusion and obscurity
waste no more time dwelling
on things that will never exist
i’m sorry,...
My parents are LOVE. They argue, they fuss and downright disagree with each other, often. LOVE is not seeing eye to eye....
Seventeen years of the same thing
Seventeen years of danger
Seventeen years of rings
The guest that couldn’t be stranger...
When I was a child, time did not matter.
"Time with God mattered most," my Dad would say
But to me it was all just some...
Every night
Before I go to sleep,
I pray to the Lord
Even though, I feel ignored.
I can't afford to lose my dad even more...
You may not have the ability to control other people but you have the ability to control yourself. With that being said, you...
Dear Mom, Dad
I see it
I see the road
Twisting ahead of me
And I see you're scared too
I see the rain clouds
And the...
Life is a Beautiful Masterpiece
Life,
Is this really what you see?
Would it fall under what you once imagined it to be?...
I feel the love you give to me
It's so sweet and sincere
Like honey
Not that artificial honey
That all natural kind
The kind...
The veins in her hands crossed like letters. Or maybe it was a wishbone. It made me think of my own wishes. Did I have any?...
texas,don,g,nutt,59.poem,all about you all about you you know how i feel how i am about all of you pull your self close to...
rocky downs is a poet to show it, i want to show the people about the poets of this time. i want to be the poet with the...
The grids
The line
The time
The home
The cost
The Animal
The lost
The smile
The frown
The money
The crown
The city
The state...
I remember when I was younger.
I remember the cool breeze that greeted my face after a long day of running around in the...
Typical dead beat dead is what you're labeled as,
I hate to say it dad, but man you made it that.
Many days i'd sit and...
That Certain Individual
There is a certain individual,
One whose name I will not say,
But the mere thought of their...
I love my family very much,
However, they can be a pain!
Some are nice and sweet like honey,
But some I just want to go...
If we could do it again
motor bike through roman cities
in the rain
watch the cats chase lizards in the forum
and drink...
Inside the pain wriths
And has a curled up smile
My demons think they've won
But my battle is not done
I will continue to...
DAD,
I love you more than words can explain.
Even tho you can't hear what im sayin.
I feel it in my heart and in my veins....
Oh my my
What have you done wrong
What have you done to mankind
Oh my sweet lover
Look at your helpless body
How had I known...
FreeFlow
Language runs through us all
the rushing water of the land
only if we stand tall
may it course through our soul...
NIGHT BECOMES DAY&
DAY BECOMES NIGHT
BECAUSE OF YOUR SMILE'S BRIGHT
THAT IS SHE
EVENTHOUGH WE ARE LIKE CAT AND RAT
SHE...
I was raised by
Milk and cookies
aunt was cookin’
with me lookin to see if i’d learn,
Kind of Aunt…
I was raised by ...
texas.don.g.nutt,59,poem,drank.drank in my hand as i stand front an center to the floor its much much more in the cup world...
When the Sun shines,
And not a cloud plagues the skies,
The world is on my side.
When friends give words filled with love...
I knew these girls, three born in one day
Who spy me in the mirror for I am one of them.
Lianna, Kyla and me all three...
J'ai un jour tres bonne, when I see you smile
On this note,cher, I wish 'tis worth your while
Secretly I am, glancing from...
If I could write a story, it would be the greatest ever told. I'd write about my daddy, For he had a heart of gold. My dad,...
As snow warms the earth below,
Grass on earth, ceases to show.
Sadly on this cold Christmas day,
He never showed, to my...
Eighteen years old! Finally realizing that my life is not my own.
I wait until mama leaves the house, so that I can finally...
I love for the need to be loved
I love for the comfort you give me
I love for the way it feels
I love to be happy not only...
You always see me smilingbut on the inside, I’m really cryingcar accident stripped away my movementat first there was no...
I feel as if there is no place for me. So it seems that everything I want is a falacy.
In this world we live in full of lies...
Saudade
By: Sydney Johnson
A feeling
of melancholy,
longing or
nostalgia
It seeps into
the deep crevices
of your...
I cradled her when she blossomed red.
Covered in ooze, her curls grasped her cheeks.
Her cries sounded the alarms of life...
Memories stacked up in my heart
Tears finding a path to flow
Burdened by those heavy ornaments
I'll crave for the lovely...
Fighting a mental illness is difficult.
It devoure your soul.
It control your mind.
It push you to do terrible things...
There is an imaginary forcefield that separates what we want from what we actually need.
This barrier is usually the filter...
americans are talented people and we have the best talent in the world both are young boys and girls, americans are talented...
I always wondered who you were
I always wondered why
Lost and confused
I was more than Hurt
nearly abused, dark and veiny...
Ive long walked away
From a faith of things unseen
Refused to stay
For the future I have foreseen
Shackled by these...
A time to stop and think
A time to behave and try again
A time to sit and relax
Of those negative attitudes of yours
A...
I used to get so mad at you
It was easy to be sad and blame it on you
How could I even talk to anyone? No one understood
But...
the sorrow surrounds me everywhere i go, but at the end of my minds heart shines a very bright soul, a hope a will a reason...
When will I find True bliss?
I know what it feels like in passing, but I want to own it.
To make my home in it’s warm and...
I was going to write a pretty little poem
about words
But now my pretty little words shall turn a phrase
about words that...
"I will abandon you in a second,"
was what my dad said to "teach me a lesson."
"You're a worthless piece of trash,"
was what...
They started together and she then end alone.
She gave birth to me and raised me alone.
But at first their agreements was to...
Her eyes lift gravity
created within her hands
I allow her to loop
Push me into reverse and the trail
continues with my...
Sometimes I like to think in even numbers
because Prime numbers tend to lend a connotative tone
Sometimes when I close my...
Granny I love you and you know that. You know what blink that. Granny my baby. Why when you smile its like I can see you for...
i can never truly be me
adults say to be true to yourself
but who is that really?
should myself be what I know i am
or what...
My Poem
by Andrew Stultz
“Andrew please get your work done…!”
He replied”NO, ahhhhhh!”
“I DO WHAT I WANT,” ANDREW SAYS”
“...
My mother told me that I would end up just like them, my aunties.
Lazy, jobless, and left-behind. That years from now, I...
…Upon a time, find in my story two boys three girls,
Five in number, with dream minds ‘set ablaze’
None had the chance to...
Where I’m From
By Rebecca Cantrell
I am from Mother Nature,
From the sturdy trees that were my jungle gym and the rich earth...
The man has superior citizenship amongst creations being earth's caretaker. He was created first and given a woman only when...
Go I say
Stay they say
I am now alone with my thoughts
Mom calls every night
I come home temporarily
Stay they say
Go...
When I was a child, time did not matter.
"Time with God mattered most," my Dad would say
But to me it was all just some...
The change came one by one,
there is no end for the fun.
The moments collected everyday,
sitting near the bundle of hay....
small to tall,
through it all,
never saw one flaw,
as my grandfather taught me the morals and wisdom of it all,
showed me...
Her mind wanders off into a zone of its own.
Imagining how life could be different, yet tired of it all.
All the arguing,...
Father, i cant be without you
You the water to my flower
Without you my world would be blue
I can't have the taste of sour
I...
Because I love you, you love me
I love you because you took me in
You took me in not because you had to
You wanted to take...
Are you ready to be fooled?
We break up, we make up and then everythings okay.
But now? nothing is right.
Where is the...
Education though,
it's awful.
I walk into school and want to turn around and go
School sucks and should be unlawful....
Fear
It's the ringing reminder in your ear
A thought that something bad is near
A thought that makes your judgement unclear...
It started when i was 5.
The feelings.
Now as a kid, a cute one at that,
i knew i couldn't be choosing between one parent or...
written February 2008
I am the spark you held in
your cupped hands. You marveled
at my brightness because there
was so...
An aunt can be described in so many adjectives, in so many ways
She’s a counselor when going through tough times, a teacher...
For all the raging seas,
For all the turbulent forces,
For all the doors that had no keys,
My mentors were there for me,
In...
Dady one more ride around the house Please dady one more ride around the house we go Ride high on your shoulders im on top...
Dear mama,Forgive me for not being the child you want me to be.I'm sorry for being part of the reasons why your blood...
I am a US citizen
I love my country
I appreciate everything
I have a job
I love money
I am free
I am a US citizen
There is...
Distinguishing whether this epidemic that courses through my life is a way to free myself or a way to conserve and avoid any...
A thousand words could not bring you back...
I know because I tried.
Not even a thousand tears could bring you back...
I...
Every night
The case becomes larger
As you struggle to shove everything
Into the dark nooks and crannies.
No matter how many...
You ask what makes me smile,
And I will say not much.
You ask what makes you happy,
And I will say his touch.
You ask what...
On December 2004 I became a big brotherTherefore, I had to start helping my mother.
Always changing diapers and making...
Let's have a little talk about the way you speak,
And the perfect girl you think is me.
We barely ever talked but you still...
My mother is she
She is the soul purpose
Shes the one with all might and the
She reminds me I'm never worthless
Shes the...
texas.don.g.nutt.59,poem,tempted.tempted by the feel thats so real tempted by the sight it could be day are night im tempted...
I hear shouting
They are screaming at me so insulting
but i dont listen
I stare blankly at them reminiscing
Bout all the...
My Family, My Life
My family will always be in my heart where ever I travel,
My sister's will always be my rythem where...
A Father's dream
A friend once told me when his daughter was born,
Her little face and eyes did seem,
As fresh and glorious...
Happyness is hard to bring
My happiness is just a being
A person whos there when im down
A person who has no frown
My...
to you,
forgive me.
i've avoided writing this letter
for reasons adding to thousands
though i must admit that i hate...
Who am I? What will I be?
Life is so short; why can't I see?
I spend my days scrolling away.
Why can't I wake up? I want to...
Some Grandma's love to cook,
some Grandma's love to eat,
some Grandma's are mean,
and others very sweet,
but my Grandma was...
The wieght of life is bearable, only if you get ahead of it. The wieght of trying to make it somewhere in life is one of the...
"Are you ready now?" whispered the wind,
gently folding its warmth around her
enveloping her in a tight embrace,
holding her...
I am grateful for all those years I had with you
For all those days I didn’t whine and cry
I was just five
I thought you...
Light shone on me in the earliest youth
I grew up and learned the truth,
Crazy enough life may laugh,
At the things you say...
“The realest people don’t have a lot of friends.”
The power of a gun can kill
And the power of fire can burn
The power of...
She yells to remind
me of the love she has
in her voice her own pain reflects
memories that I know
all to well
For I am...
Oh, i cant live without my mother,her mothering love warms me, deep in my soul. She brings light to my world like no one...
I remember the day the silence grew,The house felt empty, voices few.In rooms where laughter used to play,Echoes lingered,...
One day but not today
Someday but not soon
Living my life and facing the moon
Caught in the light ready to say goodnight...
Earlier in the twilight
I saw the beautiful light
The day has just begun
And long shall it be gone
Although its a...
otexas,don.g.nutt,59.poem,holden still bill folden its me once again its on like h.town ghetto boys bring it on get it on im...
Brought up the first but always the last,
smiling widely as the days pass,
no one sees they are as fragile as glass.
For...
To find something worth standing for,
To stand and and not give in,
Is to find something worth living for.
To find...
You.
I'm gonna write a poem for you,
I'm writing poems upon poems to release everything that I might think I have against...
Hydrocephalus?
What is it?
Hydrocephalus is when fluid accumulates in the brain enlarging the head that sometimes causes...
It started in the beginning of May
When I first heard my mother say,
That my father would move away
To live in a different...
I am all alone down in the sand and nobody else is here to help.
We were all alone in a box cause all we had was love.
I...
as i walked in the door
my heart skipped a beat
its somthing i cant ignore
but although it must be treat
Im not yet ready...
Nothing in the mind, blissful
Now I am often forgetful
I seek to remember that I can reach it
but for some reason college...
My House, Home, Building, Life
By : Genesis
My Home
My Home is warm
My Home is filled….
….with six people….
My Home is...
My mom is my heroAnd one that is greatShe always taught me to loveAnd never to hate
My mom is my heroAnd one of the bestShe...
You have a beauty that has no measure,
and the stubborness of a mule.
Your smile gives me such pleasure.
You will always be...
Those who dont know us , feel we are outcasts.
They think we're odd, too abnormal to be around
They think we are below them...
Dear Olivia,
Your name was the first to come to mind
but, mam, I wish it wasn't for this reason.
I was so confident that...
This is not about me
As you and I can see
But about my dancing day by day dog Jellybean
Jellybean has lots of joy jumping up...
My face, distorted in the sun
under my right eye a deep scar remembers
the pain of abuse, and the tears he has left me...
Summer Bucket List
By Justine M. Figueroa
Twelve years of school with no real story to tell.
It kind of makes me wonder...
My dad is the giggle I need when the
World seems to crumble
Who tells me
It’s my world, he’s just living in it
Who comes...
dr j and micheal jorden was the best basketball players to ever play the game of basketball, they were great ball players...
"Count your blessings"
My grandmother would always say
"We didn't have such things back in my day"
She saw through my...
Whippoorwill, whippoorwill
Singing at my windowsill
Chirping out his nightly trill,
Whippoorwill, whippoorwill.
...
Who are you?
They asked me as if they didn't already know
I am a gifted gift from God
That and somewhat of a sarcastic, fun...
Determination.
Self Will.
How they coincide.
Hand in hand like how I am when I am with you.
The force that your aura brings...
The first man a girl loves is her father,
the one that held her when she cried
from a bike accident at 6.
When she was...
Six beats draw out
What Life has woven in
Will focus on progressing what I've been given
The law of the Spirit
You know it's...
A picture is a key to the past, it unlocks moments otherwise gone
A picture speaks words that are unknown, feelings that can...
Family:
The thing you live with all your life,
Who are always there for you.
Wether they are far away,
or very close.
...
Why? Why does it always have to be this way? Why can’t we have a normal relationship, the kind I’ve always wanted. When I...
As I sit here,Pondering what I would take,On a deserted island,For my life's sake.I can think but of one necessity,For me to...
have courage to love yourself and to love other in the world because love is from god above, because the courage to love...
a woman who cant wait to get out
has a child, but she does it with no doubt
she wants to have fun with no child
so she packs...
You were my supportt system behind everything I did, In your shadow of safety is where I hid.
Every step you amde, I made...
Fills me with pain this morning
Tears cry
until now, I'm with practice these rituals
And cracked my inside victories to...
This person is wanting nothing, but to be successful and achieved with his future. All he wants is people to look up to him...
The smell of wet due at the tip of my nose. How it felt when we walked in the mornings for fresh air. i can feel you...
It was either him or me
You said you loved me and wouldn't let me down
But you chose the man who would end up putting you in...
Where I Am From
I am from Ben and Bills
Reaching for free gumballs
And rope swing accidents, having to buy new rope
I am...
Because I Love you
I am only doing this because I love you
Please believe me like this is the truth
Never will I lie in vain...
Being raised in a home , all alone but full of 5 .
I don't get much attention so sometimes I feel that I won't strive. No...
What would you do when you are faced with life or death?
The first thing you need to do is take a breath.
I would quickly...
On the shelf, it stoically sits,
patiently waiting for a stranger unknown,
to hear the stories of it.
Eager, the story...
And every time you wake up my love
You looked my body next to yours
And you wondered why I loved you
Why I love you
Why I...
Family
They are everything
To the outsider, we are perfect.
No rough edges. No problems. No imperfections.
No one sees the...
You’ve been there since the beginning,
The start of it all.
When I took my first breath,
And started to crawl.
You taught...
Dear Mom
The greatest thing that was created
Descriptions that don’t even match
No word could compare,For The love we share...
Every morning when I lay awake
i don't see you anymore
heart of mind is the key to this relationship
baby I...
Dear Idris, Dahlila or nothing at all
I haven't even seen a hand or pitter of a heart
Not even a twinkle of delight has come...
Every night, the same old game,
Party, drink, smile, laugh, flirt.
As if this whole routine hasn't gotten lame.
The next day...
I love the way you sleep.
Though, I can no longer see the beauty of the skylight blue enriched in your eyes.
I see your...
Twirling in confusion and inert anger,my introverted self can't continue in this loophole,It was seemingly inevitable that...
When I see your name I blush, when I hear your name I smile, when I see your face I get cold, I just love you so much, I...
The orange orb rises from its slumber
My eyes are still shut tight
The loud noise rings on a particular number
I awake with...
I sit in the dark and listen to the sound of laughter and joy but more importantly
I hear the LOVE they have with each other...
I wish,I wish
Or do I dream maybe daydream
Fantasize. Surely that it is
Superhero or pro athlete is my dream and wish. One...
When I was younger
I use to be your everything
I was daddy’s little girl
I loved the way you always use to carry me
As...
An educated, situated, never derived, forever alive black women is what i was born to be.
But all girls don't think like...
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this rage within me slowly dies,
I find myself in the fire, slowly depleting-
forging into a quiet night.
Beside He stands,...
Days of youth containing cheerful screaming,
Hours of running and spreading laughter
Are jointly held through the room of...
How heavy was I for 9 months?
Was I a bothersome lodger?
Did I ruin your sleeping pattern?
Through my kicks and summersaults...
Dear Mama, the beauty of your soul is wonderment to my wondering self.
When I was tender, I fall from walks.
I stumbled in...
From the minute my brown eyes opened
and I inhaled my first deep breath
I knew we’d be best buddies
I expected nothing less...
I think he don't love me
Cause he makes me suffer with her words.
Sometimes he says that I'm a bad girl.
Sometimes he says...
The book welcomes the hand
letting it glide over its pages
running over the binding
even under its book jacket
All the way...
She said it wasn't easy
but also that it couldn't be done.
I felt like i didn't matter
but in this familial war i've won....
November 20 2017
Goodbye brother
Though you are the one leaving for deployment,
I feel like I'm the one being taken away....
I sat on my bed alone and scared
I was a mother,,,
A mother to a new born at the age of 16.
My husband had died.....
Heart...
“Blood is thicker than water”
I sputter as the taste of iron trickles down my throat,
And while my fatlip pours out with...
Enough.
It's a word that describes something we can never have. It doesn't matter what it is.
It could be friends, clothes,...
Resonance that seeps into my soft red skin,
like fallen ice on thin white sheets-
fingers that saunter on my spine
like...
Frame To image painful
sorrows planted
Inside hearts
Awake Seeds of the fear
With hiding of horror fact
Capped...
wear...
The tears behind the walls
the walls that fortfied your soul
they tear down without permision
now left in a sea of sorrows...
The room is filled with happiness, love, and fear
Both the woman and man in charge of catching you when you fall
When you...
Can you die already?
I’m so sorry.
I totally get why i might come off as a bitch
But let me explain myself, just let me...
The one who is always there for me
The one who taught me how to be
From giving me birth to watching me grow
You made it seem...
Who Am I?
The girl with fiery temper and wild hair?
The extrovert everywhere? The bookworm?
Am I the one who finds the best...
An angle from Heaven sent him for us.
So loving and caring there are no wants.
He cares for others and he doesn’t fuss.
So...
Your uncle is dead, my father says late at night in my room. Is dead, and then as if he just heard the news himself,...
Click.
My room is a photo album of the bricks that form the walls of my body,
Each a Kodak moment of my life.
The walls are...
I hate
I hate how people can’t marry the ones they love
I believe they could spend their lives with the one they choose “...
I was given a heart beat from love
I was born with a heart beat
and as I grew my heart beated more
Then as I loved my heart...
I am only one
I can only do what I can.
I can only try to convince
or hold out my hand.
Sunshine reflects essence,
Shadows...
texas,don.g.nutt.59.poem.western man, ima western man from the swagga way i walk the way i talk baby whats happening howdy...
Nothing feels as good as love.
Giving love, receiving love,
Hugging, smiling, laughing
The warmth of love is real.
Nothing...
Maybe I'm crazy and insane. Maybe we are not the same. But now I know what I see. Every time you look at me. It's innocence...
I met a homeless man once, poor in wealth but rich in spirit. I asked him how he gets through his days, he told me himself...
I cannot stand, nor sit here in this darkness i dread
There is none to follow me or compliment this ability
I cannot hold...
Where did you go?
Why did you leave?
Will you ever come back?
Were the times we had nothing?
Do you miss...
One little toy,
a blue stuffed dolphin.
It may not be real,
but the memories are.
The joys of swimming in the ocean,
the...
He is my ghost writer
The one who wants to see me ranked up higher.
Helps me put in the work so I don't stress later
No...
Freedom to express your inner self
Emotions pouring out into the world
Anchoring yourself to any positive thing in the world...
The pain and struggles of a single mother
From the past experiences, the present won't be able to recover
No way of...
My son you are extraordinary
My love for you has no bounds
My heart warms whenever I think of you
I know that you would’ve...
oh pornhub oh pornhub
dont u delight
as i fiddle my pickle every night
a shower time ritual
oh so much does it please
my pee...
A Kind and Terrific FriendBy Swagg babyA Christmas Song
Last Christmas, I gave you my carBut the very next day, you set it...
You were just my brother
Every morning as I'd get out of bed
Mom and Dad in the kitchen holding coffee mugs as they shake...
The Power of a Family,
continuously have love by your side.
When life throws you curve balls
your family is there for the...
Solid minded,
Confindment.
Come and find me. I get excited.
X out the rhyming and, Art.
The talented with the mindset,
Of a...
U...understanding are not being told
N...not being able to live my life
T...tangled in a web of lies
O...over thinking my...
Remembrance of great leaders
Are still fresh in our mind.
As they took the first step to keep us all in line.
Going back to...
4465 W 63rd Pl
Arvada, CO 80003
January 19, 2018
Sonora, Mexico
682 Av Cultura 83-85
Dear Jose,
I may have not met you,...
He is not my “Dad,” just simply my father
With his face pressed against mine, eyes closed, smiling,
He looks as if he loves...
Alone and lost, the hearts of small innocent children.
Pain lay in thier tear-filled eyes.
What did they ever do to deserve...
with a clear mind
and open heart
I start
breathe in
then out
no reason to shout
the cool night
reminds me its alright
to let...
