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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 Fogged Mind
Cease the worried thoughts of the past, For the past cannot be rewritten and lessons have been taught.Need...
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...
The room is filled with happiness, love, and fear
Both the woman and man in charge of catching you when you fall
When you...
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...
Fear
It's the ringing reminder in your ear
A thought that something bad is near
A thought that makes your judgement unclear...
America's is the best country in the world.
people come, people go in order to find hope.
Oppurtunity and liberty is what...
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'm always getting hurt
No matter who it is;
My brother,
My sister,
My father,
My mother....
I don't know what I did to...
Family
They are everything
To the outsider, we are perfect.
No rough edges. No problems. No imperfections.
No one sees the...
a few mornings ago
i woke to realize that i could describe
How I Make My Coffee
in poetic detail.
I don’t like coffee very...
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...
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...
breakout,
wont leave a message.
In the land of overlooked emotions,
Thousands work but some don't.
Guess which ones give...
WHY IS THE MOST QUESTION ASKED; BUT WHEN YOU REALLY THINK ABOUT IT BASICALLY IT BOILS DOWN TO A LIE. WHY IS A DIFFICULT...
As we travel up the steep mountain,
There are trials and tribulations we face
That we overcome and proceed on
With the help...
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...
Build a wall and no one can enter
Build a wall and you’re safe from all the bombarding
That wall built over time, built by...
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...
My uncle is a lot like me
But prefers the sights of trees
Over computer screens and crystal-lined shoes
Berries and shrubs I...
Days of youth containing cheerful screaming,
Hours of running and spreading laughter
Are jointly held through the room of...
You see I can't tell you because I'm not sure what she held higher
Herself or her mother lies
She spent years in a guarded...
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...
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...
Education though,
it's awful.
I walk into school and want to turn around and go
School sucks and should be unlawful....
Ask me a question.
Who Am I?
Do you know me?
Would you like to know me?
My thoughts are you.
I am you .
Do you know me now...
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...
Saudade
By: Sydney Johnson
A feeling
of melancholy,
longing or
nostalgia
It seeps into
the deep crevices
of your...
I dedicate this portfolio to my Mom and Dad.
Every day was a struggle like weather that was unpredictable bad.
But days...
Your daughter is not timid
I'll fight all the demons
No matter the outcome
You've been my armour from the day I was born
But...
To look to the past
is to learn from your mistakes
Mindful experiences
But one-way vision
can be very...
We constantly fight
We consantly love
Someone is always giving a warm hug
Anger and dispite is always near
But love never...
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...
The Candle
I see the flicker of life before me.
The tainted flame burns brightly in my eyes.
Yet darkness keeps me from...
people care,people fail
but most important people love and hate
when you do wrong ;
everyone expect you to do more
and...
Dear Mom
The greatest thing that was created
Descriptions that don’t even match
No word could compare,For The love we share...
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...
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...
Fighting a mental illness is difficult.
It devoure your soul.
It control your mind.
It push you to do terrible things...
a plucked rose. thrown on the ground, removed from the bush. detatched from the roots, the red petals ceased to be crimson....
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...
have courage to love yourself and to love other in the world because love is from god above, because the courage to love...
You have a beauty that has no measure,
and the stubborness of a mule.
Your smile gives me such pleasure.
You will always be...
how could she do this to me
why me
why does she always do this to me
why cn't she go do it to her other sisters
why does she...
texas.don,g,nutt,59,poem,fuck with me cause all eyes faceing me fuck with me cause i asked fuck with me cause i care fuck...
The Power of a Family,
continuously have love by your side.
When life throws you curve balls
your family is there for the...
Diversity is what makes america great
Each culture threaded in the american fabric like clockwork
Blood and sweat soaks the...
When I look into your eyes, I expect to see regret, but instead I feel the pain, of the memories you forget
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...
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....
to you,
forgive me.
i've avoided writing this letter
for reasons adding to thousands
though i must admit that i hate...
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...
There is no light skin vs dark skin. Only brown skin between us.
To be proud of what society deems unacceptable is a...
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...
Surrounded by darkness
The light always burns at night
Gravel crunches underneath the tires as I pull up
I see him standing...
Jack Jorge Fernandes, “Gratitude for Broken English”
(Please note, I deleted my first submission after my friends coaxed me...
Often, it feels like I speak into a void
People come and go because they get annoyed
Poetry focuses on my issue
And at times...
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...
A Ramsay Street State of Mind (The Teddy Hip Hop)By Swagg babyA Rap
Yeah, yeahAyo, men, it's time.It's time, men (aight, men...
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...
small to tall,
through it all,
never saw one flaw,
as my grandfather taught me the morals and wisdom of it all,
showed me...
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...
A - Aching
D - Demons
D - Dictate
I - Internal
C - Circulating
T - Turmoil
I - Intertwining
O - Oblivious
N - Numb
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 people see red, they think of love.
Every story told to us.
Snow White's red lips,
Prince Charming's kiss,
There's so...
Dear Mama, the beauty of your soul is wonderment to my wondering self.
When I was tender, I fall from walks.
I stumbled in...
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...
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...
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...
She's got suicide in her eyes.
They glisten with tears.
Her body tingles from her toes to her ears.
Lips shiver, eyes...
washington d.c. is a monument city looking pretty a city with white monuments every where throughout the whole city,...
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...
You have mold me you have taught me
Now I am growing to who I want to be
I Have follow your steps
So my mind won't be...
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...
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...
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...
I could taste the sadness in my mouth as I walked into my mother’s bedroom She started talking to me I could she her heart...
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...
Nothing feels as good as love.
Giving love, receiving love,
Hugging, smiling, laughing
The warmth of love is real.
Nothing...
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...
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...
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...
My friends always tell me they think I have split personalities.
Some days I’m a tiger orange --
Edgy and ready for...
Family love is unconditional.
Though, we drive each other crazy as hell.
Make our time together miserable.
Harm each other...
“Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary, Bloody Mary”
The name said three times to a mirror that makes us wary
But what if she doesn’t...
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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...
I cradled her when she blossomed red.
Covered in ooze, her curls grasped her cheeks.
Her cries sounded the alarms of life...
Gambling daily with my life
constantly trying to repent my sins to Christ
Struggling just to get something to eat
Wishing...
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...
You're still pretty in the rain like sunflowers in the field
Even when your petals droop, yellow you are still
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...
oh my child life could not be so perfect, perfect is a figure of our imagination, oh my child life is not perfect it's a...
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...
On sunny days and dark nights,
in troubled times and pointless fights,
you've been right there through it all,
you've stood...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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....
“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...
Those who look outside of the window sees the perfection of a house. Built on the sturdiest foundation of all even though it...
Nerves rush
All at once
From one end of your body to the other
Asking yourself
This horrifying anxiousness was voluntary...
"Are you ready now?" whispered the wind,
gently folding its warmth around her
enveloping her in a tight embrace,
holding her...
Suppose what n why I see
Suppose what n why I see inside me
what is it and why it picked me
the probem is its wicked to me...
Seventeen years of the same thing
Seventeen years of danger
Seventeen years of rings
The guest that couldn’t be stranger...
There is an imaginary forcefield that separates what we want from what we actually need.
This barrier is usually the filter...
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...
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....
You're supposed to be the smart one;
all the potential in the world.
But what good is the potential to get things done?
When...
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He is not my “Dad,” just simply my father
With his face pressed against mine, eyes closed, smiling,
He looks as if he loves...
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...
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...
They're censoring me
to young to speak?
They're censoring me
is my mind to weak?
They're censoring me
while I'm at my peak....
You make me smile,
You make me laugh,
You make me blush,
You make me want to do better,
You...You are my love.
You are...
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...
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'...
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...
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...
Every night
The case becomes larger
As you struggle to shove everything
Into the dark nooks and crannies.
No matter how many...
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...
It is now another December
The last month of another year
Hoping to see you again
That l can gaze at your kindness and...
One day shocked the world forever.
Smoke was in the air as cries echoed everywhere.
I was home that day, playing with dolls...
As I grow the path continues to expand,
for me to continue learning, and improve in life.
Everyday I wake up, and I have the...
Nefertiti The Queen of all Queens
I call her Momma But she's a Queen to me
A real example of Warrior
She gave birth to a...
It is 4 o clock in the morning.
There is no filter in this dingy dorm bathroom,
just the flickering light of poorly...
I walked on broken glass,
Each shard represented someone or something that caused me pain.
Physical or emotional.
Each shard...
Dear Mama, I sat surrounded by the whole family, presents piled highBut you weren't thereI would stare out the window,...
Who Am I?
The girl with fiery temper and wild hair?
The extrovert everywhere? The bookworm?
Am I the one who finds the best...
Family:
The thing you live with all your life,
Who are always there for you.
Wether they are far away,
or very close.
...
You were once everything to me
A crescendo in my symphony
Crashing like waves in the sea
You were once everything to me
But...
The pain and struggles of a single mother
From the past experiences, the present won't be able to recover
No way of...
He lived long enough to see his toddlers grow,
But not long enough did he stay to mold them,
So the woman had to rekindle...
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...
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...
For the love in my heart
By:Maeghan Kendall
For the love in my heart
May it never tear us apart
It feels like it has...
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...
My House, Home, Building, Life
By : Genesis
My Home
My Home is warm
My Home is filled….
….with six people….
My Home is...
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...
Dark nights no sleep,
Mornings tired, lost deep.
Was it forever?
I always wondered as the depressing years passed by.
Part...
I've lived in a house full of groans,
and understood why my mom had problems getting loans,
she screamed and yelled and...
Once upon a time, like every other fairytale ...
There lived a shy, lovely , fifteen year old ...
She had 2 lovers...
One of...
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 ...
…Upon a time, find in my story two boys three girls,
Five in number, with dream minds ‘set ablaze’
None had the chance to...
When the Sun shines,
And not a cloud plagues the skies,
The world is on my side.
When friends give words filled with love...
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...
Trouble i just can't not seem to dodge it thats how i knew i was growing up. In middle school to explosions and trouble...
A pain Overlooking
From under of the door sills
Overlooking suffering
Uniqueness of paddle in heart
Closed of the doors
Oh...
Looking in the mirror,
What do you see?
I see a person who hides behind their personality.
You “change” your hair, your...
As 2013 is almost a memory
I am hopeful for what next year brings
Tis also the season for reflection
Of our family,...
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...
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...
Life starts with living, do you cherish the memories, the love, the friends. the family,
the fighting, the helping hands? Do...
Frame To image painful
sorrows planted
Inside hearts
Awake Seeds of the fear
With hiding of horror fact
Capped...
wear...
Would you have remained,
had you known;
Would you have love me
if I was not your own?
I do not believe, though it...
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...
They mean the world to me
No matter what they support me
Mom, her love and care are magical
Doesn't matter when or where her...
Mama
youve been my light
youve been my armor
through times where I wanted to give it all up.
Mama
without you I can not...
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...
Blood formed in battle
Is thicker than the water of the womb
Likewise
You
A father formed through the battle of not
having...
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...
I was going to write a pretty little poem
about words
But now my pretty little words shall turn a phrase
about words that...
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...
Once upon a time there was beautiful melanin young women
She went buy the name of Tiara
And because her name was Tiara she...
The world sometimes becomes a cruel place.
One is which we may never wish to show our face.
People who hate us, and believe...
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...
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...
I live inside of a voidAnd I stand directly in the middleCountless faces take shape in the darknessAnd circle me, ever-...
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...
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...
Dear you,
Dear best friend,
Dear soulmate,
Dear boy from art class my freshman year of high school,
Dear boy who made me...
If the Lorax speaks for the trees,
who speaks for the teens?
It can't be you or you 'casue
you know nothing about me.
It...
Man woke up with big and scary dream
Holding his head as man think
to the scary dream and decides
"How bad does man want...
How difficult would it be to be stranded to a deserted island?
But I imagine
It must be lonely and difficult.
I can't...
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...
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...
Every day my mother would look at me and smile
She would tell me to get dressed and eat
She would take me to school and tell...
Rest your beating heart
I know that we shall part
But you'll always be right next to me
So rest your beating heart
Rest your...
On the shelf, it stoically sits,
patiently waiting for a stranger unknown,
to hear the stories of it.
Eager, the story...
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...
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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...
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...
Room 203
Room 203, English 10,
She still remembers it now and then.
Every other day theyʻd meet each other,
Bet they didn’...
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...
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...
On December 2004 I became a big brotherTherefore, I had to start helping my mother.
Always changing diapers and making...
I learned to walk, you didn't care.
I said my first words, yet you still didn't care.
Mom walked me into my first day of...
My sister you see, just turned 12.
Her life has only just begun.
And yet the world seems to smile on her, light comes from...
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 get to cover her bruises, and watch those that caused them cry over her.
I get to conceal her scars without knowing the...
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...
Her eyes lift gravity
created within her hands
I allow her to loop
Push me into reverse and the trail
continues with my...
don't try My Darling
The fruits of my tree doesn't fall
Hasn’t aftertaste
Wind and rain stripped distance
Deadline to my...
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...
Engines rumble, tires screech, hearts pump, eyes close, tears roll, breathing slows, hands grasp as I... I pick my eyes up...
Dear momma,
I'm writing this letter so you know how hard this is on me
Why did you think everything was gonna come so easily...
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...
Dear my other three,
To my loves, those close to my heart
Know nothing makes sense while we are apart.
Together we have...
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 ...
The time you won your town race
We chaired you through the market place
Man and boy stood cheering by
And have we brought...
Dear, Nephew
You are so full of life right know
so full of energy, joy, happiness, light.
You make my days brighter than...
Little brown girl little black girl is what they called me never saw me the color of my skin is what always defined me I...
Eighteen years old! Finally realizing that my life is not my own.
I wait until mama leaves the house, so that I can finally...
Enough.
It's a word that describes something we can never have. It doesn't matter what it is.
It could be friends, clothes,...
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...
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...
She always burns with fire in her soul
As she slips away from the horizon,
Gently on our pillows we rest our heads
But upon...
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...
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 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...
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....
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...
I never understood why things were so negative while I was growing up,
I thought it was common but it really was just a way ...
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.
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...
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....
I was birthed into this world
A hardworking clever woman
It started with my sweet mamaw
Who’s stubbornness and lovingness...
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...
He is Helmsman.
There’s no way to tell
what’s real and what’s hell
A man, he says you fail.
without speaking a word
his...
Poetry has taught me how to look at things in different point of view
When poetry is the teacher you learn why some might...
Couldn't Stop
I had a choice
Didn't Look
Had to pay the price
I made a decision
And I took a life
Put down the phone
And...
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...
The thing that gets me confused is when i see us being used
Not from our counterparts but from the things we do
Never good...
Distruction
Informal Relationships
Never Lasting Loyalty
Fornications
Informal Hanky-Panky
Danger In Your Family ...
Alone and lost, the hearts of small innocent children.
Pain lay in thier tear-filled eyes.
What did they ever do to deserve...
Do you believe in me?
The child would ask its mother
Of course I do honey!
Well sometimes I just wonder.
Do you have faith...
Fills me with pain this morning
Tears cry
until now, I'm with practice these rituals
And cracked my inside victories to...
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...
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...
Fear caused by
Sharing a father
Sharing blood
Sharing the same brokenness
But living completely separate lives
We don’t...
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...
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...
Once upon a time a young kid was handed everything
he thought to himself I am the king
His mother came home one day tired ...
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...
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...
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...
The change came one by one,
there is no end for the fun.
The moments collected everyday,
sitting near the bundle of hay....
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...
As Abuela ages, the stages of a heart break commence
My life is full of confusion with the exlcusion of you being by my side...
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...
She is what I aspire to be
gentle, loving, kind and free.
Soft and warm and close to my heart.
I loved her from the very...
dr j and micheal jorden was the best basketball players to ever play the game of basketball, they were great ball players...
The man has superior citizenship amongst creations being earth's caretaker. He was created first and given a woman only when...
Because your skin is so fair it makes my life unfair.
You dare to take chances while I sit here with the consequences....
People say I look just like her,
I act and talk like her.
I have her chubby cheeks and smile.
I have a passion for being...
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'm only 16 trying to chase my dream
things are getting very ironic
they dont appear to what they seem
Soaking up a message...
A mother’s life
Author: Lateafa Davalos
A mother’s life is like a game, if we win we receive 2% time to yourself that fill...
"We're unbreakable," falls off his lips,
As she pushes her pants down off her hips,
Second guesses of the whispers she's...
Every night, the same old game,
Party, drink, smile, laugh, flirt.
As if this whole routine hasn't gotten lame.
The next day...
One decision, that's all it took.
Should she have chosen others' happiness and played by the book?
I am pleased to say that...
You wake at dawn.
You dress; every piece by layer.
You move accordingly to what you only know.
20 years, no stop.
You...
Sometimes I like to think in even numbers
because Prime numbers tend to lend a connotative tone
Sometimes when I close my...
I love to spend time with my two little brothers Derrick and Tristen
My brothers are very goofy to be around ,even though...
FreeFlow
Language runs through us all
the rushing water of the land
only if we stand tall
may it course through our soul...
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...
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...
Dear Branches,
Gnarled and twisted.
Dear leavess,
Brown and rotting,
We give thanks to thee,
Dear tree
For through thee
Our...
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...
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...
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...
The gentle hugs you gave, the softness in your heart
The sugar on your cookies, and your ability to play all parts....
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...
“Blood is thicker than water”
I sputter as the taste of iron trickles down my throat,
And while my fatlip pours out with...
Desperation,greed,insanity. Painful emotions that mark the human race as weak tainted beings.
Bound to earth for a small...
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...
Every evening I lay awake on the floor.
As my master sits on that couch
with a fift of liquor in his hand.
He kicks me in...
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...
The never wanted child
With a bright future
Turned to darkness when kicked out
Striving to do her best
She turns to friends...
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...
Summer Bucket List
By Justine M. Figueroa
Twelve years of school with no real story to tell.
It kind of makes me wonder...
REGRET is poison.
SAFETY is the spoon we drink it from.
We ask,
How do you live a full life?
A life without regret?
...
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...
An Ireland State of Mind (The Pineapple Hip Hop)By Swagg babyA Rap
Yeah, yeahAyo, my people, it's time.It's time, my people...
Where did you go?
Why did you leave?
Will you ever come back?
Were the times we had nothing?
Do you miss...
Cry little girl.Run and hide.Huddle back into your trenchesWhere the voices lieAnd tell youThat it's safeTo sleep.
I am, I am,
I am the leaky faucet of a bathroom sink, always being promised to be fixed
I am, I am,
I am a cold glass of...
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...
For us, you make us feel so blessed,
We're sorry if we've ever mad o eel so stressed.
We appreciate all you've done for an...
Again
Try to death experience
Although
You dead in a thousand of your poems
And each poem
Your soul is bleed
Again
Try to...
everyone works hard to achieve their dreams, even me
living in a houe of 8 is hard, even for me
but i wake up and work...
My mind is a ferocious beast
That feeds off of dismal and harrowing memories.
Oh no, is it time for the feast?
It feels as...
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...
Drifting through wind, my eyes are closed
My mind's open to visions behold
Dancing with skies, space and cloud
Twirling the...
Resonance that seeps into my soft red skin,
like fallen ice on thin white sheets-
fingers that saunter on my spine
like...
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...
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...
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...
So to say I have been told that I am not
Im sure of it.
Since the incubator, I no longer can breathe with water upon my...
written February 2008
I am the spark you held in
your cupped hands. You marveled
at my brightness because there
was so...
Nothing in the mind, blissful
Now I am often forgetful
I seek to remember that I can reach it
but for some reason college...
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...
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...
When I was little
Up until the age of five
No one could tell me
That there was a daddy better than mine
Then one day you...
On the shelf, it stoically sits,
patiently waiting for a stranger unknown,
to hear the stories of it.
Eager, the story...
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...
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...
O running shoes, infamous retrievers of my sanity
Conveyors of my downtrodden soul
Rapaciously, you wait in my repository
...
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...
since on monday
we were propose
on tuesday
we were called lovers
engage on wednessday
married on thursday
on friday
we have...
You were my supportt system behind everything I did, In your shadow of safety is where I hid.
Every step you amde, I made...
You wake at dawn.
You dress; every piece by layer.
You move accordingly to what you only know.
20 years, no stop.
You...
Hydrocephalus?
What is it?
Hydrocephalus is when fluid accumulates in the brain enlarging the head that sometimes causes...
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...
I hear shouting
They are screaming at me so insulting
but i dont listen
I stare blankly at them reminiscing
Bout all the...
Dear Bestfriend,
I love you to the moon and back
Casue we will always have each others back.
We're so close like teeth snd...
Our world today is a bitter place to be,
People getting shot up, just for walking down the street.
Officers see a different...
Well, let us start off with an essential cliché.
They are, indeed, essential, you know?
Anyhow, once upon a time…
And I...
I have been taught to fake a smile, to fake a laugh, to fake a conversation
to fake me
Holden Caulfield calls them phonies...
Please stop saying you’re the best father in the world,
because you’re not.
You’ll be another girl’s first father-daughter...
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...
People replace the word beauty with flaw .
How could they do such a thing?
To tear a sister, a girl, and my dream.
By...
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...
Lord,
Can you hear the girl,
That prays to you every night,
Praying with all her might,
Asking for everything to be alright...
My parents are LOVE. They argue, they fuss and downright disagree with each other, often. LOVE is not seeing eye to eye....
A ONE OF A KIND BLACK WOMAN
Beauty
Fondness
Kind heart
Sturdy, adventurous
Bold
That describes a black woman...
Where I’m from, people work day to day to sustain their families and the daily food is always there, my dad...
IS IT FAIR.. that I was the last born in my family?
IS IT FAIR..that my parents can no longer afford to financially support...
You pay the bills
Relieve me when I have the chills
I appreciate everything you do,
Without you, I wouldn’t being wearing at...
As time goes on, so does age.
Appearance grows of greater importance — or less,
Makeup changes as one realizes how bad it...
tear-stained paper
confusion and obscurity
waste no more time dwelling
on things that will never exist
i’m sorry,...
I am from the Garden State.
From the city full of violence, gangs, and drugs;
Criminals competing to become frauds and thugs...
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,...
Twirling in confusion and inert anger,my introverted self can't continue in this loophole,It was seemingly inevitable that...
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...
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...
An aunt can be described in so many adjectives, in so many ways
She’s a counselor when going through tough times, a teacher...
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...
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...
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...
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...
If All the Love in the World...
If all the love in the world could compare to the love
my parents show me,
then I wouldn't...
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...
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...
You were young, but old enough
to remember it all.
Your eyes fillled with hope,
Ideal to take as their own.
They were ...
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...
I scream for help
But no one hears,
Im in a cage where everything is unreal
The feelings of loneliness
Cant be explained
I...
Brothers and sisters, cousins and friends,
Are the only ones who will truly stay till the end
Say what you want, and say...
From various faces I see the same
The touch of a feather is all it takes
Makes me feel like I'm not real who am I here...
Warm Arms
Loving Smile
Mom , you have always been my rock
Fragrance of love
Words of Wisdom
Mom you have always been my rock...
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 remember when I was younger.
I remember the cool breeze that greeted my face after a long day of running around in the...
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...
If we could do it again
motor bike through roman cities
in the rain
watch the cats chase lizards in the forum
and drink...
Oh love love love,
what does it really mean to love someone?
To take care of, to protect against, to take responsibly.
We as...
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...
oh how the wind blows
how the trees bend in honor
how the sky cries out
screaming and Flashing love
for herself,
so...
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...
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...
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...
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...
What is Christmas ?
Christmas is joyous
What is Christmas ?
Christmas is families coming together
What is Christmas ?...
Ive long walked away
From a faith of things unseen
Refused to stay
For the future I have foreseen
Shackled by these...
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...
this rage within me slowly dies,
I find myself in the fire, slowly depleting-
forging into a quiet night.
Beside He stands,...
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 delirious soul I am,
Constantly yearning for the love I can never attain,
Why must my heart ache for those who it will...
Dear other half,
Half of me is in the ground covered in dirt as the other half of me is on earth feeling hopeless.
I...
have courage to love yourself and to love other in the world because love is from god above, because the courage to love...
I sit here dreaming of the far off stars
In thy water drops I touch thy sea
In distant winds I bring my hurtful wars
And...
Our memories will not be forgotten, your smile will always shine, God made you an angel, and we will soon see you in time....
I always want things that are impossible to have
I always give so much to people, expecting nothing to have
I always put...
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,...
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...
It's around that time when the sun begins to set and the air is chilly and crisp.My brother is restless and is determined to...
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...
Heaven is here with me.
Heaven shall live in my heart eternally.
Heaven has big blue eyes.
Heaven was an elating surprise...
How heavy was I for 9 months?
Was I a bothersome lodger?
Did I ruin your sleeping pattern?
Through my kicks and summersaults...
Papa,
You are a deity,
For our cross you carry on your shoulder,
Caring for us when we were toddlers
With grains, milk, like...
Dear anxiety,
If I had to choose between you and me I would choose me
Because it takes a real woman to fight an illness that...
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...
Don’t believe everything you hear.
Things you do are not okay.
She couldn’t think and had this fear,
Her world becoming dark...
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'...
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...
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...
Sometimes I like to think in even numbers
because Prime numbers tend to lend a connotative tone
Sometimes when I close my...
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...
How did we grow apart?
Space between us far and wide
Like a valley, and empty void,
all becaue you lied, you lied to me
left...
I woke up, headaching
my mind was baking.
Wondering did I come here on my own bearfeet.
Trying to connect the dots, who did...
from the beginning, there were bright eyes
shirley temple dark oil curls,
lips snow white would be envious of,
the fair skin...
You speak to me while you drink your poison
And inhale the chemicals of dust
Dying down like the sun
And hanging from a...
We started off united, as one whole
We fought for us, not against each other
Now this country's heart has a gaping hole
We...
Seeking completeness I've come so far.
Although, it has robbed myself out of me.
But here, I have crossed what seemed,
a...
when we startedit was a messno structureuntruthfulnessit was bound to unravelhit the truth lighton some hurtful levelit was...
I dedicate this portfolio to my Mom and Dad.
Every day was a struggle like weather that was unpredictable bad.
But days...
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...
That Certain Individual
There is a certain individual,
One whose name I will not say,
But the mere thought of their...
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...
I am a Tropical Fruit,Born from the strangest of waysColorful yet nappyBorn from the strangest of ways
I have Tropical...
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...
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?...
Did you forget?
That all you have is a life left.
We manipulate ourselves to start,
The ending seems too far apart.
Don't...
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...
His knee looked as if someone painted blood on him,
Gangly and nearly broken, Craig lifted his bad knee
And started down the...
Freedom to express your inner self
Emotions pouring out into the world
Anchoring yourself to any positive thing in the world...
Every morning when I lay awake
i don't see you anymore
heart of mind is the key to this relationship
baby I...
Dear One,
I miss your smile
I miss your laugh
I miss your spirit and your craft.
When I started this letter it was too late...
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...
Mom,
the creator of my world and the caretaker of my life,
from a single mother to loving wife,
you have pushed and pushed...
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...
I grieve for him but will not let you know.
I pretend to be okay, so that it gives you hope.
Farewell, Farewell, Dad, we...
The Begining
Flawless
The scares on my chest from the ones that I love
Flawless
Having only one person on my team while the...
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...
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...
Dissapointment.
Nothing but regret.
One night stand,
Nothing but a sweat.
I was your seed,
You gave me no lead.
Feeling...
I cannot stand, nor sit here in this darkness i dread
There is none to follow me or compliment this ability
I cannot hold...
You know i’ve been up all night
Figuring out which way is easier.
I can promise it was a tough fight
Cause the thoughts made...
"Get out"
they said to my mother. My mother who
was a facialist. My mother who
was a waitress. My mother who
was a student...
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...
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...
One little toy,
a blue stuffed dolphin.
It may not be real,
but the memories are.
The joys of swimming in the ocean,
the...
19
A memoir of me and a memoir of you,
For them to see me and for them to see you.
Legacies shine bright, but also burn...
texas.don.g.nutt59,poem,forsake,of me forsake of life forsake of the gods forsake of the people forsake of the love forsake...
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...
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...
I’m so..sad
All my life I’ve never been satisfied
With me
Abuse and control seizing my quiet soul
I couldn’t let go
Rest...
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...
The path of a forest stream is
guided by the gentle branches of surrounding groves
meandering angles shaped by stoic roots...
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?...
I see you everyday-
Monday to Friday sharing eye contact every 3 minutes
but you like her.
She's anything anyone could...
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 may see themselves as they pass,
But I see myself through broken glass.
One's perfections may be another one's flaws, ...
W-Whole: Two halves make a whole
H-Happiness: Happiness is key to in any relationship
A- Acceptance: Accept each other for...
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...
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....
Dear, Mom
There have been many times were i felt lifeless
Oxygen deprived
You tryed to help but didnt know how to
Ikeeped...
Celestial being carrying feminine power
You share the light with the universe
you are a creator, a painter for this...
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 was raised by the
Soul food cooking
long legged, short legged
"Lay down and let me braid your hair."
Type of Women
I...
Many times I see myself in a closet, being scared of the police
work in the black market, My parents
it's hard to...
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...
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...
I am one of many
Small branches of a broken tree
Always looking to the ones above
For guidance, strength and security.
One...
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...
Surmise
Tomorrow ... will be changed all cases
More listening to birds
Investigate
What say?
Perhaps to grouse
Or was thrown...
A Kind and Terrific FriendBy Swagg babyA Christmas Song
Last Christmas, I gave you my carBut the very next day, you set it...
Even though we never have enough money, I tell you we do, all because
I love you,
Even though I despise going to my job, I...
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...
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...
Students
The leaders once ruled over men.
They took their time and vigor, then
In morning after all was done
They’d take it...
gender inequality you have been one our measure problem oh you decided to make our female children illitrates but we have...
Take care of home first, before you impress the streets
All this people telling you that they love you
and that they will...
Things before our sight
We did not realize true value
Shadow when realized us
Beam enters eye to continue
Say: Not salvation...
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...
In the world there are clever and foolish people,
There are virgins and prostitutes,
Rich, poor, middle class, and the clean...
"I Love You"That great!What does that mean?I don't knowI don't much about love "I want to be with only you"Oh.Okay.That...
I always wondered who you were
I always wondered why
Lost and confused
I was more than Hurt
nearly abused, dark and veiny...
"Count your blessings"
My grandmother would always say
"We didn't have such things back in my day"
She saw through my...
“Where I’m From” by Amaya Castillo
I am from inssence, from candles, and the warmth that they give off.
I am from the...
Because I love you ill tell you every day
It doesnt matter if the sky is gray on my back ill lay and tell you i want you to...
Earlier in the twilight
I saw the beautiful light
The day has just begun
And long shall it be gone
Although its a...
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...
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...
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...
I dont think words could simply express how much I want to thank you
Thank you for how you've taught me that I can't get...
I am from flowing green fields of maize
and hard-working arms.
I am from chilled rural mountains
and steaming hot summers....
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.
I come from a hardworking family
my grandparents sacrificed everything just so i could write today
so i wear my insecurities...
Life is a Beautiful Masterpiece
Life,
Is this really what you see?
Would it fall under what you once imagined it to be?...
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...
You say pay attention to school.
You say stay out of trouble.
You say watch your Brother.
You say be yourself and don't...
A thousand words could not bring you back...
I know because I tried.
Not even a thousand tears could bring you back...
I...
A picture is a key to the past, it unlocks moments otherwise gone
A picture speaks words that are unknown, feelings that can...
"Hey." "Hi." "I like those earrings." "Thank you, and I like your hair. Who did your hair?" "My mom." "Ah. She did great...
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...
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...
One. Two. Clear.
One. Two. Clear.
The dark begins to fade.
Here it comes again.
One. Two. Clear.
I would like to go...
Christian. Jesus had to renew me.
Amazed at what God has put in font of me.
Seriously hilarious all day everyday.
Special...
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...
An inner battle you can not win.
To feel the pain,
To see the end
Walking through not feeling anything.
Shattered...
Butterflies fly around chaos as we are best friends forever. We hold a tight bond as our three strands are not quickly...
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...
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...
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...
The grass is always greener
when you think of something that's sweeter
When you are dealing with rough times
think of...
I present myself among this crowd to calmly sermonize my thoughts
As I speak tonight do not be alarmed
For I only speak...
As a kid,
you take everything for granted
not knowing what you are doing.
You know,
that when you leave your house,
your...
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...
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...
Because I love you
My love for you never slips away
Making me special every day
Giving me life that I never knew
...
As I ruminate over everything my parents had done for me
I declare in my thought, before it slips, it gets caught
I will...
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...
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...
Blood formed in battle
Is thicker than the water of the womb
Likewise
You
A father formed through the battle of not
having...
My dream is life and life to the fullest.
A dream of challenge and success.
A dream to provide for my little one.
A dream...
A mother's love
whether throughout times of sorrow,
or times of glory, is all but shallow.
A mother's love is a...
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...
THE MOTHERS HEART
She begins he journey,
At the days first night,
Scrabbling all morning,
For her wombs’ delight,
Through...
Behind the mask
I have been stripped
Stripped away from all that was mine
I am just a plain face
Left out in the cold to...
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...
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...
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...
Friends are somtime the closes to you
when there is no one else around
Friends are always there when need them
even when...
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...
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...
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...
The person who protects me from the monsters under my bed
The person who kisses me gently on the head
The person who...
I am the first generation to go for my dreams, not working and concentrating on school to get a career to make life easier....
My favorite person, My guide, My mentor
How I've followed your footsteps
To seek what I truly need my life for
Underneath my...
Maria theres billions of marias but you make it rare and unique
Motherly
Acceptence
Rejoice
Impact
Amazing
you love...
Love is a crime,
It always has a victim to punish,
To torture,
To victimize.
Love is a vessel,
A vessel for all of...
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...
The distance between us is long and far,
of which we have traveled many times.
For all the things I wish for, I get,
so long...
It goes up
It comes down.
Day in
and Day out.
Then it stopped.
It no longer moved.
Was it Broken? They asked
Stuck?...
Whippoorwill, whippoorwill
Singing at my windowsill
Chirping out his nightly trill,
Whippoorwill, whippoorwill.
...
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...
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...
My Poem
by Andrew Stultz
“Andrew please get your work done…!”
He replied”NO, ahhhhhh!”
“I DO WHAT I WANT,” ANDREW SAYS”
“...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
My sore feet walk over the cobblestone and all
I can see my dream ahead as I take one step at a time.
London's bridge came...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Tick tock tick tock! Time is going, little shiny smiling
Beautiful skinny, her smile could kill the evil inside you
Oh the...
She's lying on the floor, a thin blanket is her bed.
Who knew she would have back problems, after all it was only a cause...
I am a flower
I have grown, starting at the roots, moving through the stems
I have been through rough patches that have...
Hello little bird,
Hello to you,
They tell me that I can't see you,
But I see your color,
It is blue.
Hello little bird,...
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...
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...
Watching them smile was like seeing a whale for the first time.
Hearing them laugh was like listening to angels sing a...
They hold hands,
looking deep into eachother's eyes,
the twinkle that only love can provide.
They disregard society,...
An educated, situated, never derived, forever alive black women is what i was born to be.
But all girls don't think like...
To the Guardian of a Child, pay attention
Notice your child and show them
You see them and who they have become
And who...
Diego Vega
everybody wants me to be something i am not. well this might sound like a typical poem of "poor me""why me". Well...
M.O.M yes sweet they say .yes when I have a cold or yes to when my knee is scraped, yes to when I have a bruise on my arm...
Just another word some may say,
and a word with no importance.
Oh, how false some can really be.
Inspiration to me is more...
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...
Born and raised in a glory-hungry west, where a mad king now lays
However, under the care of a beloved royal family, whom...
Saudade
By: Sydney Johnson
A feeling
of melancholy,
longing or
nostalgia
It seeps into
the deep crevices
of your...
The flow of happiness overfills my soul
The spread of happiness consumes my world
This joy
This feeling
This emotion
This...
As snow warms the earth below,
Grass on earth, ceases to show.
Sadly on this cold Christmas day,
He never showed, to my...
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...
You were always there.
Guiding me, leading me to victory.
Without you all would be history.
Your voice echoes in my...
The tears behind the walls
the walls that fortfied your soul
they tear down without permision
now left in a sea of sorrows...
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...
November 20 2017
Goodbye brother
Though you are the one leaving for deployment,
I feel like I'm the one being taken away....
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...
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...
Keep Going So I Go Farther
The sun gleams over harsh clothes,
Heavy boots, feet sore of weariness.
He pushes and pulls...
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...
God looked around His garden And He found an empty place. He then looked down upon this earth, and saw your tired face. He...
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...
The orange orb rises from its slumber
My eyes are still shut tight
The loud noise rings on a particular number
I awake with...
Robin your free spirit has always Inspired me, your ability to make me laugh has always Charmed me, your ability to make me...
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...
americans are talented people and we have the best talent in the world both are young boys and girls, americans are talented...
You were my brother
We were supposed to look after one another
You shattered that trust
When you turned sibing love into...
I am a contradiction
I am the soft glow from a lit candle
I am a bomb
Tick Tick BOOM!
I am a weapon
My words, sharp like...
Your age. Changes. Your face changes. And you’re put through these different phases. You realize you changed when you’re put...
A mother's is understanding
She makes you feel so safe always
She inspires when you're lost
She smiles at you when you are...
Abandoned yet hopeful,
still trying to be a little boastful. Imagine being left by your parents who had no other choice but...
Itty bitty Dean
So much younger than a teen
Mama cookin’ some peas and rice
Stomach growlin’
Mouth hungry
Can’t find a toy...
Relationships
Are cultivated
Relationships
Are made
Relationships
Are real
When I was young I tried killing myself
I tried...
You will love me unconditional
Pure, without complication
You will understand my tears
And calms all my fears
You love me...
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...
I am "Weird"
I am weird in my own way
I am different
I am something that everybody doesn't like
I am "Unqiue"
I am always...
The flow of happiness overfills my soul
The spread of happiness consumes my world
This joy
This feeling
This emotion
This...
The ashe from the fire place mingled
with the sweet potato soup wafting
from the stove top and settling through the...
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...
Locked Up
Life in this prison ain’t really so easy for you
You on the streets going back and forth to Juvie.
I sadly see you...
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...
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...
Blondish brown hair,
She only stands three feet tall,
She's the only one in this world,
That can make sure that I don't fall...
A hand of cards Unevenly dealt An invitation of butterflies Leading to exquisite daydreams An unopened gift A mystery ...
Let them know that i said this
Let them know i do not fear them any more
Let them know i am ready to fight them.
Be him...
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...
FIGHTING, Seems like a big word that is always heard. It is heard, seen and always mean. Fighting is not...
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...
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...
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...
DIVORCE
The legal dissolution of marriage
It may be as a result of misunderstanding after engage
Giving her your words is...
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...
In dreams does porcreation begin. Few know the power of the unconscious mind. Things come into fruition when given the...
My own worst enemy,
living a couple rooms away.
He wears my clothes as if it is his,
and believes I do not notice.
He cares...
Nothing lasts in this world forever,
Your existence is a mere speck of dust....
NEVER think that your life is not...
Life. was said to be creative and a blessing
but later as you grow, youre told its real messy
Back in the golden years...
is even more fun than seeing the World of Coke in a bustling downtown Atlanta
and burping up bubbles of carbon for the...
the mind is beautiful
the pictures it makes
the song it sings
the mess it creates
the thoughts that ring
the clock it hates...
Thank you for
Proof of my fertility
That's about it
I will make him
My priority.
Not you through
You got no authority
You're...
You may not have the ability to control other people but you have the ability to control yourself. With that being said, you...
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...
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...
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...
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...
My family is a garden
Dad is the fertile soil,
That holds everything together
Sometimes cracked and broken below,
But...
Even though we never have enough money, I tell you we do, all because
I love you,
Even though I despise going to my job, I...
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...
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...
Emerging out of the rolling pastures and forests,
And marked by that old green sign, my small East Texas town begins
I am...
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...
College is a dream
A dream that can only be accomplished by a dragon
A dragon that supports you throughout life
This dragon ...
Toys, candy, and gamesWere my niche those daysCare free fromJewelry, money , watchesI was content with bags of laysWhere I...
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...
You are the reason I am here
You are the reason why I push myself
You are the reason why I enjoy life
Other children won't...
My mother told me that I would end up just like them, my aunties.
Lazy, jobless, and left-behind. That years from now, I...
Memories stacked up in my heart
Tears finding a path to flow
Burdened by those heavy ornaments
I'll crave for the lovely...
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...
You are always there telling me not to fight,
Because its not helpful nor is it right.
I get bored and walk away,
But you...
I am Manhattan where I was born and I am Puerto Rico where I was raised
I am two cultures that I am proud to be a part of...
You are beautiful.
Yes, you are weird.
Yes, you are different.
But, you are beautiful.
Your presence is like
A sea of green...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
They started together and she then end alone.
She gave birth to me and raised me alone.
But at first their agreements was to...
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...
To find something worth standing for,
To stand and and not give in,
Is to find something worth living for.
To find...
Are you ready to be fooled?
We break up, we make up and then everythings okay.
But now? nothing is right.
Where is the...
Poetry is the lighthouse of lifeGuiding the lost from a stormy sea.Without it's presence darkness prevailsKeeping us...
Determination.
Self Will.
How they coincide.
Hand in hand like how I am when I am with you.
The force that your aura brings...
"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...
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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...
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...
Who Am I?
Well, that’s a very good question.
I’m not exactly sure how to answer that suggestion.
I am who I am.
A cliché...
Dear, God
It all started June first, two thousand seventeen.
Late that night she had gone missing.
My cousin Jamaari was...
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...
Stuck in a place where my thoughts are lost, trapped trying to escape. Seeking for something that I once had. Trecherous...
NIGHT BECOMES DAY&
DAY BECOMES NIGHT
BECAUSE OF YOUR SMILE'S BRIGHT
THAT IS SHE
EVENTHOUGH WE ARE LIKE CAT AND RAT
SHE...
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...
Daddies been out drinking, yet again
babies just a crying, will this ever end
mamas going crazy, just killing time
she...
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...
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...
F oreign
L ove
A massed
W ithin
L ungs
E ndlessly
S upplying
S ubstance
My legacy is my parents.
Undoubtedly and...
prominence stands above
darkness surrounding now
starting in hushed whispers
praying no rocks on trail
upward upward we...
When I was young momma brought me everywhere
everywhere but home
everywhere, as we traveled around the world I learned to...
Though always takes bodily delight on you such as pleased my appetite; once to have knowledge of blissful life taking you is...
Who are you?
The man i knew from distance you seem so cool.
Lips ought to clapp of your name and stature how strong you...
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...
You’ve been there since the beginning,
The start of it all.
When I took my first breath,
And started to crawl.
You taught...
I see a family someday whom despite the storm and quake stay together,
They stay together even I'm these harsh weather,...
You are...
You are my crazy, my sane, my strength, my weakness
You are my law, my procalamtion, my truth, my forgiveness
You...
Handfuls of them scattered around,
in liquid form there's no doubt that she'd drown.
Her warmth appears in the shape of a...
One day but not today
Someday but not soon
Living my life and facing the moon
Caught in the light ready to say goodnight...
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 “...
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...
6 letters
1 word they say can shake the ground
and bring you down
to put it nicely they called me fatass
and its amazing...
I am from the Garden State.
From the city full of violence, gangs, and drugs;
Criminals competing to become frauds and thugs...
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...
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...
For the record,
I am myself.
Even in the dark
with no mirrors, no clues,
I am myself.
I am not the feeling
of being buried...
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...
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 Am……. YOUNG
Being 17 is not easy
Waking up in reality, wishing I was only dreaming
Trying to finish my last year with my...
This person is wanting nothing, but to be successful and achieved with his future. All he wants is people to look up to him...
i promise to never let you go
do everything i can to never say no
i promise to always be by your side
no matter what happens...
Distinguishing whether this epidemic that courses through my life is a way to free myself or a way to conserve and avoid any...
I cant breath, my head aches
if only I could reach
the euphonus peace
within reach, but refusing
to grasp it
although it...
I know your brain is wired in a way that makes you think everybody
within a 3 mile radius hates you, is annoyed by you or...
Look
And listen
And grown
And teach
And feel
And till
Be real
Just chill
Stay still
Don't deal
Be ill
And above all that......
The book welcomes the hand
letting it glide over its pages
running over the binding
even under its book jacket
All the way...
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...
My groovy sister
You are the most ravishing sister
I will find you a ravishing mister
Thankyou for for holding my back...
She never saw it coming.
She lived life like any young girl would do.
Mom, is what we call her
Because then, there were two...
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...
A family that was never been together,
Everything was so other favor,Anger, sadness and pain altogether,In the heart of a...
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...
Her mind wanders off into a zone of its own.
Imagining how life could be different, yet tired of it all.
All the arguing,...
Colors..
colors of the ground
colors of the sky...colors
colors of you and colors of I
colors...
colors made by colors
and...
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...
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...
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...
Here I am
A withering soul
Inside this carcass of skin and bones
Like a ragdoll being tossed and thrown
As I rip apart...
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...
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,...
Always wanting more
claiming you're heart's sore
yet you pawn in my love
for something less
for something thats a complete...
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...
all i need?
if it was just me on an island?
what would i need?
i would need my grandma
you might call yours something...
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...
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...
Imagine a world without filters
Where people see you for who you really are
Don't worry about hiding that scar
Because that...
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...