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Well, I guess it's time for you to sit,
Time for you to listen our side of the story,
Time to understand the stress we are...
We stumbled into love in September
So, we belong to autumn
Therefore our hearts must fall.
And after months of sun kissing...
To live is to be truly free, To die requires nothing.
In order to die without regrets is to pass on to that glorious...
Red Orange yellow Green blue and violet
The colors of the rainbow but
Isn't it funny that you and my colors aren't there
So...
The words I speak
Yes, they sing through me
Whether loud or whether silent
I am my poetry
My words don't shoot bullets...
Look me in the eye and talk me what you think
Windows of one's soul deepen with pity
How could this be?
I am isolated with...
sex, love, money, vengeance, today's hip-hop
passion, sensuality, death, life, creation
conception, intelligence, elevation...
Trust is like some bittersweet cupcake that I can’t sink my teeth into.
Tempting, as most unattainable things are, but vile...
I am a man.
I am caring.
I am a person who belives he can.
I am like a star in the sky glaring.
I am a shoulder to lean on....
Who says you could do this
Love, lust, cheat, use.
What am I but a fresh pick,
That you could never squander if she knew....
Dance another Dance,
Sing another song,
In the end the Rhythm and the tune
Remain the same.
The Crimson moon will have...
Living, Loving, Learning! Tomorrow was yesterday givin going, Now im Here, they say it wasn't promise! I be honor, still...
A blank stare glazes over the educators face
Can she see that we are all dreadfully lost?
Young, helpless, lame sheep with...
I write to life,
Its challenge, struggle and stife,
I write to succeed,
So in the future I can lead.
I write to inspire,...
He said that it was such a stupid thing to have
that I must feel embarrassed
And I was
embarrassed
for the sheer innocence...
I like sex. So what?
Guys are allowed to go around and talk about girls' butts.
But people judge my butt when I say I like...
I am a wisp of wind, a haze of light
I am like a river flowing with an endless might
I resemble in form a human being, a...
The poor woman cries
I try to relief her of the pain
For I too am a victim . . .
Crumbling from the deep dark pain
Its...
You get mad at everything I do.What did I do?You tell me to pay attention when I already am.What can I do?You embarrass me...
Lies they fill our ears, they fill our eyes
The generation prior left to question “why?”
Why we’re blind?
Why we’re deaf?...
Always attentive and never doubtful of meThey stand loyal by my sideBehind me to protect from unseen foesIn front of me to...
Talk to me about you while I
Listen.
Lay beside me
To
Confuse me about you and
Me.
Confirm my feelings
By
Portraying the...
Cant sleep
Eyes shot
body weak
heart tired and mind exhausted
exhausted from the games and always being given the run...
Racism has been here for many years,
But still hasn’t changed much,
The damage it has created,
To the cause of controversy...
My Lord, My strength, His life he did disperse.
He rose from the rock to banish all sin,
So we may join his brotherly Kin....
Can you tell me what the world is like?
Cause I've always wanted to know.
Does it rain?
Does it snow?
Is it everything I've...
I'm the odd ball,
the loser,
the weird one.
I'm on the outside looking in,
as it has always been.
I'm rejected from society...
Education
of the mental degree,
oversees
the built-in monstrosity
and my attempt to build new philosophies
of what made me...
Oh dear teacher,
You are not a preacher,
Stop lecturing your class,
Its not making time go past.
We fall asleep to your...
She cried black tears , she can feel the blood in her heart freeze over
As her breathing gets slower the cuts get deeper,...
I've been huddle up alone by the fire even though, I'm not exactly feeling cold. There is to much in my head to keep it out...
Love is the sound of birds chirping loudly every spring morning. Love is the way lovers whisper in the the dark. Love is...
They say my fate is in my hands, that I make my own plans, making my own decisions, who wants to hear your opinions?...
I remember I forgot how to smile,
And for a little while,
I was living in denial,
Because i thought the feeling of happiness...
GODS OF THE COURT
Celtics, Spurs, Thunder, Heat
Acrobatic yet so fleet,
Stunningly Olympic feat.
Sons of Zeus, Hera’s teat,...
his tears are his gun when it reaches other's eyes
his known world is his gun that radiates once it reaches their eyes like...
Define yourself
Are you blending into the background
Like the kids in the back of class
Or are you as bright as
The pink...
The unknown
Feeling of guilt
Feeling of pain
Will never know, will never see
Just the guilt and pain is all I plea
You will...
In the height of a winter storm,
I see a creature – white as snow.
With crystal blue eyes,
Fluffy as a cloud, soft as...
You untamed beast that walk the land,
tainting everything you see in sight
how much longer must everyone else suffer before...
Another day
Another year
Same place
Different fear
I walked the halls in search of what I could achieve
Who I could be....
A broken heart that never healed, open wide with loss of shieldIt fought and lost once before, since then it's learned to...
mind is on hold
heart is in fast-forward
words were once all I needed to hear
now I need a proclamation
a declaration from...
I feel like the whole world is against me
Born in a crazy world
Where everyone's full of envy.
I'm fighting a war of...
Riding down the road with a hint of sun seeping through the leaves,
It gives me a sense of exuberance,
For it illuminates my...
A liar, deceiver
my words cut deep,
but this is not me
A phantom a specter
I observe from a distance in pain
horror and awe...
Suprised I've gotten this far. Sometimes where you live is not how you'll turn out, but how you'll grow to be better. I wish...
The fire lit up the small room
And everyone looked with wide eyes
As it danced before them in the silence.
It enchanted its...
I live in the dark,Because I don't fit in.But I have seen a spark,In the light I have been.Light so bright,It opened my eyes...
If I Should Have A Daughter...
If I should have a son, instead of mom,
he could call me “...
Did i land here or was i left here to be who i am?
Or to be what i am?
When dew sets on the leaves of my seeking thoughts
I...
Felicities I must confess
Troubled by looming expectations
Fertile with the blood of success
Curdled with the hand of...
the microphone.....
i gripping it and start ripping the crowd
with words of thoughts that moves them like listening to a...
When you're a man who loves a manPeople don't want to understandThey chain you down to black and whiteAnd tell you those are...
We all are just
as we've always been
Forever imperfect
Eternally eager
Simply cynical
Lustfully Loving
Frequently forgetting...
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Setting the world on fire
Is the only option.
Watching the blaze—
Of the people who don’t deserve it...
Inspiring , bitter, joyous, confusing, mysterious, love, and deceit, all are definitions , of the lives we mold and lead,...
Your love for me is everlasting, second chances only you are casting
Seeking for love all I got was lust, as time past my...
missed our birthdays together
its been a long time
didn't even cost a single dime
there were times
we had fights
sleepless...
My love runs so deep that I even cut myself sometimes
It often runs so fast that I can't even catch up at times
Before...
The clock ticked
And my desk squeaked.
Bored; Bored: Bored!
I roared. Yet I could not make a sound.
He stood at the front....
They laughed at me, they teased me, they pushed me, they kicked me.
They lied to me, told me that I was worthless. They hurt...
*-Crisp, White and all Mine
A Creative Delight with Endless Designs
A Vision that is Unique
Composed with Multiple...
Perfection
Magazines, Billboards, Posters,
Show us perfection never seized
How can we live up to society’s orders?
Rushing...
What a deception I see,
someone supposed to be close to me,
what a conception to be'
look how its broken so easily.
I don'...
Concieved by mother nature
Did you hear? I am the daughter of whom they call the navigator.
Beauty she holds. Gracefulness...
I see myself just sitting there all by myself, like usual. I just stare at myself thinking why am I here in this place,...
"Is she always like this?"
I'm asked time and time again
The crowd always follows
Even when they know nothing
They're...
I can't be bothered
To do what?
To think about my future?
I do that EVERY DAY
To make a choice?
I make them MY WAY
yet i can...
We by LuceroWhy pretend that we can create a world together,
When we cannot even say that we are going to stay forever....
i am a poet
i enjoy making impact on lives whether its..........
culturally
demographically
mentally
spiritually
sexually
i...
Father, I walk a path so wide,
yet filled with so many rocks to bleed upon.
It seems as though I've pressed my luck too far...
Silent Speech
Is the language of all
the rich, the poor, the deaf, and blind
It is learned yet never taught - The evolution...
a beautiful young woman, styling and profiling like the nature boy Ric Flair
she has beauty more purer than two people...
Let me tell you something your beautiful.
Every time you take a selfie I see a little bit inside your heart.
When you flash...
Our relationship was at a climax but I didn't check the Carfax so a lot of flaws I began to discover, a bullet I missed, all...
Speak your mind, they say
Education opens doors, they say
But where it the fact
how do we react
speaking ones mind won't...
twisting and turning
picking and pulling
bullying the girl
who cannot see
her own beauty
i'm so sorry
those scars are ugly...
Untitled (2/25/2013)
A struggle, every moment you without
You pretend to care, I guess that would make me a
No, more...
Why do I write?
I write when I have no words, when my past renews it's vows
When I can’t express my thoughts
I write to...
My mentor is slowly fading, cascading,
into the wind of the sins of those who came before, and I always ask for more....
I don’t have many friends yet
but I’m not going to sweat
too bad I didn’t have a friend named Annette
but i wont be too...
This is what happens when I speak my mind.
"All you do is complain all the time."
This is why I can't be me.
Because, you...
I don’t like poetry.
I know, it sounds like blasphemy to an English teacher’s ears but
I just don’t like it.
I know, I sound...
1st it was 9/11
plane hits the twin towers
building explosion
chemicals scattered like roaches
falling from the skies
people...
Familiarize your entity with another
Accustom to their word, action, thought
Feed off each bowel of sensation
Permission...
All should be weary of words left unsaid
They are the ones that will hang over your head
They will echo and leave you...
You wake up, eat, drive to work, drive home, sleep- repeat.
What is this?
Am I truly happy?
We begin in the womb for a time...
I sit here contemplating my future. The unknown factors intensify my fear of defeat. Like an infant I scream through...
They scream they shout as my sister begins to pought . The mood in this house is nothing but drought but as i sit around...
It was a foggy morning today,
I peered over my calender to see if it was Monday.
Mondays are the days I work,
So I got ready...
A light breeze brushing my cheek,
Turning my face rosy.
Leaves falling from the trees
Into my long, blonde hair.
Taking step...
watch your thoughts
they become words
watch your words
they become actions
watch your actions
they become habits
watch your...
From white to black and pink to blue,
my biracial skin makes me #flawless like you.
From birth to adulthood,
society has...
A misunderstood student feeling lost with no direction
but getting direction from a great teacher. So what's the
problem?...
I am the object of your affection
tantalizing your obsessions
To you I am an image
to some I am a mirage
To me I am nothing...
Days come and go
Poems come from within
From where I am about to begin
I'll Show you the day
I saw you, bay bay
I drove...
Down it trickles from the sky
Falling about on the ground
That is where it will say goodbye
But not for long, it does not...
the stage is set
my goals will be met
performing for the crowd
is more amazing than the mets
nobody didn't place any bets
it...
As the clock ticks you grow while the children watch, as the children play you sit back and work all day. When graduation...
Resident of the household
5443 State st.
Hart, MI, 49420
Dear you,
I hate the way you smile.I hate the way you laugh.I hate...
I walk into the store,
and I am watched.
I walk into the shop,
yet I am followed.
Will it ever end?
They judge me from...
I almost let go,
Felt like I couldn't take life anymore.
My problems had me bound,
depression weighed me down.
I was lost,...
I can't help but notice the way the breeze combs beautifully
Through budding spring trees.
Almost like I can't help but...
Surely, we have made it past
All those feelings of doubt…
But as a beautiful sunset fails to last,
We will fade with the day...
You can't do it, they sneered
You can't make it over that mountain
All of them, swaying, waiting.
But I knew I could.
Eyes...
We are criticized for our orientations.
We are called unnecassary names;
We are bullied in school.
We are invisible to man...
You've got me pacing back and forthYou've got me doubting what I'm worthThis is it now, I'm all throughI'm living my life...
In the modern day of chaos, violence begets violence and the innocent try to stray,
From what they’ve come to know worse,...
Hear the thunder Hear the rain As it starts to pour again In the night The dreary dark consumes the life of the light...
Writing is a passion
Real truth in time
I write with compassion
To seek what is mine
Everyone will see the overwhelming...
Sometimes it takes more than one
One job
Two jobs
Three jobs
Every person is different
Some are unsure
Others know exactly...
The city everyone wants to leave.
I guess it’s part of growing up: Forgetting.
Maybe one day I’ll forget Meridian that led...
I will remain silent
Just as soon as I get this off my tongue
Let me tell you
That I’m not the one
To conform
To the social...
I am a mother
a wife
a veteran
an artist
a daughter
But none of those words really describe WHO I am.
I'm determined to...
A lot of teachers lie to their students
They say they want the best for them
Some of them care more than others
Teachers...
Change for the better
Or change for the worst
Whatever we choose will end in a burst
Amerca, America calls to thee
The land...
If today were the last day to live,
would you call your enemies and forgive?
or would you go to the shelter to give?...
She carried it with her
Mouring, Judgement, Sadness
A jovial smile, gladness
A pink highlighter, because of a dare
A heart...
TWIST AND SHOUT SLAM
Winds in my hair
Boat sails raised by me
Toward the horizon I stare
My love is the ocean and I am...
I am a promiscuous girl,
I let him drive, drive me crazy.
I became the fool,
I let him control my thoughts to believe its...
Hubris, gluttony and pride,A dictatorship we must abide. I will stand behind,Those with self respect and a logical mind. ...
Time.It's unknown.To me. To you.To us.Time A studied mystery.But no what it doesIt won't stopUnlike the some of us.
A baby comes to life at once, Begins to feed and grow.
Mother starts acting strange, Yet she does not know.
The baby grows...
the car
same car that hit so hard, it smashed into a water hydrant
homeboy's brother's teeth were shattered
light skin frame...
Long brown hair.
Big brown eyes.
Gap-toothed mouth.
Breasts big size.
Long nailed fingers.
Cold back heart.
Fat filled...
I’ve just typically thrashed the circumstances and consequences
evolving around information of a lifeless soul that’s,
to...
People change, people die
People gain, people survive
People love, sometimes lose
Ignore the "what-ifs" and shoot for what...
this has eluded me for the past year why can't I write? I'm trying to express a poem of thoughts on how I view life.
But it'...
As I wrap up the day
I think about all the obstacles I over came
Some brought me shame
But that will later turn into my fame...
In the penetrated sky i await
For the delicious prey to reappear
I ready the unforgivable bait
And lure the wandering target...
America, America we need to help the need
America, America we need to feed.
America, America we need to care for man
...
Passionate soul let your voice be heard
Many have made this quest
You are not what you see, a dream deferred
Do not lose...
POETIKALLY_HIS
JESUSFREAK
I AM A JESUS FREAK
THRU MY LIFE JESUS SPEAKS
HE IS ON TOP
AND I AM BENEATH
HE IS THE LEADER
AND...
I remember the brave face through all the pain. “I hate you Cancer!” you took my aunt away. The day she told us we tried to...
Interesting question, huh?
Notice how awesome and awful require "awe" to say,
which is a trait that God gave us to...
mama told me life is what happens
while you are busy making other plans
i thought i had it all figured out living
in the...
Years of trying to gain this.
To make you understand.
Your hair, eye color, and skin may be different.
So does this make you...
Did you see her walk down the hall?
Head hung low
You pushed her up against a wall
Called her a worthless
Lift her sleeves...
From the start our love was forbidden.
My parents were strict on making you staying hidden.
But against all odds we found a...
I cry for those who cannot cry anymore
I speak for those who are lost
I can’t take the violence anymore
I refuse to believe...
Birth is characterized by the second, minute, hour, and year you were born
Your parents admired your innocent face
A...
It was the end of sophomore year when I found out.
My heart stopped,
time stopped,
and there was a not in my chest.
The...
the flavor
of funk
is the skies
is thighs flesh wrapped
in the dark, grey clouds
the taste of green wood
is soft
but pointy...
I smile outwardly to you because I don't need your pity,
You see me as a happy, bubbly, and sparkling young woman.
Did you...
Justice Santamaria
You Only Write Once Scholarship Slam
Home of the Brave
July 4, 1776 marks a day so grand.
Yet look at...
Her pain is inevitably concealed in the softness of her skin, and the enduring expression of her eyesWhen beneath her...
Before we take our first breath.
And form opinions of one another.
Everyone looks the same
And no judgment is ever created....
A past society filled with male-dominance,
Where accepting woman for their skills and passions was never a first priority....
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No One will ever truly know me.
How can they when they never even try,
because I smile they assume I am...
It rains every day in London
And even the Hollywood stardom swim
Swim transatlantic the teary, salty body of water
Where...
Out by Lucero
I know that this doesn’t talk to everyone,
but thee as an upper class I just can’t individualize.
Even...
She’s seven but she seduced me. It’s not my fault, she asked for it!
RAPED
Her guardians trusted me. I babysat her every day...
I can't stand any of you freaks,You teachers are the Belle Plaine geeks,
We get in trouble for telling what we think,No...
I am here to tell the story
Of the ones that came before me
Who did not have the strength to tell you
Or the voice to make...
She never could see her full potential
But it never was that far away,
Everyday was a straight journey
And she knew what...
I need money for college
so to gain more knoledge
I think I'm pretty smart
Especially in the performing Arts
I need my...
America,
Who are we?
Bigots. Not nearly a society.
America,
What are we?
Wanna-bees and bastards; clearly a pseudo society...
may not belong to a family now, still got a life, have my own back, yet not a normal childhood.It doesn't matter if I don't...
The skin
that I am in
is my own
For it is something that
I could never loan
It is the bark on my bones
the shell on my...
With beautiful oceans and beautiful seasOur home is full of life but thats not what we seeThe greed for more is not what we...
Afghanistan, what once was a gorgeous land
Now cremated into dust and emptiness
The Taliban pinned on every corner
Rifles...
Ear-piercing and uncalled for. A shriek steals me away from the night’s slumber. Brilliant are the gleaming golden rays of...
As we live life there are many questions that dwell within our curiosity,
Most of those questions rely on how we live,
How...
I write until I can't think of anything to write
I carry my notebooks and pens wherever I go
So I can express my feelings
My...
You know when you get those butterflies
And they wake you up every morning, to help you realize
That there is someone who...
The long awaited day is here,
white lines on green grass, white tape in teenage arms, white socks before new cleats.
Coaches...
You did so much for me; I don't know where to start
I'm glad you are my mom, I love you a lot
You mean so much to me
I don't...
If I were a word in the dictionary it would be inquisitive, why? You might ask, because I'm continuously striving to make...
Is this the face of our youth?
Or is it the face of abuse?
So many children with so little hope.
And so many families on a...
Life only favors the richWorking hard till deathWill we ever stop to restSeeing the rich enjoy lifeThe poor watch with...
Most people know what they want to be
Others don't have a clue
That's me
People say "I've always wanted to be a doctor."
I...
The fight never ends for me.
My life, also known as the never-ending battle.
Murder. Murder my fear.
Kill. Kill the hate I...
"You need to learn to manage your time!",
Say all the teachers, sharing the same paradigm
that all students are the same and...
In and out you meet strangers day and night. Even the friends you've come to know and love were stranges at once. Your...
“So, did you pick your major?”
They politely probe and prod.
“What college are you going to?”
“What’s your dream job?”
But...
One chance to change the world
The world around ME
To be as invisible as the wind
But to blow through the very soul
To love...
What lies behind that fair skin
which the Sun kisses passionately?
Love, but not for all
May there be some for me?...
Holding the thick black tape recorder
your life is at your hands.
With the ability to move forward but the rewind button...
LIFE
Such a small word with a lot of meaning
An eclectic beauty or nightmare
It depends on how your visionaries see it
LIFE...
Pen is my weapon of choice,
It is sturdy, and forever.
Not ideal for writings, and drawings.
It is permanent, but genuine....
I remember it like it was just yesterday;
The pain never seems to fully fade away.
I said goodnight and “I love you too.”...
I drew a picture of my heart once
and when I smeared the lines between what's real and what's a lie
I saw your face...
if my life were to cease
and my soul left from my corpse
i know where it's going
i ask you god to permit me to return
as a...
pulling out my hair
drowning in despair
Cinderella made me believe in happily ever after
and driving into the sunset chased...
I'm alive in the last days, I'm blessed to know the Lord, let me please him and let my actions speak more, the light of...
The bird flew high over/ Soaring with his great wings/ Not a care in the world/ Until one day.../ The sky turned grey and it...
just wanted to say thank you my brother
thank you for your time
it was worth more than a single dime
when we spoke, it was a...
There is a flower
Its petals are elegant and they roll outward gloriously like
Arms and they revel in the sun.
This is May,...
A bit of a pain in the arse
Already at the brink
The time clock is at rush hour
But the heart still beats
I look up at the...
Do teachers really trust our creative power?
Do they give everyone equal opportunities and trust?
The answer is widely known...
When the gates slumped open
I went deep in, Puerto Rican, butter pecan
Was the texture of her skin in
The sensation was like...
I dance because I can because I want to because when everything in my life takes a turn for the worst those 1234's will...
Fear and fear the grades are coming,the destiny awaits and depends on it,your grades will decide if you are worth loving,...
out of nowhere
i rise
my punch lines to divide stands of sanity
it won't take much longer until people are imprison with...
(slow): bee boo bee bop bee bee boop..
*internet connecting noises*
connecting..
dialing...
connecting..
(fast): CLICK CLICK...
I just wanna be heard
today in this world
Voice so strong and beautiful
I know I've been knocked down 300 times
With two...
It is interesting to consider
The meaning of life
Think about it
I am here
I am existing
What is the purpose of all this
Are...
You’re not what I expected; with evil you’ve been infected.
My veins cry, for it was you who I respected.
Dear vulnerable...
It is because of that day in 1963
that blacks are capable of rising above all.
It is because of unity that I can express the...
I must go,
I’ve been down this road before.
A state of mind,
Stopped,
By the world.
The burning sensation that courses...
See when I was younger my momma said when you turn 18,
You either go to college or get a job or you won't be staying,
In my...
I promise I love you this is not a mindless behavior cuz my mind been made up even before we made love before our lips even...
Brock Light
broken glass
everyone makes mistakes
it gives people pains, and aches.
you need a break?
the pain comes back. ...
"Without you I'll always be missing pieces of me, I'm only holding on for you,standing here lonely and cold
waiting for that...
One single bus
A lone driver
Empty bus stop
Moon shines brightly
Footfalls clicking
Worn-out lady
Eyelids drooping
Yawn...
When I was six years old, I found out what love was made of.
It was made of alcohol, blood, and broken bricks.
At least,...
passing the torch
was suppose to be sacred
from Moses passsing on the torch to Joshua in honoring the old covenant aka the...
Now listen up ladies,
Your beautiful, smart, and tough creatures.
You are all different with many distinct features.
Don’t...
Tiger, tiger now you are free to run through the night,
Free like a bird being released from it's cage.
Tiger, tiger your...
Word is Bond, for the understood it is fond, beyond the shallow of a pond, it overpowers the magician's wand, its not slick...
When I think of Succes, it comes to me
when i dream od Succes, i see it close
When i touch succes, it fates away
Succe is my...
Living in poverty is war. Life itself is war, but when you mix poverty and life you get turmoil. Living a life in turmoil...
OutCast
Outcast
See it was Just another day,
See as usuall My friends spoke but i was never swayed,
See at first it...
They call him different
They call him an abomination
Just because of who he loves
What is wrong with that?
His father can't...
FREE
All I ask is to be free
Free from all your drama and confusion
Free from your cold hearted ways
Free from your dramatic...
You teach me these credentials
But do not let me know about the essentials
You purposely call on me when I do not know
Then...
Sitting at my pc watching the cursor blink the cadence is 1-2... 1-2... feeling down so I reach out for my friends but...
The sun is bright on a cloudless day
The children are laughing, as they go out to play, as they go out to play
Darkness...
Foster kids are put down No matter their background We can be successful too Maybe our ideas are new Maybe we can change it...
We can work, work. And it will never be enough. The hours we have studied and tears we've cried will not be enough to boost...
My individuality is
Locked in a little box.
My insane attempts to maintain a higher status-quo
Shoot me and throw me down a...
The "Destroyer" the destroyer is the shit thrown in our face by society! Us Women
dress in clothes that barely covers our...
As a teenager, time and time again, I am asked the question, "want a drink?" My response to the request always catches the...
As i write i cry because i think of you... My tears is like a race because they run down my face... You make my heart full...
These tiding waves will crash and we won’t last.
When this storm arrives you will only be;
This aching in my heart is only...
Lets take a trip into my mind,
Let us see what we can find,
Journey to the cortex
Sleepless nights looking to the stars...
Dear reader, well I'm Brandon lara, I know you guys must've been expecting a poem or maybe even a haiku but you know.. I was...
THIS IS TEN PERCENT HUSTLE, TWENTY PERCENT WILL
FIFTEEN PERCENT POWER OF PASSIONATE SKILLS
FIVE PERCENT DRIVE, FIFTY PERCENT...
See cause every time I came around, he was always trying to put it down
Always trying kiss that, hit that, and diss that,...
Do you call life having fun, going to the club, just wasting your time?
My brother, My sister life is all about surviving...
I can give advice but not take it myself?
What's the point of the luxury of knowledge and not indulge in your own wealth?...
What if we taught our children to think?
What if we taught our children to be open-minded?
We should teach our children how...
how could you
fall in love with someone
who has HIV
she states
impossible
impossible
how could you
fall in love with someone...
Our Father, our dad, a wonderful man
You beleve in us and tell us we can do whatever we think we can
A dad is a symbol of...
Some strive to be different
But I strive to be me.
They say that it's easy
But, some will never see.
They don't know my...
All you do is bring me down.
You told me I am ugly, a slut, a loser, and a monster.
I am no longer the moster.
I have...
The wind was howling like crazy,
Then, the next thing I knew I heard the thunder,
I got so scared that I got under my bed,...
How many times must I say what everyone else is thinking.
This girl is driving me crazy and I cant avoid this sinking....
Hahahah you're hilarious!
You thought this note was about how
You broke some girl's heart!
Comedy gold.
This is coming from...
When I am with you time flies by.
I feel as if I was in a garden and you
where the most beautiful rose, or as if
I was in...
Dear Mom and Dad, how are things with you?
Has everything been alright?
Did everyone sleep tight?
Me in a shell, to tell...
As the days pass by, my future seems to be coming at me full speed;
There is no running, there is no hiding;
All I have is...
I'm tired of fighting
So tired of striving
For the possibility of harmony
Everything has gone wrong
Flipped upside down
Must...
I seek adventure
I know not where I go
I'm not an extremist for
I dare not go there
I seek a strolling adventure
one that...
(poems go here) The palm of a man that she loves so dear
A palm that has often stricken her with fear
A palm that use to...
while staggering through the streets of spanish harlem
i found myself feeling empower
being around dudes that were...
And when it hit me, it was excruciating pain. How could someone I knew so well,
go about being treated such a way? You...
it is always said
to love your neighbor
and hate your enemies
i tell you
love your enemies
and pray for those who persecute...
I ache for love and trust; to be able to see the beauty in everything around me, to be true to myself.
I fear of meeting my...
It’s that time of year again.
Labor Day rolls around
and summer comes to a disappointing close;
so ends our brief,...
I sit in front of you today,
To learn what I will be one day.
Eyes open with thoughts to share,
But knowing that you just...
Ya see
His insecurities were molested by that bitches jealousy directed and aimed towards me
All because...
My sister, Mother, grandmother, aunt, my friends
We are all one
The dark roots we come from
Look deep inside you
Society...
I love these walls,
They’re colored with the stains of my youth,
The smudges of my past,
They enveloped us as we explored...
Tragic answers come from optical illusions
Grey souls, Grey shoes I've even got grey blues.
but the answers require...
Before I was born everybody joined the conspiracy
So no I'm pouring out my tears, got to do it lyrically
Trying not to say...
I can't sing, lets be real. Cooking; ha, I burn every meal. I can't say im the weathiest person in town, some days my makeup...
Standing still,
eyes planted on the framed piece before me.
Canary yellow, alive like a dandelion takes me back
to the two...
You see a Face,
A Statistic
A Number
Another name on a list.
But I am MORE
-A Person.
-A Life.
A...
If only you could see into my brain.
See all the things that worry me, discourage me;
The things that I can't take.
My...
I write for this broken and sought after land, that's choking from the pullution which man refuses to stop in advance, I...
Life is just a long journey
We think it lasts an eternity
We try to look for the end
While looking for a positive bend
And...
As we grow stronger our love tears apart,
seeing you with other people tears me apart,
the love I have for you is amazing,...
creation gasping like
everlasting breath control
undergo infrastructure experiment
like past epidemics
hatred still runs...
For two cents I will take what I can get
offerings come short for the sake of relevance
breaking through soil to say it has...
Now that I've taken off my rose colored glasses I see
I see who you really are beneath the smooth talk and sweet lies
I see...
I am flawless because I am passionate
Beauty is fleeting but loving the world is forever
My eyes turn to gold when I talk...
We dream of hope;
of changing our lives for the better;
dreaming of flames that soar to the sky;
wanting love as it...
I am the diary of a lonely sinner-
Pages bleed with ink as black as my soul.
I am the tears shed by a broken priest-...
Hiding in the closet while teardrops are flowing
Wondering when is this feeling of despair going to end
But wait!! I see a...
I am the diary of a lonely sinner-
Pages bleed with ink as black as my soul.
I am the tears shed by a broken priest-...
I am always with you
In your head, In your soul
You are so full of light
But I am nothing but darkness
I make no sound at...
Feeling restless, hard to sleep
when will you come back?
Endless thoughts about your safety
completely out of whack...
Do...
School is cool, yeah right. Not when your teachers are asses and you pass without "passing." It's interesting to think about...
I love you,babe.
I only manipulate you into doing what I want because I love you.
I tell you not to hang out with your...
I have the word of God on my mind,
Into my heart it's enshrined,
born and raised this way,
but I live on my own time.
This...
Just like you and I
I'm from the teddy bear, the blanket, the "I can't sleep without these tonight"
Just like you and I
I'm...
Once there was a boy with a heart so big
A heart so willing to give, give and give
A heart so forgiving and filled with joy...
You're smile brings flutters to my heart, it makes me weak in the knees.
Your smile is contagious, it brings light into my...
Even with the secure life of being a mayor, things didn’t turn right;
Jobs fled, stocks fainted, and businesses fell to the...
I cant even focus all i hear is people talk locust.They think i´m mean, but they don't know a thing that i mean.So let me...
The television is on and I sit back relaxed, enjoying the program. A sensation emerges inside my stomach suddenly. I pay...
As we grow older
we are told to be strong.
We forget about all the youth around us
and listen to the songs.
We carry the...
I have seen the world dark and painful. I have seen young children that go by some days not knowing that someone cares. I...
Sir Mix-A-Lot once stated, “Oh, my, God. Becky, look at her butt. It is so big, she looks like. One of those rap guys'...
we live in a cold world
where newly parents are victims of a hit and run
cowardly act by none other than a coward
we live in...
One plus one plus one plus one. It’s endless. Separate components come together. Pink yellow green orange. Around and...
Who has the right to stereotype me?
Who has the right to stereotype you?
Don't stereotype me, I'm more than what you think I...
it was all a dream
it wasn't a fantasy of playing ball with the dream team
i heard my father echoing my nickname
bobby,...
The secret to happiness is freedom
The secret to freedom is courage
All of your dreams can come true
If you have the courage...
Character
Deep within the focal point of your exterior lies character.
Character yet to be defined,
Character that has...
"Go away," the guard says to him.
But he begs and flatters his way in any way.
He looks around, beaming at all the shining...
I find myself in a dark corner:
No way out.
How did I get here?
I need to get out.
But the question remains,
How?
I close my...
Two figures, black and shadowy Bundled up for their snowy hikeWalk in silence Only broken by the pattering of a stray’s...
You can't control me,
or that is what I keep telling myself.
I control myself.
If anything you control no but yourself.
You...
Strong meadows blow in the breeze
Children laugh and play and tease
No care in the world
Just hand in hand
Somethings they...
When I was younger
I would sit in the back of the classroom without saying a single word
My teacher would always call on...
[Freestyle Slam] 7/12/2016
Grave me with the words left unsaid; that drowsy night under the light pole I was waiting for a...
It was early
I took a hold
I held it surely
I looked and behold
A new calling
And I was balling
I am a voice of the shadows,
Forgive my hushed tone,
Because I am unknown,
Unable to waste away
But I am a voice unheard
Day...
Cuffs and the orange suit
Gavel slams and court ensues
as my sentence remains on this mans hands
and the guard man hands me...
Years with countless tears
Feeling like there is no one to turn to
Living amongst everyday fears
Lonely nights, emotional...
there are many Satans in this world
to see me fall
to see me fail
to see me lose
to see me not overcome
sure enough doesn't...
When your parent is hurt
You can't help but to cry
But all you have to do
Is look on the bright side
Everything gets better...
I am Me... I'm different from many but almost like some. I'm considered young and just like to have fun, although my soul is...
When dawn arrives,
the sun will rise,
and the light will shine so bright,
trying to greet the fleeting night.
It leaks...
A dehydration of knowledge quinched by the waters of education
A whole new start, a whole new foundation
The rapids will...
Multiple Excuses of why you shouldn't
The odds are against me
Statistics beat me
Society snarls at me based off my...
What I Will Change …I will change the way society views a womanThis view has been around way to longI will change this for...
What will I do in the future?How will I do it?What am I doing now?
These thoughts parade and ricochet within my mind like a...
I write what's on my mind,
I write as if I was blind,
I write what's in my heart.
There's no formal training,
Or guidelines...
Land of the free? Oh, what a joke
Free is being able to go out in the day, and not worry about getting harassed.
Free is...
to live in die in ny
where brother is trying to fatten their pockets
brothers is hustling for cash
it's hard to knock them...
As I can see life how it can really be... I'm just going through life trying to figure out the person I was meant to be....I...
Bottled up with emotion sadness running deeper than the ocean hatred and love such a thin line between both sometimes it is...
Coming into a placewhere we live,real world,reality,life. where we have happiness,sadnessand everything in betweenwho ever...
Noble men and gentlemen of valor.
Where have you run off to?
Times have surely changed, but
who is to say we do not need men...
Don't text and drive
But that's for a car
Text and bike?
You already know
Bikes are useful to get around
So are...
The process of voting and intellectual conversations upon us effect us in a massive amount of unecessary brain farts.
He who...
I.
I possess infinite items, yet I have nothing.
My reaches are endless, ceaseless, and pitiless.
Nothing I see will stay...
I stacked them up as tall as the sky
Which may sound like very high
Though really it was just a lie,
Probably because I was...
Unspoken words
on the surface of my mouth.
I wonder how, in deep thought, I lay.
I wonder how
How to release, to let them...
you are an amazing god
you are a loving god
i pray to you
guide me in the right direction
so i don't take detours
i pray to...
like hot food
i love you
warm bread
cold cuts
like a classic salami
sweet cream
on an ice cream sammich
i'll enjoy all
day...
There is nothing that can keep me from believing
There is no one that can change my heart
I can say that the Lord is my...
There once was four students
Who all came together
For a project that requires thought and prudence
In a class taught by Ms....
A disheartened child with eyes filled with tears.
A broken heart and mind filled with fears.
Another one waits with sadness...
Darkness,
Silence,
All around.
Lights go off,
All over town.
Hear the children,
Watch them weep.
Feel the silence,
As it...
Victory lied, just in my sights,
and my feet found their rhythm with greater ease
as they conquered the last of the lap....
The once white rose has withered. Stomped on. Crushed. Bruised.Left with no sunlight..The spirit leaves the body and...
Obstacles come in and out
damaging your health and feelings
You don't realize until everything is lost.
Regrets...
Oh Dairy, the love I have for you is a love one may never understand. I love your taste in a soft serve form, as you drip...
They say ' You gotta catch them all! '
We knew we were a great match like Ash and Pikachu,
but you decided to change now...
The silent bestfriend that is a great listener,
The easiest way to express your feelings on paper.
When things get rough and...
One day I saw him on the couch
Tears falling down his face
Said that we didn't love him enough for him to stay
Claiming to...
My eyes have turned to dark pinnacles
Concealing the madness I hide behind them.
My head bears the countenance of a morning...
I want you to write me a letter. Take a moment out of your day to show me what love feels like. I want you write me a letter...
Streaming in from the rivers of originality
Bracing as a feel of mysteriousness covers the body of
A man deep in his dreams...
Anonymous:
Adj. of unknown or undiscovered name or authorship
I prefer to remain anonymous, to live without a name, No...
My little big brother, how I loved you so much,
nineteen years, just wasn't enough.
From the time we were little and I...
Why doesn't she tell us how to work these problems?
When is lunchtime?
I am so thirsty... Let me get some water please.
Whoa...
island that is fascinating
beats are drumming
sounds are playing
feets are moving
congas is vibrating
dancing...
Pay it forward.
Do the good.
Be the change.
Education is your stepping stone, no one will give you a bone.
The world is a...
overlooking the life below.
Seeing streetlamps spitting yellow.
Watching trails of red and white;
heads and tails of...
The expression of the people, in this world I see
All the living conditions, they never chose to be
In such financial jams,...
Love has rusted away
And made lusted chains of sorrow
My generation lives for today we don't think about tomorrow
We set...
you can define truth through one's soul
defining UR own soul and
defining others truth
that will eventually be revealed
by...
True beauty is hard to find
When we refuse to read between the lines
Smoked eyes and cracked mirrors
We often are deceived...
Am I ready for the real world?
Time just simply flies by
Now junior, about to be senior
Have thoughts about college, but
Not...
there was a kid in trouble
i spoke to him reminding him that he is better
he did
he tried to rob a liquor store and was shot...
I am here
My soul wants to reach
with ideal grace,
This hand shall shake no more
Upon breath, smiles, tears, of all my life...
Cancer is a monster, who takes away great souls,
The innocence of people, they didn't have control
It didn't just break the...
Bros over hoes should never be an answer
Because that one special girl
Will always be your answer
She should mean everything...
I can't decipher if it was love that caused me to be attracted to him
Was it his cologne or after shave
Was it his thug like...
I did not know today would be the day
I thought it would be like any other ride with my mom
Us ridin', having a mother...
Looking up into the sky,
Seeing towers that offer dreams.
The American Dream within your hand.
Comfort, luxury, could it be...
this is a season to be jolly
how can it be all smiles
when little children dodging bullets running all miles
visions of a...
Born the same way as me and you and yet treated like an outcast, because they feel that loving sensation to the same sex...
Black men of today lets start being fathers
And setting examples for our sons and daughters
Lets treat not only yourselves...
when it's over
let it go
no matter
how many efforts one tries
how many times one tries to work it out
if it doesn't work
let...
The inflation of our lungs, the intake of her air, the pressures high strung and oppressed by a blare.
The passive thrill in...
Tick Tick Tick as the big hand on the clock keeps moving ready to consume in take seconds from my day .Meaning nothing to a...
Does happiness come from the smile that's on your face?
or does it come from your heart.
happiness is what gets you by the...
The boy with colored eyes
The boy with pale skin
The boy with a cute smile
The boy who makes me grin
The boy who's really...
Today is the day
It's finally May
4 months of winter have gone away
Nothing has changed from April to May
I woke up this...
Staring at the television
Staring at the magazine
Self esteem going down
Now I have to lose five more pounds
The definition...
Life, Liberty, and The Pursuit of Happiness are all American citizens rights.
So, why is it that being who you are, and...
Why So Much Hate?
Why so much hate?
With the shoes he wear
The pants he loves
The shirt he adore for
Why so much hate?...
Where is your mind today as I look at the rain coming down, You could be kinder on this Monday instead of having a frown,...
Not yet five months into this world of misfortune and lies
Tubes, oxygen my little one survives
Staying strong, even though...
I believe in love at first sight and i believe that love can outlast the stars,If i didn't i would just be a fool writing...
These cold hands are stuggling
Can't get warm if anything
I try and try again
Only to get colder than
The heart of this...
Things are awful, I feel so bad
im so fat, and always ssad
the worse I feel the more I eat
i try to fill the empty spots...
The prisoners treated life as game
Yet, surprised to be locked in rusty cells
There's nobody except themselves to blame...
By all means Mr. Ward you teach so great, your lectures sometimes make me meditate, your funny and wise and understand it...
Life is a crazy ride!
Going very fast down a hill
There is never a slow moment,
High school never slows down
There is a...
A broken girl you see
with a flawed family
she hides up in a tree
playing hide and seek
too old now for the games
she is...
You divulge memorized, compromised,
Bits and pieces of truths that will probably be disproven and morph into lies.
I know...
Hello , Teachers
Listen know that I got you're attention I'm going to mention a couple things that bring...
Facing Adversity
There is one thing that has been bothering me
That I must address
It bothers me
Just like a pest
“Don’t...
Well life is what you make it
We've heard that all before
Never mix that or make it too complicated
We’ve got to many...
Dreams are for the rich and the free
Our only escape is in our sleep
Err' your alarm bell rings
& your back to misery...
Rappers these days have no talent.
They care more about the money than the craft.
They want to be at the top…but don’t...
darling, please
don't destroy yourself.
i know that you think that this is all there is
but please, just know
that there...
Entering the restaurant my senses arose.
The permeating Thai spices tickled my nose.
Thai food is what I savor.
The spicy...
You know that girl who's always smiling?
The one that laughs at everyone's jokes?
Can you tell on the inside she is dying?
A...
Pain in my sight
Feeling like there's no more fight
I can't sleep through the night
With all these tear
feel like it ant...
Romulus is strong and full of might.
Remis his brother is as brave as many lions.
Both are strong and exceedingly bright....
I walk the halls from dawn til' noon,
praying that I could go home soon.
I do my work & try my best,
why do teachers...
Poetry...?
why is this word so friendly to me?
just the sound of it brings out the sun in a torturous storm,
it understands...
A smiling boy
enjoying a hamburger
with his father.
Contented cattle,
corn cud in their
bovine mouths.
Midwestern...
I was not born in a usual way
Not a specific hospital, time or place
My life started through my paper and pen
I bursted...
Thankfull of who I am,
greatfull of who I was,
yet, what I was is not who I am,
and who I am is not who I was,
yet, I am me...
Interesting is the word LOVE.
Love. A word people use, openly to,
One another. Sometimes LOVE is used in good ways,
Very...
(poems go here) people look at me and they see nothing, they act as if i dont exist in this world. my head is spinning in a...
Burning brightly as a star are her eyes,
Her eyes that peer through the lens and see new worlds,
New worlds that she can...
7:20
Late, herded into a room deprived of civilizations air,
Filling my brain with the mans gloom or so we all presume....
With my neck in the collar
and the collar to the leash,
I have nothing to live for,
except eating loose meat.
I once had a...
Day by day it is constantly used
Without it, I can’t communicate
Why do you think I love to debate?
It can leave you, me,...
We fight, but what for?
we hate, but what for?
we bully, but what for?
We are here to make a difference, too help others,...
it's brown
it's chocolate
it's smooth
it's soothing
most think i'm referring to a candy
i'm not
Hershey is the name of my...
First day, not so bad
Went to class and went home to tell mom and dad
Weeks went by and things stayed the same
I was...
Education:It's compulsory.We 'get one' by law. Education:It's in the eye of the beholder.I guard mine closely. Teacher:A...
Tell her she's nothing, useless, minuscule, minute,
Tell her she's worthless, the price of a penny
put your hands around her...
just like the message saids in my wrist livestrong
what does it mean?
fabrication of lies
lost all ties
getting caught for...
I've had my heart broken
Buried Before
But it always comes back
Rising Corps
I give it up too easily
I’m No Whore
But I can’...
It would say:
For eyeliner, mascara, blush, and concealer,
All there for girls appeasement
And there magical purpose
Remains...
He sits in his room contemplating on his life, he feels alone as he's in his house at night.
However his heart is filled to...
If life was based on a fairy tale and everything was what it seemed,
condemned by your biggest fears and hostility blocking...
Feet that are super huge, put me a step ahead of the competitionLegs that are long, lavish and lead me to the futureAnd a...
(poems go here) My love is not for sale
I’ve put it on the market before
And went through hell
Just to make it well again
I’...
i am the lover that you finally saw
a shadow behind your smile
my fragrance you smell
exploring your eyes for validation...
Why am I Here?
The answer is not clear.
He has no lesson plan or teaching material.
He has never prepared notes...
what do i do now?
i want to stay mad at you because you were wrong.
but i can't help but love you
you got him arrested!
no...
oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhh
i'm an alien
an illegal alien
i'm a boricua in New York
ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhh
i'm an alien
i'm an...
My cheeks are rosie when I giggle
My eyes smile when I'm happy
When you see me my eyes turn away
My ears hear laughter in...
Peace
Peace and love
Peace and happiness
Peace and freedom
Peace and blessings
Peace in the family
Peace and positivity...
No flex zone I act like a crazy ass motherfucking person the hype is SO real for me. I can't just stay alone to my self but...
The Classroom
It should be an emporium of wonder
a place where the mind can explore
thoughts can be free
and teachers are...
I remember my younger years
in a two parent home
the words home and parent used loosely because i always felt alone
i...
Waves tumble towards the beach.
Whoosh, Crash, Whoosh, Crash.
A sound as familiar as a heart beat.
Whoosh, Crash, Bedum,...
Here I sit all by myself,
My life displayed on this little shelf,
And as I pack each piece up,I can't help but think that...
Your heart gets tired of all of the crap you bring to it
Thinking its love but its lust you're bringing to it
Torn up inside...
They are children
Look in their innocent eyes
Help them
They are children
Put an end to the abuse
They are only children
In...
Chuckles in a quiet room
Broke silence
And pushed her further down.
Harassment starts way too soon
From small lips
Of middle...
His body shuddered with tears....
His words, his plea for understanding, made every heart cry.
He had been beat, broken with...
Psychology
The only job that I love
It makes me want to succeed in life to have it. Helping people is a rewarding job,...
2 path 1 journey
2 paths minus 1 journey equals 1 love
1 love times 1 love equals unconditional love
1 unconditional love...
How could one,
Mean so much,
Hurt so much,
Always be there,
Unlike me,
I adore her,
Forever.
Forever seems so-
Far.
Thoughts...
She knew a man
Not just any man
A special man
Her grandfather
He was special beyond the rest
Her favorite person to see
He...
I bet you don't even notice
That your criticisms really hurt
Please try to screen
The awful things that you blurt.
I don't...
As a shadow,
things can always be seen at different angles,
but as no'one notices you, you loose expression,
you lose that...
there is enough tyranny hypocrisy synecdochial koinonia in the modern day
definition of love to siphon off realness in...
Never being good enough,
Not good enough for earning the right grades,
Feeling like I can't reach for my goals in life.
Why...
Not just a number.
Not just another dollar in your paycheck;
But a part of America’s future.
To understand.
To have...
How do I explain this thing that is going on with me
What is this thing actually called
Is it love or is it hate
Is it a...
One journey has ended
But the new has begun
It’s my time to shine
It’s my time to breathe
It’s my time to shout
And show who...
How do you expect me to speak,
When every time
I try to speak, you
Shut
Me
Down.
How do you expect me to speak,
When every...
I'm screaming to the top of my lungs
Can you hear me?
My heart is beating fast
Can you feel me?
The world is going crazy...
15 minutes of police brutality
Racial profiling,
Skeletal distortion,
A full 15 minutes of Rodney King,
A presumably...
I look at her and smile
My older sister; my built in best friend
How beautiful she had become, amazing in her...
Seconds
Minutes
Hours
The never ending clock reads how much time goes by.
I sit on the couch and am inside an abyss of...
My problems are on the rise like the bubbles in an aged bottle of champagne
A myriad of curses, issues, and a cacophony of...
Here’s to all the believers and dreamers,
the open hearted who is free spirited to making
the impossible possible.
...
Run son
Look how far we have come
The worlds a better place and our problems are undone
But have we really took the leap we...
The Power of WordsEvident through self-expression,Through writing,Through speech.Placing Letters carefullyIn OrderTo tryand...
You can think of no better use of time,
Than to wait on things of importance divine.
To watch the sand slip through its...
Tonight, the silence is interrupted,
your screams are hardly faint...
Tonight, you've forgotten about my presence
as you...
I am an minority
i wonder if i could really pass in society
I hear people talking around me
I see things bigger and...
To shake the hand of the principal is my goal
To uplift my parents soul
To make my teachers proud
To stand in front of the...
What's more important than timing?
Life?
Love?
School?
College?
You say family and school
What you really mean to say is...
Driving the car
got a text from a friends
asking "where you at"
I look down at my phone
the next the thing I knew
I hit a...
Let them be as weeds
Always pulled, plucked, killed, and dead
But harnessed to the cement sidewalk
I’d rather be a beautiful...
Your a nutriontion teacher yet your obese and have a poor diet but you want me to eat healthy and and exrcise yet, you cant...
It's the Elite Eight and everything is on the line,
Playing Duke again for the 2nd time,
The season, it means the world to...
I’m not good enough
Comparing myself to others always
Look at the negative side
Thoughts run through my mind as I walked...
I go through struggles everyday, yet I still stand
Here now and moving forward always ready
Green eyews follow where ever I...
life is definitely a challenge,but your first obstacle is your education.
School is your first priority. Not the streets...
with butterflies in my stomach, inspiring thoughts in my mind
olay body lotion on my body, cologne on my neck
knowing what...
I would change the violence
All this fighting is complete
Nonsense it's like you
Don't know how to get along
You waste money...
All I Got.. is your love and your smile. Your laughter and care. Your tounch and your kisses. Your heart and your mind. Your...
Teenage girl afraid to be alone
Don’t wanna be alone in the storm
Mom’s moved out, your dad is away
The devil found a way to...
a flower with sharp deadly thorns
a rose of beauteous nature, and divine scent
conversely, an avert coming in contact
sharp...
Countless times in the classroom
Bemused and Confused
You wear your self-righteous costume
Embellished with an apathetic...
this blank page
is smoother than my life
with full control
I dirty it up
this courageous pen
is my one escape
my thoguhts go...
mind is on hold
heart is in fast forward
words were once all that needed to be heard
Now The People Need A...
Knowledge is power.
It is told.
A Irish man do not like it when someone is messing with his gold.
Lonely he may seem to be,...
I'm alive in the last days, I'm blessed to know the Lord, let me please him and let my actions speak more, the light of...
It starts with money. The lack of it, We know it's funny, But bit by bit, It all becomes blood money And it may be hard to...
Dear Brother
Forgive me of my sins for I'm not the same
Growning up these years I'm no longer sane
But you hold on trying...
Why stand alone when the battle is nearly won
Why stand alone eventho the odds are against your will
Why stand alonw when...
I assure you that we cannot get much worse.
Is that so?
Well, how can we?
The years are not favorable to those who predict...
We'll be here until the end of time,
let's not leave love behind,
let's be kind,
clean the earth,
make it shine,
because our...
Our story began in the mid of July
I came to school, I learned how to fly
You taught me of hunger, of pain and of war
That...
She was a perfect being spectacular in every way
We knew each other for years, silent of my true feelings
Homecoming came...
I don't have to apologizefor not being perfectbecause I wake upevery morning to livemy life....Not to impress you!
during get together
one of the fathers from my agency said something that was striking
he praised us for our dedication for...
I cannot pull the curtain back because my mind tells my hands “Don’t do it, they won’t understand us.” I cannot pull the...
I dont know why,
Why I want to cry,
Why my soul wants to die,
Why my hopes and dreams turn into lies.
Can someone please...
My thoughtsGo crazy. They wander,They go in circlesMaybe that's the reason for the blackCircles underneathMy eyes.My...
On the outside, I may look normal,
Just like all the rest.
But inside, I am hurting,
My heart tearing in two,
From the...
I am a different color, yet the same color
I am filled with new ideas, but think the same thoughts
I am an individual,...
So tired of playing the same sick games
Running around in circles playing whose to blame
We fight we fight you’re mad you go...
The words she's gone from the doctor
The hysterical crying, bloodshot eyes
The worst ride home
The father saying "I dontcare...
MY THOUGHTS RENDER QUITE WILD AS I PUT my KNEE PAD ON ONE AT A TIME
MY ADRELANINE FEAR ANGER ARE READY TO EXPLODE &...
How was I suspose to know
I would be this strong ?
How was I suspose to know my mom would choose crack over her kids?
How...
God, I feel like I'm not knowing
And that You're supposed to be showing
Me where I'm supposed to go and...
I'm so confused....
Our Devotion to the ever changing world of technology, science, medicine, and math is an incredible thing to witness.
People...
When I think about the soldiers, I think about wars
I think about everything that happened behind closed doors
I think about...
i was the 1st to say happy birthday to u
i will be the last to say happy birthday to u
just wanted to say thank you for a...
He left us to suffer for the sins that grew within our hearts Greif stricken I fell on my knees and I cried facing the soil ...
darling, please
don't destroy yourself.
i know that you think that this is all there is
but please, just know
that there...
Deep down the sea
Where your home will always be
For no pain no harm will exist
Just your beautiful self in deed
Deep down...
Think of the experience of looking through someone else's eyes,
That of someone disabled, to hear their inner cries.
In a...
The desolation of one's existence is a challenge Thoughts are rampant with no expression On this facade of emptiness lives...
All the things I wanted to say
Would not express how I feel
Im glad I didn’t love you
It was only a game
A word that just...
SELLING OUT: WHERE HAS THE VILLAGE GONE! BY: MAM
Many people talk about selling out; in the black community we take things...
What is the brain but a door to our souls?A door I've unlocked but a door you keep closedBecause a door with such power must...
The roaring crash of the waves,
The calm, cloudless sky,
The warm sun touching my skin.
This was home.
The chill of the...
I pledge Alligence.
But to whom?
To the teachers that tell me I cannot thank my savior for all I have.
Why is it an Obsurity...
bounding on the river, while I had my thoughts
about "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For"
a summer and a...
It's been a while since we've had our fix
Our release from this world were livin in
Our Place of solitude just to take that...
I meant to tell you
that I wrote the other day,
but I kept silent
because I wrote about my fears.
And it’s all the words
I...
My hands are sweating,
My mind is fretting.
The clock is ticking,
The time is shrinking.
Still I sit here and stare,...
Shuffle, Look, Smell, Run
It's that time of day again
Splash, puddle, run
Have to get to class
Look up, look down, run?
No,...
Growing up in Brownsville where the Motto is "Never ran and never will". I knew I had to get out of the hood. Anything you...
I will rise to protect the rights of others
I will fight by their side like they were my sisters and brothers
I won’t cast...
you enter the door
meet my eyes
to feel your whispering breeze
across your head
comes a kiss
seen a sweat of sensation...
We live in a society were all men and women are suppose to be equal, but are we really being equal to one another?...
Don’t run from your troubles,
As life takes you by,
It will only cause pain,
As if fire creeped inside,
Burning your desire...
Everybody makes mistakes
Some make big mistakes to where everyone remembers their name
That doesn’t mean they will always...
In the depths of my mind,
I envision my own world.
Its beauty is flawless.
There is nothing but starry skies
and peace that...
i see it happen all the time
they bully the weak
they bully the strong
i see it happen to people i know
the bully strong...
I don't believe in filters.
I don't believe in coloring in the lines.
I don't believe in making apologies for who I am.
I do...
Impacting the male with the simplest interaction,
gaining admiration through physical attraction.
Her power, to many, seems...
Pain
The powerful heat is overwhelming.
Painful
Even the smallest spark of light
Can quickly become a danger
Destructive...
You forced me to observe, what kids my age did not.You taught me to look and see, always looking for a plot.You taught me to...
Why do we need loss?
What is the point of winter?
Loss feeds memories.
Wounds are rebirth.
Winters mark on lively spring....
It's time to take on my responsibilities as a grown man, No longer being dependable so I got to get my own plans. Even...
He said he loved me
He said that he cared
He said he would love me more than could ever share
But he hit me then and I found...
She walks with poise
and looks are always stunning
she makes no noise
but somehow shouting
things inside her head
spinning...
With a smile on my face I walk into her room,
Although that soon changes as she gives me the look of doom.
Her despicable...
Dear Mr Math Teacher
There are no such things as stupid questions
I think you should know this expression since you show...
I knew the day,
I saw those bright green eyes full of love,
Just wanting an home and someone to love her back,
My days would...
my dude
they don't care
if you an individualist
realist pessimist
an asshole a dickhead or a snake
they will try to exploit...
I wonder how you felt when you went to war, when you had the gun in your hand, when your friend hit the floor. Did you cry...
Stupid me? Shame on me?
I thought you were telling me the truth when you said that you love me.
No stupid you!
You're the...
My eyes have turned to dark pinnacles
Concealing the madness I hide behind them.
My head bears the countenance of a morning...
It is a mystery to the secret of the most deadliest weapon ther is.
Where just one touch can break your most vulnerable...
He got up one day
The woman had a lot to say
"Pull your pants up, shut your mouth!"
"Naw, man; my life is going down south...
If I could twist time, turn it, or bend it, / I would start over and see you again / look at your face and / laugh when you...
What happened to love?
Real, open doors, kiss your cheek, hold your hand love.
I grew up at 10. I knew I never wanted that....
I remember that sunny day
When my world crashed and caved
You called me that very morning
And your hair needed to be shaved...
Why did I feel that my presence was an abomination
and that a cut on my wrist should be my only physical sensation?
That at...
I miss you so much already,
This pain will never go away.
If heaven wasn't so far away,
I'd fly up to you every day.
It has...
Just one more drink you told me
Just one more pill you said
I wake up every morning
And expect to find you dead
The drug is...
I write Because...
I write Because...
I write because I can't figure out the answer
I write because it's louder than talking...
People now are just so obtained from plastic. With traits like atheists claiming that they're catholic. If this is new...
They say that chivalry is dead
A witless moral of the youth
Replaced with disrespect, to dread
And turned to ash in times...
the words i use flow through my veins
and the vowels i pronounce are my red and whites
i would like to say straight up fuck...
Too proud for love,
But the way your eyes squint when you laugh makes me think about all of the beautiful things,
So I...
A gentle hand is far more fair
Than a fist raised in violence
A understanding reaps more rewards
Than ignorance and...
Lately I been contemplating suicide,Yeah my life has been okayBut good enough to alive?Imagine me in a casketGun in my mouth...
Berkeley, California - the birthplace of
Civil Rights for the Disabled,
The largest minority group in America;
50 million...
It gets to me when you wanna be with someone that is too hurt to be happy with you.
When they wanna be with you, but they...
tears streaming down little girls faces
hatred words are thrown left and right
they don't know how to fight
the knife...
I'm in placement taken away from the place I belong
Locked Up and in trouble
not layin' in some rubble
I'm pushed to do...
Mother Nature’s grand oceans and seas
Are worthless when we just let them be
All of us united, can plant trees
And renovate...
In the hearts of many
We hold an affinity
For the man who took a stand
The King who created a plan
Brought his dreams to our...
I got some shit that I can't say
that they don't care about anyway
Let's start out with the small stuff
they won't even...
Im young, I Am Dumb,
I Grow, Then im Grown
In this short period of time i have learn much
At times like this i wonder is it...
Yesterday I saw myself as a kid, nine at night going to bed. Today I am up early going to work, trying hard to make that...
My thoughts
Go crazy. They wander,
They go in circles
Maybe that's the reason for the black
Circles underneath
My eyes.
My...
living in new york
is a fast pace
so fast that everything
passes by with a blink of an eye
times when we
need to appreciate...
The end of school is soon,
But yet I don't want to say goodbye.
When the clock strikes noon,
I feel as if a part of me will...
Sophomore year was here, I had already been in college for a year.
Changed majors for the 3rd time, yet nothing really ever...
Ish you can't to your teacher huh?
So what can you say?
I wanna say
I hate seeing your face everyday
I try my hardest
you...
Being stranded on the island looking for adventure with my best friend is all I need. He is who makes me laugh and become...
Animals animals animala
they are here and there
they love you they stay with you
in one second you turn on them
they love...
a child walks in the office
looks of disbelief
expression of his thoughts were shaken
felt like his life was taken
not from...
Heading home for lunch is
the only highlight I have and
it’s too long for my liking.
They call me Grumpy;
my six brothers...
A new concious...
MY mind. MY body. MY spirit.
Left vulnerable to YOUR cruelness.
Isn't it enough?
Aren't I enough?
It's...
You cant hope on tomorrow
Cuase it comes fast
You cant hope on today becuase it passed
All you can do is make it last ...
Hearing the plea'sA croudSo loudAs I am ceased
Held downAnd boundTaste the blood on my jawA blow, cold and raw
Hit my face"...
You'll hear my silent screams
Desperation pleas
The deepest secrets within me
Will be hidden in my dream
Dig, Dig, Dig
Until...
So you wanna be gay, huh?
Well I'm sorry fellow,
but that just don't fly with me.
You gotta be straight and man up.
Show...
You have been hurt too many times before, and I don't want you to cry anymore
You have eyes that are to precious to have...
What a shame, how we all were treated before,
False accusations, people judged the color of skin.
Our potential, needs, and...
Ode To Sunshine
Looking Over The Valley
Slowly Spreading Sunshine
Reaching Out Its Fingers
And Touching Everything
Ode To...
The life we live in is the life we sin in
Why judge someone when everyone was sinning from the beginning
The beginning of...
I remember a quote I folow by from an anime character, Kamina.
"Don't believe in me who believes in you, believe in you who...
As the frogs sing,
The Sun smiles,
Their happiness is contagious,
The flowers dance to their tune,
And gather in Mother...
Excitement courses through me
Like ants in a mad dash for discarded apple pie
I close my eyes and wait for the magic to...
There are so many things I want to tell you
I was the quiet one in class who did all of his work
But you still gave me the...
Teacher said "Do it for a C"
I did it. I wrote the words. The words for a "C"
Teacher said "Congrats on your A"
I did it. I...
because of you
i learn the true meaning of love
because of you
my vision is clearer
because of you
you influence me to be a...
Without a care in the world I stare at the lens in front of me,what has become me
Behind the lens you will find the real me...
The ignorance and simple mindedness of some individuals who told me I wont be anything.
I laugh not knowing what God has in...
You'll never know what's ahead of you
If you are constantly starring back.
How many people do you know move on with their...
my favorite breakfast french toast will never feel hard like rubber
when i am with you
and no matter how much
i try to stay...
singing chanting dance moving
snapping fingers bopping heads
raising hands in the air
clapping and screaming to banging...
I've been put down
But i don't give anyone a frown
It's irritating
I don't show that it's fustrating
I'm going to be at the...
Living in a world with no perfections
stuck in a road with no directions
i have lost myself in everyway
asking myself how...
I'm so done with my household
I can't stay here anymore
This place is making me lose my mind
I feel like I'm about to...
Reading: I used to hate it till she taught me how to annotate it.
Writing: was always a challege until we started...
Hello, my name is Becky and I'm:
A fighter of my own,
A sister who's shadowed,
A daughter who's compared but
I'm bold!
I...
Dear The Youth of Today,
It's time for a wake-up call,
It's time for a change.
We live in a world where it's okay to bottle...
School is so subjective,
it really isn't fair.
Stressing me out till,
I'm pulling out my hair.
I wish teachers would take...
Stepping into high school is like stepping into reality.A place where nothing is handed to us anymore,and peer pressure’s...
Covered, veiled, hidden, but strong,
Your thoughts about me are probably wrong,
Mother, daughter, wife, most importantly –...
Discrimination
Five syllables more venomous than a rattlesnake bite.
More painful than a little girl not getting her kiss...
Of things unknown; they did not say
The idea is flawed and the way it's paved
Such a wondrous lie, the prettiest of tales...
The world today with wildfire spread of imaginations
A conflagration of fearful tones
From the vines they whisper and the...
Reminisce on this, from me to you
Find the strength to break through
The courage to be true
The fortune to stay away from...
How great the day is that we can all play together
All races as one, none left to weather
the storm of racism, the power of...
To own land for oneself-
To speak up for oneself-
To work for oneself-
Are they stooping this low?
Denying themselves this...
What is a mistake if we along with everyone around us cannot learn and benefit from it? Too many of my family members,...
This world is made of color
Perhaps black and gray
Where one is more right than the other
And the other is left for decay...
Out of hope with no where to run
God's plan for me seems to be none
However when a light is seen
Be not tentative to take...
Engineer
Aerospace Engineer
to be exact.
It's my dream job.
I will gain the skills,
take professional hands on training...
For all you who think you have your life set
Your dreams and your plans, the goals that you’ll get
I have a small warning...
Justice for Trayvon
Their will be.
No more unfair inequality
Jury, judge all knew this was wrong.
What more evidence do you...
this is just a test.
a test to show the best how it's really done when my pen scratches the surface
i scribble and i scrawl...
I creep into the lecture hall five minutes late
you frown and tell the class to be tardy is to be rude
what you don't know...
As the sky turns gray and the leaves fall
They walk together through the greens
A deep scene flashes between their eyes ...
I reached up to take a
piece of heaven from the sky.
Without knowing that all I could
grab was a piece of air.
...
It's been almost a year,
Lying alone in bed,
Yearning for him to be by my side again.
Last summer we spent sleepless nights...
Feet on ground
Head in the sky
Making plans for the future
When I am barely getting by
Just happy to be smiling
So lucky to...
I wake in the never-ending bliss of wind and rain,
Covering the echoes of footsteps that were once my own.
Drinking in the...
This system is like a Ford decelerating on the freeway
I mean it'll get you somewhere but not as fast of efficient is that...
I'll show you who won't care most.
I don't think about you as much.
Anymore
I see you and my heart doesn't go back to normal...
You Say that you sell drugs,
and hang out with a bunch of thugs.
Hard and rough,
trying to be tough.
Getting in trouble
in...
(poemWhat power can manifest from the depths of imagination, solutions to problems infused by liquid libations. Books being...
What would I change?
I ask myself.
What would I change?
My surroundings? My peers? My self?
What would I change?
Oh, the...
“Who Am I?!” You Ask.
I’ll tell you who I am!
I am Silvia
She who cannot be tamed
Portraying mischievous...
Sometimes my brain feels like a rubix cube.
Each and everyside has a diffrent memory in each individual square.
4 months ago...
As i stand there contemplating
I see my life slowing fadding.
I could go to the left with my friends
or go to the right...
Cause if I sit here and think of the fact that you used me, confused me, I’d lose me.
But screw that I don’t think I act,...
Sinful Rose, Sinful Rose,
Let free your thorns that want to bite,
I am that rose, Sinful Rose,
leave me to bite.
Once,...
7:25 ring goes the bell.Students linger in the halls a little too long,running to class just trying to pass the late bell.4...
Nothing worse than realizing for the first time
You're glad you're no damned hero
Because no force on Earth,
Or heaven or...
The voice of the young shall grow in honor.
Keep your values but stand for yourself or live the life of a goner.
All the...
I just need to know what is up with this world and what is going on in their heads
Maybe it may take me a day and a year,...
be honest
be truthful
be sincere
be straight-up
keep in 1 hun ned
know what you truly want
be true to yourself
you know what...
newly the body of beauty shall be respected
the body of beauty shall never be neglected
if the body of beauty is well...
I am one of many
With a heart that is heavy
A guilty conscience, with a plea that is constant
Always asking if it was...
This was written a couple years back for a child that was brought into my life through the fostercare system. She had a lot...
Imagination, set me free
Take me far from here
Set me high up in a tree
Give me the chance to disappear
I’m going to swim...
Her eyes sparkle like diamonds,
A smile plays across her lips,
Her hair blows gently in the whispering wind.
No one knew the...
Life is what you make of things
They say you take the good with the bad
They say that life is full of wonders
That there is...
Why are so you fat?
When you can be just as thin,
Some say what matters is within,
You say I can't help that.
Have you...
Real life, real words, real truths, mean little to you.
You hide behind your paranoa,
You want the "best" for me yet
Your...
Sitting against a stone cold wall,
Thinking about people who have it all.
The looks, the brains… and don’t forget the money...
it is always said
an eye for an eye
a tooth for a tooth
never resist to an evil person
if one talks about you
let that...
(poems go here) I am from the un-giving promises
Spoken from the lies of truth
From the depths of joy
Found through a smile...
In the Flanders field
The Poppies wilt
They heard about
The poor Australian guilt
Our Captain said it wouldn’t do
To fire...
(poems go here) spit dat ..what! is the evoluion of words, the power to make a ear bleed, we spit dat... what! to he courage...
My heart, my mind and my soul
It's hurting me to even let this show.
Giving up was never an option for me
but obstacles in...
Help Us. We cry, we plea and we wait.
Help Us. We wait at America's gates.
We are shut out and shunned our battles not won....
Merry, Happy, Gay.
3 words.
One meaning.
Give me laughter or give me smiles,
One that will run for miles.
But how long...
the night falls
because it is too heavy for the sky to hold
and so is my heart
as our lips part for the last time
for a long...
In my family, the “Asian F” means receiving anything besides a perfect score.The “Asian F” is anything less than 100; Fewer...
( the unknown the unsaid keeps your mind restless you become senseless you cant prevent this or that you just have to lay...
One day we were
walking through
a tall field
of daisies.
We were known
as the crazies.
Always roaming
about with our
retro,...
Love is a bond that we both share. Love is not just found anywhere. This word "love" may be small, but it's power is like a...
I come from a place in which you’re lucky to make it to 18, this is war
History didn’t teach us anything, its still the...
Meditating in a room with a thousand lit candles
Imprisoned and enslaved by thoughts my mind cannot handle
Bloodshot eyes...
Hardship and terrible ties
A grave road ahead filled with lies,people give to you when they don`t see themselves...
They say they cant hear me. Do i really talk low?
Am i just that odd ball in the classroom.
They look at my binder an see...
She was my best friend since birth,
One of the smartest kids I knew.
Just four months ago she was taken from this Earth.
She...
Behind her mask,
Is someone whom nobody recognizes.
Hidden and disguised,
By secrets and lies.
Appears mighty and strong,...
This is to be preformed as a slam holding a black stick, as a prop.
I would like to introduce you to Mr. Stick.
His...
What could possibly be said to comfort those left behind?
Everyone clings to thoughts of their own.
But what would she...
when i was born
i didn't feel that i became a scorn
to my mother
right now
i can sense
my mother's pride
sense of...
Here's to another century, wow you sound old,Luckily you still look half your age, better than more.So here is my Dad, who's...
Sky, ocean, sand, land
Cloud, pond, fly, hair
One in six billion
Lost, confused, hopeless
Looking for signs
But clueless...
Change is an easy word to say but very hard to do
Change comes in all forms no matter how
BIG
or how
small
One thing that...
I am sorry for having been this way.
Memories whisper old things from our past.
The truth came and your heart shattered like...
Behind Closed DoorsA story about what you don’t know about me…
Behind closed doors…
I’m not what you see…
This is not me…...
(poems go here) Quietly, without notice, she walks out. Feeling left alone, i wave goodbye.
goodbye my dearest, thanks for...
Old people are worthless. They waste their life complaining, they can barely drive, and half of them are senile.
They have...
First time i saw didnt even pay attention to you
i was in a whole diferent world
my heart and soul was in a different...
satisfaction to see smiles on young people
gratification of helping others is rewarding
not the kind of reward as far as...
(poems go here) Books on the shelves filled with words, phrases and thoughts,
Ready for the reader to begin.
Painted...
I'm rocking in my rocking chair. I'm rocking here and there,I'm looking out my window wondering what is out there.Oh my, it’...
sounds of water drops
one's ear as if you can only hear
some tales of life stories of workers passing by
whispers and...
I wouldn't change a thing
about this horrible and beautiful world.
Sure, it's full of stupid, terrible monsters
But they...
I would go out on the corners
Handing dollars to the needy
I would give them so much food
They could even be greedy
I'd go...
Passing, yet dragging the time wares on my youth,
to conjure the ambition, forward-on with my rouse.
See not what will...
If it’s ok I’m going to flip the script to change the perspective just a bit… Enjoy : )(First day of class, teacher is...
I Am Me!
I am me I try to be the best me that I can be
But if there's no way you will try and see
Than there must be a way...
It is my time to reflect
On the good days and the bad,
I know I have lived my life with no regrets,
And I’ve learned there’s...
Green is my color.
Blue is my pal.
Roses are my enemy,
But tulips spill a smile.
Iphone is my technology.
Books...
O beautiful for spacious skies
that covers the rich in a shining light and the poor with specks of hope.
For amber waves of...
The room is covered with dust now, dust composed of all of the hair what degraded away dust composed of all the pills you...
many times
people always ask where we are from
i heard it all
sometimes, i feel like my people don't stand tall
i understand...
The greatest of inspration come from our experience with family and friends. They are what motivation of an awesome future...
land of the free
follow the script
institutionalized thoughts
no dreams can inspire you
we care about us
and depend on you...
Excuse me
But I wasn't aware
of the fact
that i couldn't say the name
JESUS
in my school
Oh and excuse me
I didn't know ...
Screaming grey clouds, admonishing, posing black,
Gathering heavy, staring large to scare,
Growls echo the skies above,
The...
I preferred to say each time commitment is brought to our table
You tend to ball out like a player , in certain kind of way...
Why is it so expensive?
I've even thougth about killing myself!...life sucks
We're not all privledged like those rich fucks...
You may think im oversensitive And a drama queen too I may be controlling at times But I will always love you You may say...
It is now senior year
A time filled with Cheer
However we still need to be working
So do not waste your time twerking
As I...
Shhhhh
Have respect for those who want to work
Independently, this is your project not an "our" project.
Think before you...
I saw you from a distance
Far away, that I could not reach
I can see you
But can you see me?
I guess we were friends
But...
Imagine a world where we are all comfortable
Dream of a life, in which you are free
Expect a change, be the change that...
My thoughts are indescribable.
Words and phrases and sentences, paragraphs and ideas
all mixed into one square box of...
Why So Much Hate?
Why so much hate?
With the shoes he wear
The pants he loves
The shirt he adore for
Why so much hate...
The farmer awoke to an early morning glow
As his colorful friend fluttered about squawking hello.
Adjusting to the sunlight...
It was you who i looked up to even when you weren't there. Slaved and slaved to make you love and treat me like the others....
My imperfections are the
greatest things in the world.
How I never get the floor completely clean,
Insult my...
What you did to me I can never forgive.. I can only try to forget.. You have scarred me.. you have made me feel worthless...
I have seen the world dark and painful. I have seen young children that go by some days not knowing that someone cares. I...
Love is something
Can not be anything
Somebody being special to someone
But it cannot belong to just anyone
Does it lead to...
You laugh.
They stare.
I sit.
Why does this happen every time I ask a question?
I'm sorry I'm different.
I'm sorry my...
There once was a young girl,
who wanted to escape.
She would close her eyes,
and imagine a place;
this place was colorful,...
The sun blinds my eyes, your stare takes control of my heart.
You can be so sweet, but yet sometimes your words rip me apart...
Run run run. cheer cheer cheer. Run run run. Breathe breathe breathe. Run run run. Cheer cheer cheer. Run run run. Breathe...
Be original
Be you
Love thy self
And be true
Yourself is real
Yourself is cool
Yourself is beautiful
F*ck all the haters
Who...
The day's are like minutes, minutes you wait for and prosper. you think of the days as if they are given to you but it's the...
i want to purposely fuck up the english language
to go to france and talk me some spanish
to go to australia and talk me...
Music, the icing on the cake,
Music, the jubilant fish in the lake.
The vibes of my heart,
The most colorful form of art.
My...
The grind, its what separates the winners from the losers. Its what gets your hand raised at the end of a long fought battle...
Teachers who don't teach
Cause students to fail their tests.
It's never good enough for our teacher
Even though we're...
As a writer, I've always made my stories focus on a third person perspective. As a way to look at myself in a different...
Wake up in the morning feeling desperately glum thinking am I worth it. To arise from your slumber dreading the day and look...
Sitting in the van, hood on, earphones in,
Contemplating whether to be gutsy or play it safe.
Tonight's the night we decide...
Life is hard already
You make it hard for a girl to pass
Sometimes I just want to tell you "Fuck this class."
Yes, the F-...
Do you write because you
like the way that people look at you
when you say, proudly,
I am a poet
or is it because there is a...
Awaken by the shadow cast over her face,
trying to remember the rhythm,
the quickness of her pace.
The nightmare replaying,...
fond memory
of your smile
your laughter
your struugle
your character
always asking for me
looking for me
to talk about what...
I was born in lead that’s what I have learned
You edited my body, and now it’s my turn.
I’ll be my own artist and draw...
I write for those that need the inspiration,
hoping my words could spark fire in a nation.
I can make you stand up and run,...
What do you see when you look at yourself in the mirror?/You see yourself?/ That's a normal answer/ But I'm not normal/ I...
From the dark spaces of memory
I emerged, rising through a pinprick of light
in the gloom, on all sides the falling
bodies...
Ms._______ can I use the bathroom?
"I don't know can you? I would hope so.."
You want me to piss on the desk?
Mr....
She waits within the moonlit door, Cimaruta on the lintel.
Pearls wrung around her waist...
ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce myself
as the slave who criticize one's king
my identity and ethnicity will...
I wake up . Am I alive ?
I was sleeping or was I ? feeling the rush of the when as I took that dive off the top of the...
I am the one who everyone calls short
I am the one who often needs support
I am the black ballet who dreams
My dreams are...
Writing poetry is something Challenging
It can be chilling, thrilling, or enticing.
Instead of hiding your feelings and...
All of us are like flowers,
we start out real slow.
From a really small seed,
we learn things as we grow.
To be better than...
When I was six years old, I liked to pretend. My imagination was wild.
And one day, I pretended to be a puppy. Why? Because...
little boys playing ball
on the basketball court
running through solid grounds
shooting jump shots off the glass backboards...
You are supposed to TEACH
Not JUDGE
You always say what you don't do.
But what have you done?
Are your kids as perfect as...
It starts of as a dream but to everyone your just making a scene.
You see the bright lights in the big city, even though...
Stopped in front of the old dirt road.
I usually do what I'm told.
And that night the warmth felt so damn cold.
I was...
The flowers' florescent shades,
the shadows dancing as the trees sway,
the breeze making a ghost of the wind,
the way the...
(poems go here) We lie here together, frozen in time,
As the child pleasantly drifts within his dreams near.
Not a sound...
Staying up every night
sleeping in every morning
The amazing embrace or rain
that come down warm and pouring
With it’s...
The simplicity of it
Visualizes it as complicated
To know that in the end
Eternal slumber awaits us
At any possible moment...
I’ve got so many pictures and so many thoughts.
Oh I’m so blue, there’s just so much to do!
I’m scrolling towards infinity....
I feel the pain from my head to the ground
But everywhere I look, I never hear a sound.
Not one person standing up for me
No...
We start our lessons before we can speak
They want us to walk while our legs are too weak
We find strengh with age and stand...
Deadlines and expectations
stress and struggle,
it's here, it's time
The truth comes to the light
Failures and successes go...
Average, never uniform. Irregular. Not consider the 'norm'. Outcasted, rejected, neglected, apprehensive.
Delusional, Alone...
Brothers and sisters, do you believe you are living the right way?
I don’t think so from the looks of the television, what I...
I associate two with eight.
Maybe
Because two fours make up one eight
And one
Four can be made up of two two’s.
Or ‘cuz
Two...
i come to you hungry and tire
glad i didn't get fire
just keeping my head above water
making sure i don't drown
many times...
Bullets chasin our colored man’s pride
While there souls pound the curbs back side
As they stalk the nights last cry
For...
As I walk into another classroom, I see the dreaded grin on my teacher’s face.
“Hello students!” She declares, as I take my...
As I stood before my mother's eyes
I stood there guiltlessly full of lies
lying to everyone including my mother
blaming...
empty, yeah that's what I feel.
I'm different , can't you see?
normal isn't me, BUT what is that?
dictionary definitions...
Return the heart you’ve turned away
You’re not satisfied then I don’t know what’s best
Want to believe feelings are still...
Hallway, Classroom, Desk.
The Struggle to pay attention are bearing down on my shoulders.
My eyes close
He calls my name,
I...
Crimson thoughts, frail soul and flimsy bones,
But you thought you were above it all.
There is only one being that can...
Have you ever been what I been through?
Lied to by your loved one,
Stabbed your chest,
And people fear for your life soon,...
It's funny how they say your enemies are your best friends.But, when you look at it all it depends.On your path of life, and...
tribute to-j. rodriguez
if you're going to be a street poet
make sure you have lots of friends
who drink fight steal or sell...
Go in word by word you hear me flowing look me in my face see no struggle showing Go in rhyme by rhyme I’m so perpetious in...
NOTE: Before I continue, I want to infom my audience that my poem was written after seeing my father for the first time in 9...
The spirit of a Pioneer is strength from within,From the field of battle comes the roar of a win.The blue stands filled with...
when the Sun is alive
so am I
the unimaginable dream is mine
fog will remain in my path
but fire in my eyes, boldly.
there...
(poems go here) The slick
smooth
black high heels,
my weapons of choice,
disguise me as
a secret spy,
these trusty sidekicks...
Dear Mister, Miss, Doctor "So-and-so",
there's a pain in my heart that I can't let go
You see that kid in the back with that...
An angel from above,
I thought you to be.
We were yearning for love,
Never thought you would leave.
Time flew by your side,...
I write simply because Im messy,
I cry and tears land on a white platform,
I yell and sound waves move my pen in type of...
sitting at my computer waiting for my muse to strike
sitting here thinking of things i like
things i hate and things to...
Painted on lips
an eternal smile of lead
Eyes that were born still
never to awaken
Blues, reds, and greens, a mixture of...
Part of me is yellow-
Bright, and hyper
Loving and carefree
Jumping about, and living life to the fullest
Then that part of...
i am a champion
through my ups and downs
i am a champion
through my rises and falls
i am a champion
through successes and...
Magnet of sun and water worshipers,
Gatherer of families and friends,
Refresher of the mind, body, and spirit,
Home of...
From the first time you played,
You knew you would never quit
You flat love everything about it.
From the clean cut grass
To...
I have a house I call my own,
within a white cerebral sky.
It’s lively and it flows,
but someday it’ll die...
In chasing perfection, we all fall short
Grasping and reaching, muscles stretched & aching thin
Looking up, to a God,...
There are two kinds of people on earth today,Two kinds of people no more I say.Not the good or the bad, for it's well...
little girls riding their bikes
through cement floors
looking
searching for the womanhood in their mothers faces
finding...
Some nights I
get on my knees and
pray to my savior.
Hoping one day this
grind will bring a
reward.
So i can buy my
mama the...
i woke up today (thank god always)
feeling sluggish, but not to play baseball on a Sunday
took a shower though i felt sleepy...
The beautiful time of spring
Grass is green
All around the cherry blossom trees
Hear baby birds singing
Flowers start to...
(poems go here) Seeing a picture breaks my heart,
not hearing your voice tears me apart.
I try to have faith,
I try to be...
(poems go here)As I can see life how it can really be...
I'm just going through life trying to figure out the person I was...
*Physical*
As in the deformities and insecurities
The lifelong scars for all to see
Unrecognizable faces
In unknown,...
Oh Teacher of math, you need to take a bath; you have a musky old smell, that makes you class worse than hell.
Oh...
It’s true my beloved friends, family, unknown creatures of this world,
A heart really knows when love is away,
365 days in a...
(poems go here) Have you ever wondered where I’m at?
How I live every day with what you call a lie
That I couldn’t even look...
My selfish self wants to stand out and shine,
Like the glowing eyes from the roadside in the night
Making many folks alert...
Why are you sad? why is your heart troubled??
Dont you know that God loves you
Look out side the sun is shining so bright...
Step up to the podium
Step up to the mic
Step up to the dance floor
Do it as you like
Lights camera action
Sharpen then you...
When I was a child, I had an imaginary friend
When I grew up, He became real
I molded him into clay, a pure image of...
(poems go here)WOW...you are the perfect example for the saying "arms of flesh will fail you" everytime!Its real funny how...
1.In my childhood
2.Where i was good
3.I look at my past
4.Yet it look like it went so fast
5.But when did it all happen ...
puerto rican
puerto rican mind
puerto rico-my country
proud puerto rican
an educated puerto rican
strong man and altogether...
do not worry about your life
is life more important than buying a new pair of kicks
see the beauty of the sun rising early...
I raise my hand when I know
And wait for you to pick me
You pick me when I don’t know
How unfair can you be?
You teach us...
Where are you!?
You left me without a clue
No receipt of absence
Just no more of you
Why?
We both are one in the same
Oh I...
What must I do to keep this hunger inside of me?
It’s like a black hole, dark, dense, spinning, sucking, pulling,
A Never...
I was cute when I was four till I was abandon and forgotten
now theirs hate, mistreating and rejection started to become...
Remember that day he left you
When he left you and he flew
He said we will be together forever
That nothing can come between...
Why I Gotta Be a Sap?
My life is the opposite of a dressing room.
Where people hate and say they hope you
learn your...
The sleepless nights that lies within your future.
I hope you praying to God to save your soul.
What gave you the right to...
The bitter sound of depression
slowly devoured my body
deeper and deeper
sinking into a new demension
where the full ocean...
Running, swimming, biking,
Climbing, fishing, or hiking,
I can do it all just as good as you,
and sometimes prove to be...
What do you want to see changed in your classroom or school?
Teachers
that are worthless
that don't care
that don't help...
Skin is smooth, that's what I thought
And why not? Every girl I ever met
Had smooth skin, but not you,
You're a monster, you...
Dark...
Where am I? Hello?
Light...
Blinding as the sun, wonderful, amazing, magical!
The mind is a mysterious place.
It can...
I sit.I wait.I wait for my seraphim to save me.Save me from this. Pull me out.I become stranded.Even in my own state of...
They tied him down with the same thick threads and chains that he busted out of a few scores ago
Unknown white men in white...
THE SHY ME WHO HIDES BEHIND AN IMPOSTURE SMILE
NEVER DARES TO RELEASE HERSELF BECAUSE SHES A CHILD
SHE HIDES HER VOICE,TEAR,...
I'm a Menace.
A menace to poetry.
I'm surely gonna rain on your parade
Any day because 1/2 of me likes to.
Then several...
The devil himself has me quiet
Yet with this pencil I will write
And with this pencil I will start a riot
To speak out loud...
In order to write a poem
Sufficient enough for personal satisfaction,
Adam said... "Poet, breathe, now."
Breathe because
"...
My words are mine not yours
But I'll share
Lend you my words of courage
Hope
Love
But I wont let you take them
My words are...
My mouth is a door
You really dont want to open this door
I have many things to say
And they are not for anyone's ears, but...
She searched and searched,
But it was no where to be found.
Exactly what was she looking for though?
Simply a place to...
as i graduated
she said to me
now that you graduated, you are ready
to face the world
as i sat down
with my soul on my lap...
Soaring above the clouds
Unconstrained by fetter of gravity
On metallic wings
Unto eternity
Like Phaëton in his chariot
On...
“She’s girly,” say the purple walls in her bedroom
and porcelain dolls in her dollhouse bookshelf.
“Not that girly,” reply...
Middle eastern riots
Careless misguidance
Who will be silenced
In this ruthless world
Countless have died
Natural disasters...
My mind is a time bomb ready to blow off
I don't dare to work the wires
My mind is hanging by a thread
No one will...
Paper holds no prejudice,
unlike an opionionated conversation,
paper can make readers colorblind,
it can recieve little...
My therapist tells me I have a tendency to address sad memories with a smile.
I would say it’s a defense mechanism, but I’m...
There was no change in this place I call "city",
With the sun and its best friend, humidity.
But all of that came to pass,...
BOOM
It broke like a bomb, explosions sound and the only thing I can hear is a heartbeat.
Is that mine?
Am I still:
Beating...
look at yourself in the mirror
ask yourself this one question
what do you see
i know what i see
a reflection of a young...
she woke, walk towards the mirror
questioning who she is, and why she's here
typical question most people would ask
at least...
Her shadow was so bright that I could not see.
I hoped for a new change of time, or woman to see.
My wish was bare and I...
Sewing
Structure couture.
Creating, Experimenting, Designing.
To create something new.
Tailor.
team bring it-dwayne "the rock" johnson
when i think of that phrase team bring it
i knew that will resonate a smashing hit...
A brush of his plumps makes thy drown in thought.
Savoring sweets off thy flesh though aren't dame.
Melting in cold hands...
Take away Mayfair, Hudson, and X-Pro ll.
Or take a way my personal filter.
What keeps me from getting punched in the face...
She lived her life fragile, like a hummingbird. Floating aimlessly In the garden of life, pollinating flowers of each day....
Close your eyes and imagine how I feel.
I feel like the clear blue sky,
I feel like the confidence girls have while wearing...
F - Fighting for our right to be. Home of the brave, land of the free.
R - Recognize what they have done. Battles fought,...
you are the salt of the earth
but if the salt loses its saltiness
how can it be salty again
it is no longer good for...
Prologue
1 It was that day that we made together
2 And we always had the stormy weather
3 It’s kind of funny how I thought...
I thought I have felt the edge of Death's Blade
My bones were brutally broken and shattered. Just like the will to keep...
a scary story
a frightening sight
at least she didn't get into a fight
all she needed was her knight
on her way walking
on...
Crying, trying, dying inside
the lonely child waits,
for her Cinderella story,
for her perfect escape.
For the joke to be...
A wild demeanor
Is not always what it seems
What liveliness conceals emptiness?
Can low esteem not be masked with confidence...
A nightmare no one can wakeWhere all it seems they do is take…You know the saying The you owe the world everything…Well from...
I'm driving home alone
Just read a sign "Stay in Lane", but
How am I supposed to stay in lane, when ...
Mistakes
They make you look bad.
They make me cry.
I never want to try.
They make you sad.
Never make a mistake.
They...
Give me hope
Let me be a beautiful flower that blooms from the ashes of an un-privileged past
Give me hope
Let me feed from...
I am a child of the sun, kissed to a golden caress of honey skin, shining bright on the outside from the light within
I am...
Oh dear teacher it’s that time again
The time of year that we all Dred the most
Where we have to hold our tongues and hold...
Soaring high above the cloudsI always wished to fly a planeThen I grew and learned a bitNow the new planes I will...
When I matured so did my mind, I was growing but wasn't ready or so I thought. My body was doing one thing while my mind was...
Carry on, my rolling stone -
roll away and know you'll never be alone.
When you're lost and in doubt,
like the king who lost...
It seems as though the night has flooded the day.
There is little consolation brought about.
The anguish corrupts what is...
Oh Chem
Oh Chem
How I hate thee,
Strained brains pulse painfully,
Black bags under tired eyes,
Viens pump caffeine...
You may feel small, but He will make you feel big
there may be a mountain in the way
your faith and love can make you move...
That song comes on the radio, once meaningful but now makes you want to cry,You see all the memories flood back into your...
The innocence of our generation is gone, long gone,
It has disappeared, nowhere to be found,
Society and its children has...
trigger happy
means
to shoot with no hesistation
to kill with no remorse
to take innocent lives with no life in one's soul...
"CHRISTY!"
I wake with a start
Back in history
Back to the start
I love my education
But Mr.Flecther is an iritation...
BlindedBlinded by what is filled in your pockets,Best believe that I am the one, who is willing to make them empty,When you...
The echos of time long past still haunt me; of things that could have been but are not; of times when we fought over...
I decided to take a stand
In which divided who I was;
A born fighter to her country
But, an impulsive repulse to it.
Haitian...
Death and life
Toils and Strife
Life isn't handed on a silver platter
What does it all matter?
People are born just to die...
All pain, no game
This is just an average day
What you do or what you say,
is something that you soon will
pay.The hurt...
I was a freshman in college with a new life to start,
A life that I soon wanted to get rid of and restart.
Let's give...
Over one hundred billion humans have inhabited this earth
Till the moment of their death and since the moment of their birth...
Yeah, I'm different.
Different then the rest.
I may not be the best,
but heaven forbid I'm not the worst.
My clothing is...
I just want to be one. One of many, one of the same, one of everything. To not be shunned out like the rest but to be my...
How dare you? How dare you look at me that way? You are not better than me. I am not better than you.
Tisk, tisk, tisk....
Remember all the pain.
You can't forget something that's always on your skin.
You look down at the scars and remember the...
I see these signs that say white only for me,
What it really means is you don’t know me,
I’m all around you,
Still this...
come with me, I'll take you to a better place
dreams to reality, where imagination has it's space
here you can come, be...
i find myself half asleep
actually
more relaxing
having a peace of mind
laying against a young birch tree
feeling the breeze...
I am myself,
In the background
Of your reality.
Never you mind me,
Mayhap° I not mind myself.
I am myself,
Staring out the...
as the time was approaching
nerve wracking
wonderful feeling that is exciting
knowing we were meeting
anticipating
the...
Every morning she wakes up
To do the same exact thing
As soon as she comes home from school
She endures the beatings
All she...
Seeing your engaging face brings an inner peace.
Drawings you make brings a smile on my face.
The little things are what...
Tears of betrayal filled the rim of my eyes,
For the one I once loved was filled with nothing but lies,
Not once but many...
Do you hear of the sound of the broken?
Crying out to you and me.
Do you see all the injustice?
Forming from people's greed...
People can make you feel like crap,
Like everywhere you go, there is a death trap.
They can make you feel like you’re not...
"how we come to speak"- devorah major
the 1st word was
incomplete
the next
though clearer
lacked balance
and was followed
by...
I love that way you look at me
Those blue eyes smiling back
With that gentle look on your face
Love the way you make me feel...
Cops are white,
Victims are black,
If they didn't attack cops,
maybe they wouldn't get shot.
(poems go here) In the face of adversity
I find myself engulfed in darkness
Unaware of who I'm fighting
But I know I must...
Red Blood;
Shed!
Purifies Me,
Cleanses Me,
He's No Longer Dead.
Now I'm;
White As Snow!
THE CROSS!
Learn and gain education,Be free from confusion.Drive out every doubt,Be happy and be stout.More you learn, more...
Mirror mirror on the wall
Who is this girl who is tall but feel small?
Who is this child that stumbles but wont fall?
She is...
I was awakened by a very strong smell.
The smell was very strange,nothing i ever smelled before.
I felt like i couldn't...
What are really discussion
hit hard facts that leave you dazed like concussion
how can money come when there's no...
It's just a scar on her arm,
A canvas few choose to paint.
Just a gun, fully loaded,
Waiting to accept her...
Poems understand,
which is why this is being written.
Poems don't die,
which is why we read them.
Poems multiply,
which...
One Thirteen,
Can mean many things.
It's a symbol, some people ask me why I remember
Because it seems like yesterday when I...
The first day I saw you
I thought it was meant to be
But it had to be you
Who would turn me into what I didn't want to be
I...
tell us that we're wrong
as we sing and preach the right song.
tell us that we're right
and then you keep us in your sight...
Let there be
Circles
Let there be
Lines
Let there be
Colors
Let there be
Fashion.
Let there be
Designers
Let there be
Models...
Do I deserve your love and attention?
Sin has entered in my vulerable soul.
You are so pure and faithful.
Why did I have to...
They say the best way to get out is to go through, if you never had to go against it how would you fight it, if you was...
Do we ever take the time to consider?
How, someway, we ended up in this place
The greater part of the world is bitter,
While...
when i hear someone say a speech full of lies and misleads
times up
when a person continues to go a killing spreeyou won't...
Have you ever been told "you can do it," when they meant only if you do it someone else way.
Have you ever been told "we...
land of the free
follow the script
institutionalized thoughts
no dreams can inspire you
we care about us
and depend on you...
Quadrant I avouches positivityNo matter what angle you gaze fromEvery daybreak, we wake up in the originWith no authority...
I searched for it -
In the pieces of my broken heart, from the hollows of my soul
You see, being comfortable with myself...
Here is a word, or maybe some more
I guarantee, simple is bold
We see the unseen
And feel the signals
The signals of heart...
I fear for my life Because of my skin color I fear ill be next Trayvon Martin I fear for my kind ...
There is something inside of my soul,
Holding me down like an anchor
To a boat that has no captain
No destination.
All I can...
Our poor forsaken generation
Focus...focus....focus
Man if I don't blow this it's like I can't focus
Feeling like I'm...
Leaping through the air
Pieces fly all around
Vastly hitting the ground
Lying there without a care
The motor spins it around...
Angels without wings can never fly,
But they still try to reach the sky,
Not knowing what's beyond,
A land of paradise,
A...
Blinded by the prettiest eyes I've ever seen,
Just had to compliment, not to be mean.
Blue color unlike anything I've known...
Losing focus is easy to do.
I could sit here, and testify to you.
But instead let's take a turn, and kill these distractions...
To first climb the ladder,
You must step the stairs.
One at a time, beware of bears.
Don't be interfere. It's just a sign....
"If you really knew me, if you really felt me, if you understood my wounds you would gain my shattered heart,but can you put...
Just one time never hurt anybody
It’s all in good fun and having a good time.
Smoking is a thing that everyone tries
We’re...
Take YOUR shovel out
Full of Dirt
You're not the only one
That feels the HURT
Bite upon Bite
Nibbling on MY SOUL
YOUR'E...
In the beginning life was simple.
Those golden years before dating and pimples
Hot, Lumpy Oatmeal for breakfast
Tainted...
Poetry is
the water that keeps us alive that nurtures and ecourages us
To say what need to say
And to see the beauty in...
It was the top of the houras midnight struck its last hourit turned the bright red apple sour.There it lay in the darkness...
I am the leaf flying through the wind; A steady flow that prickles my skin. Others of my kind join the ride Gathering...
You arise, you look, you speak, you grasp, you find..you
To look out in the world, that is displeased, and ugly, you see the...
Remember that time?
When we swore we were perfect
Ironically in love with each other’s imperfections
Barely leaving any...
If everyone read National Geographic
There would not be as many things to report about
in National Geographic
If young...
What aspect does not make me human?
I have dreams
aspirations
emotions
but most of all dreams.
So many dreams but others...
BUT WHAT IS THIS? THIS SOUL DIMINISHING DEMON
ENDLESS SCREAMS OF PLEA AS CRUEL HANDS SHATTERS AN INNOCENT SOUL
CATCHING...
When one has all but wish for none
When one has none but wishes all
One’s path, One’s fate, One’s Destiny
A life for a...
What would I change..out of so many options.. myself, the world, other people?
Can I chose to change nothing? You see if I...
Further and further
She keeps flying
Forgetting everything left behind
For once in her life freedom is ahead
Finally flying...
Stand in front of the class
12 pairs of eyes belonging to students so wise
Label us all
Timmy- the jock
Pam is so wise ...
In these last days
God is exposing people chasing money rather than Him, hence will smith
what does a man profit if he gains...
I looked out of the window, the dark night stared back
I said, come on out sun, I wanna go to MY job
I had to go to my JOB...
Welcome class!
Take your seats
I hope you realize
The class doesnt want to hear you speak
So rehearsed,you dont care
You...
i run through the valleys
the mountains where clouds over ride the surface
where the grass is green all over the...
To the educators of my school.
No student is the same.
We all agree knowledge is an useful tool.
That's the whole reason I...
To overcome? You have no idea. The dark is suffocating. The pain is allocating. Try to make it stop. It's not enough. It...
In the endless sky above, I found you passing by, High above a starry night you gave to me the same interested stare I gave...
Life is a scary placeWith a costant faceDreaming hard playing hardFinding the unknown traceBut down you stumbleCausing earth...
So you ask me why I write...
You want to know why I do what I do?
So here, how about I give you a clue,
I am an emotional...
With the world in it's peril, such as it is at any given point,
What do you see?
Do you see the numbers flocking to help...
I write for expression.
I write to communicate.
I write to tell the world what I feel
without having to tell them at all.
I...
Here's a slam
to the man
with his hand up in the air
cursing at his teacher stating
"I just don't care!"
Boy, please sit...
Lung Cancer took my father not too long ago on the day I never wanted to see. I was told he was gone on my way to say hello...
I'm sick of sitting in these small little desks.
I don't understand a word you just said.
You tell me I should know this but...
My flow's so deep
You're drowning
This is not the kiddie pool
But I am clowning
On your head
I am pounding
KNOCK,KNOCK,KNOCK...
Writing fuels emotion.
Writing fuels courage.
Writing fuels thought.
Writing fuels change.
Writing fuels meditation.
Writing...
I wish I could tell you everything that's wrong, I just don't know how to,
When I pour all my feelings out to you, you...
We have all been touched
By this wondrous emotion.
When it is clutched,
Its' ferocity makes us awaken.
Can't guess by now...
how can something cause pain and happiness
something small
something so thin
I am used to the pain
So I set my goals high
You brag about how you got a man ,and how he give it to you all night
little did you know that when you got preggo
he wasn't...
Regurgitate the facts,Spit out to me what was given unto youFor what does it matter?Learning? Ha!
"Give me new information."...
She waits within the moonlit door, Cimaruta on the lintel.
Pearls wrung around her waist...
We isolate ourselves from our peers ,from society itself
mainly because we get tired of being taken for granted
tired of...
There are desks and "teachers", who speak but it's not teaching.
There are kids and rooms that try to pass as classes
but...
Where did Childhood go?
The children of my day don't know toys, they don't know good books, they don't know the joy behind...
11 year old in utah brings a gun to school
his justification was for protection
cop arrested him that lead him to...
This fog gives me a sweet sense of what is to come,
While the sun is hiding, ready to take its course.
I am ready, for my...
I remember when the fireflies danced in the night
When hearts grew warmer,
as coldness sprouted to life.
When a single sign...
as i take the oath
the following has been read to and agree upon:
do you robert velez jr. swear to never go back to your old...
As a kid I would say,
you just don’t understand,
my father and mother would say
we are older than you,
we have already gone...
Working hard but always behindThe odds they face make life hardAlways put down for no good reasonStruggling to prove they...
I can’t tell Professor C that I’m not focused ‘cause I’m so anxious I don’t sleep
I can’t tell him that I hate the way I am...
I come from the blood on my father's hands
I rise for the different people who don't love themselves
I stand against the...
last night
as my heart was racing with excitement
my opportunity to perform was full of amazement
wanted to move the crowd...
"Hey! Remember me?No?Come on! Don’t you recognize me? Your best bud since that quiet scary night in 93. You were just a babe...
I did it! For the first time in my life I did amazingly well on a test.
You looked at me like I was a miracle, for the...
By day and night we struggle to fight,
we strive for something more, than taking the flight,
we work as one to cross a zone...
best friends turn into worst enemies
people who you thought were cool
ends up being a fool
smile in your face
throw dirt...
When you look at a stop sign, is it just another gesture you have to make to continue or do you see a sign that's speaking...
Vehicle
A car doesn't has to be pretty,
no shiny diamonds or pearls,
a car can look witty,
yet drive around the world.
If...
If you really knew me.
You wouldn't believe the words coming out my mouth.
Because what you are about to hear is to cruel...
I'm tired of being alone...
Single for as long as I can remember
And now I'm about to make things happen
And as soon...
When people told me being black was a form of inferiority
I wanted to hate white people,
I wanted to tear apart my own brown...
my mind spinning and throbbing
searching for answers to help you get through
sitting in the office all day
lights hurt or...
we must always return
to poems for top news of the world
or perish for the lack
take it
strip it
block it with blood
pages...
You say you accept all with love, You hypocrite, you say that, then turn around and say my feelings arn't legit.
Who are you...
I was six and I remember his name.
From that day on, it'd never be the same.
Ong Noi, Vietnamse for my dear Grandpa.
Pale...
I am from Crayons,
from Construction paper and Chocolate Chip Cookies
I am from the the playhouse out back (With slanted,...
Love lives with no worries about who it will love next.
Nor do it worry about who loves the best.
Its the perfect role model...
Fulfill your dream, don’t run out of steam
Don’t limit yourself, but retain your health
Take care of your mind, body and...
Feeling alone is nothing nice
I've struggled accepting it with all my might
Family and friends are no where to be found
When...
We are the ones who often run, We are the ones often treated dumb. We are the ones
who look crazy, We are the ones who fail...
"We can't do it" is the chant of the high school class
Their spoon-fed minds unable to complete the task alone
They sit and...
I wrote this poem based on Dave in the book A Child Called "It". Dave was a severly abused son.
I'm from Califoniafrom Dally...
Dear Teacher teach us lessons of real life
We need to know how to really survive
Tell us more than whats in the book
And...
I felt the stab of pain
From a brother in the hood
One seeking to rise to fame
I thought he understood.
I taste the bitter...
(poems go here) This probably stems from my not-so-likely childhood of alcohol-stained arguments and an echoing sentiment of...
I wake up to the sound of my alarm
Yawn and stretch and throw on my clothes
As I look out the window it's misting, no harm...
Waiting
For the bell to ring
Waiting
To go home
Waiting
For lunch
Waiting for my favorite class (AP History)
Waiting
I am...
Irony in the light that welcomes life
Inclined, to step
step forward go ahead
inclined to dream, to hope
the World has no...
Fear and fear the grades are comingthe destiny awaits and depends on it,your grades will decide if you are worth loving,Work...
Anthony Williams
Who am I ?
Who am I ?
Sometimes I wonder, but why?
Judged by people I don't know
They judging off...
Have you ever heard of a fallacy?
Well that is what has happened to me
A generalization gone wrong
Making the application...
Everything is not Awesome
Everything is Awesome,
I got fired from work today
My dog’s puppies where born on this present-day...
You neglect me
Because I won't give in.
But I just can't see me
Committing such sin.
At least not with you,
I just can't...
I like my independence.I like knowing that I canbe on my own.But I feel companywith body pillows -but there's nobodyhere -...
Candles on a shore of black, lights flicker on stone white faces
Not seas of corpses are they, but a sea of mourners
The...
They say you can't go anywhere unless you know where to start?
Well, what's the solution on how to heal a broken heart?...
(poems go hPresent thoughts have driven me to find
Some dream in the future that I have in mind
Yes it has been official...
When I was a child, this one question came up a lot,
“What do you want to be when you grow up?”
My answer was always “A...
a homeboy's bad attitude
arrogance
flagrant
disrespect
disconnected
disenfranchise
disorderly conduct
so out of order
saying...
A follow human face down and trap in a narrow road with dim lights flicker on and off. Both their legs have been broken by...
Bomb after blast, all turns to ash.
While the winds blow, the bloody hands are thorough.
Blowing the smell of death,...
Sirens and energency lights
Break the darkness of the evening.
Police cars and ambulances come into sight.
A distraught...
Sitting here all alone, or so it may seem;
The darkness sweeping over you, a terror not a dream.
Why must this darkness...
College – eighteen years of longingness.
Now, when you are around the corner,
When the measurement is not years, but months...
Friends,
they're supposed to be there,
Whenever they are needed
They are trustworthy and loyal
Most of the time
But a best...
The last day of my senior year,
It will be filled with too many emotions.
Sorrow, joy, but above all fear.
How will I ever...
The tempting call of a blank screen on my computer urges my fingers to type away. Many ideas flow through my mind; making...
Freedom is a word
that makes you think
of the past,
where freedom was trying to be a word,
that everybody needed,
that...
the woman I am in love with is playing
with her black baby doll sitting on the corner.
her back drop: graffiti pretty...
I found myself a slave
It was all new to me
I was left in hell
Saddened by seeing a man so extremely crushed
I was broken...
Young Souls,
Can't you see the situation that you're in?
Or perhaps you enjoy smothering in sin?
Star crossed by all the...
She smiles to cover up the pain
Tired of the bullshit she’s heard over and over again
Bruises, scars and thrown to the floor...
Sitting here i think outside the box and i realize,
blue and gray but another day seems so far together like a plane,
white...
I write for comfort, closure, exposure, to keep my composure less to impress, but to decompress when in distress. I write...
I could not determine why
I continued to let my hopes and dreams die
Turns out...
It was not about what I was missing
It was...
When you're a man who loves a manPeople don't want to understandThey chain you down to black and whiteAnd tell you those are...
They say it takes a village
to raise a child
I’m skeptical.
After all,
humans are innately selfish.
And I can get all the...
I am one with my soul and God
Granted my body to be on this world
But how can one, be “one”
If they are not connected
And...
the streets in nyc (every hood in the world) are filthy with garbage and dog poop
full of wannabe thugs,
that hang out at...
Life is a mystery
full of surprises
You'll never know
what's going to happen
so just live through it.
Count your days...
Misery loves company,
Misery drags me down, trying to claw its way down my throat
I refuse,
I kick,
I scream.
Since I can’t...
Where have you gone?
Its been way to long.
A nightmare come true.
Everyday we search for you.
We pray that you are safe ....
Walking, wondering, wishing,
hoping, dreaming, thinking,
What could've been, should've been,
if you didn't slam that door...
Dear Ms.B,
I'm sure I am not the only senior who is going crazy with your notifications on Edmodo.
Just when we think our...
I write poems because it expresses me!
So I don't sit there and think of rhyming words
Because the words that comes from the...
Outcast.
Victim of amassed judgment,
Everything defining you is blunted.
Hunted.
In the triple homicide of mind, body, and...
avoid negative sources, people, places, and habits
believe in yourself
consider things from other people
don't give up or...
So many thoughts,
So little room to breathe,
to talk,
to think,
to wish.
You don't know where to begin.
You may be young,...
Hail and praise I, The Judicious Jason;
Gentleman, Scholar, and Lover extraordinaire. Sired by Johnny,
Lord of the Smiths....
You say you didn't drink that much.No one tries to stop you. You take the keys and drive off. You didn't realize the light...
Can one change the 6,999,999,999?No. But they can change a few.And those few can change multitudes.Through those multitudes...
Teacher, teacher
We need a breather
Homework is a lot of stress
Our lives are already a mess
We’re up all night
And getting...
A concentrated vessel
A cancerous Cell
I am stuck in this generc Hell
I don't know who I am
I was dead from the start
Truth...
Partying has never been my thing
I've always been the one who was studying
that night I finally went out
all hell broke...
I have a dream and it lives deep in my blood
Relentlessly driving me forward
Life is going to throw hurdles my way
But I...
When I was a little boy I was filled with joy As I was grown up I wanted to go to Europe From toddler to young adult Now...
I. Depression
I'm tired of this regression
All of this damn stressin'
People, they get this impression
They say its near...
Air nothing but my fare, flows gently like others with a glare.
The wind Pushes, Rushes, I fumble,
I rise, &...
Broken like the keys of an old piano,
Fake like all the lies that you've told her,
Tattered like the curtains of an old...
why are all these girls actin rachet,back in the day we were actin classy,but know its all about who got the biggest ass,you...
continue to wish for a dream
it never one that is never far away
i have to go after what's mine
a star is wish upon me so i...
I went to school for many years
Wrote out papers, and gushed out tears
Eventually high school came and went
Unfortunately...
It was just one of those things
Just one of those crazy things.
But then it was so so much more than that
so much more...
I'm alive in the last days, I'm blessed to know the Lord, let me please him and let my actions speak more, the light of...
Failing is never considered,
When the mind set of achievement is near.
Greatness is never obtained,
At the flick of a...
although i see snow
it's time to get the trucks and begin to plow
until now
snow is always white
not the average
typical...
Marshalling... Marshalling... Marshalling
Everyday marshalling;
Zeus had felt like he had been marshalling from the...
This house is full of the sort of warmth
that comes from good conversations
and good books.
A welcoming place that won’t...
When will the sun come out to play?When will the snow go away?
Why can't i go out to play?
Why do they?
Cancer.
cancer....
I use to look at y'all for inspiration. Seem to have it wrong with all these problems that we facing, And lately I've been...
Shrouded in Darkness,
A Spark of Ingenuity,
Hope ignites all.
Peace, Serenity
Hands all interconnected,
Mankind's problems...
i don't have to live large
live in a big house
to know that i'm in charge
i know where i stand
i have a plan
so i say-i'm...
When I close my eyes, I picture the city of Van Nuys, not the real Van Nuys, but the Van Nuys in my mind, the Van Nuys I...
Teachers think they know best
Sitting down for hours
Not giving me a rest
I’d rather be in a garden planting some flowers
Or...
Baby I'm not religious but
When I put the pen to paper I swear someone's watching
and helping to guide my hand through all...
To be or not to be...What is it meant to be in the land of the free?Whilst many grieve in pain and agony,Searching for joy,...
White, white, white all around,
Everywhere you go,
It's boring from wall to ground.
This is not a hospital,
This is a...
He is StubbornRejecting the sound mind that was originally his saviorOnly to be left in the depths of ignorance- void of...
They say that the chain
is only as strong as its weakest link.
A teacher is meant to combine and fit the links
Together.
As...
We have dreams and aspirations, you guys are just here to get us to those places. Success is the main key, but how are we...
Confident women we are.
Sassy, But ALways classy.
Excellent in all our ways.
Standing bold in our beliefs.
Exquisite in...
My mind is a sprouting seed;
Knowledge a necessity,
Growth a challenge.
Too much impatience causes me to wilt;
Too much...
Rushing through my spine Spreading throughout my mindChills that left me coldFreezing every timeEverytime you touch...
This world is so shallow
That my rain boots weep
To compensate
For the lack of depth
In puddles they encounter.
What it really means
Is to express yourself freely
To explore the different type
Of emotion you have inside.
What it really...
i remember starting kindergarten and having so much fun but then that fun ended in grade one with a spunk to say your fat...
What Does it Mean to Embrace Education Globally?
What does it mean to embrace education globally?
First, we must educate...
Pressure and questioning
My rational thought process
Is lessening
Instead of learning from lessons
You want me to memorize...
The sparrow sings a brilliant song,
But no one sings along.
Ebony sat upon her wing
Making it hard to sing.
Steadfast as the...
This is your year to leave the nest
Your mother cries,
Your father cries,
Wishing you all the best
This is the year you must...
See its gets personal
Coming from the background where all you got is your dream
Seeing your family barely making it
Who ...
I found the fight in me
The strength in me
The ability to once again be free
You may have broken my heart
Tore me apart
But...
Some have asked why I’m restless.
I’m always moving, I never stop.
When I’m reading, when I’m writing,
especially scribbling...
The agony of not knowing a soldier fate
The pity of knowing you were too late.
The gnawing pain at your heart and soul
The...
When my fingers brush your skin
The tips of my fingers are on fire.
Your energy surrounds and envelops
Anyone you're with,...
I just want to know,
how far this poem will go.
Will it reach you at sea?
Will you be thinking of me?
Will you hear it in...
I forgot to do my homework
"Dude that's so gay!"
My mom won't let me hang out tonight
"Aw man that's gay"
How does this top...
You're told you can achieve whatever you yearn
Yet you're kept naive to the fiscal ways
You follow your dream without a...
You see I don't want to grow up
and I don't want to leave you
I don't want to leave behind my memories.
I will look back on...
I know one day you'll have to go
and that's the day that I will know,
that you'll be under heaven's apple tree
looking down...
I thought vows sealed the deal.On that day when my eyes met his.That very night, I knew he was mine.A human treasure,so...
"Judgement"
No one knows this word
because it belongs to me
Forgotten and Unheard by
Others, I yearned to set you free
...
He was young, you were young. You were friends were you not? So why did you go and do such a stupid thing? You ended his...
Blasting
Screaming
Pools of scarlet across the vision of innocent eyes
Eyes unable to understand the horror they've seen...
I find myself in a dark corner:
No way out.
How did I get here?
I need to get out.
But the question remains,
How?
I close my...
Empty, you filled me up with Faith
Lonely, those days are now erased
Sad, a smile daily on my face
Cry, no more tears to...
Statements that stay behind closed doors, they stay in the room
Hover above your head
Seep into your mind fall into your...
it is said from the bible
do not commit adultery
if you look at another woman lustfully
overstep boundaries and cheat on...
The big, bright burning sun shone as She cried
as life was new and beautiful, or so She thought.
Then They traded Her off...
you feel you can talk to us how you want to, we dont see eye to eye, we need your help not your harsh words, you suppose to...
(poems go here) Chirp, chirp", a Chikadee
In my window for my young eyes to see.
Playing queen between the trees,
I fed my...
I hear yelling. People getting put down. I'm getting put down. I see my friends in the hallway. They don't know what is...
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea;
But we loved with a love that was more than love-
I and my...
It was too late,
it was already planned.
They both had cold feet, as cold as they could get.
They were pushed to follow...
SOULFULNESS
My mind hides
what my heart CRIES!
The simplest moment in life
when i begin to realize...
My Soul feels
what...
Bang Bang
Gun shot noises heard from blocks away
Somebody just got shot !
Damn it makes you wonder if you’re next or not...
The actions I can't seem to explain anyway else, I write down on paper and speak it to you so I can better explain myself....
Be the change you wish to see,but often your eyes are blinded.Be the change you wish to feel,but your touch can be misguided...
School ends, and we all cheer.
For times of freedom--
endless sights of skies so clear...
To clear my mind for the aura of a focussed being..
To put aside self inflicted insercurties brought on by...
Once upon a time I was a normal girl/ With normal problems/ A normal relationship/ And normal friends/ Then normal became a...
Name
Date
Notes
Get your coats
Lunch
Munch
What did I learn?
I barely know
Do you see me?
The phantom right here
You've...
To see how high school will change us
I don’t quite want to know
Some friends will just grow closer
While some others shall...
To have a big brother like you
means the world to me.
I don’t know what I would do
If you ever left me
or decided to see...
Wait, what was that?
I’m sorry I’m lost again.
Yes, I know you think I have a little brain,
But in fact we’re just the same...
These computers were made in the 60's,As for textbooks, I wish you would fix these,The covers are tattered and torn,And I...
White rose, white leaf silver butterfly meet near my hand on my wrist and away with a twist
We'll be dancing all night and...
As I walk down my past I see misjudgement and doubt
As I look to the sky I saw the clouds followed by me dreams
Maybe they...
Different aspects of life, new born babies that are born with innocence.
Smiles that are filled with joy and excitement
the...
I am young and I am proud
I am woman and I am loud
I am the result of determination
When women come together and want,
No...
inauguration
condensation
built on false fabrication
exaggeration of mislead communication
have nothing to do with sexual...
With the world crumbling around us,
We stare blankly at the horizon,
Wondering if it is love or lust.
Open Your Eyes
"So...
This is me.I’m not a kid anymore, I’m grown now.Don’t tell me I can’t go to the college where I want.Don’t tell me what I...
(p• It's not jealousy nor hate just anger and frustration.
I hate seeing you with her why does this have to be complicated?...
I live in the places in-between
as a shadow to the right as a whisper in the night.
In fantasy, in dream I lay, as a flicker...
submersed in day to day stress
make sure you're fed, make sure the bills are paid
take the power to help your family, or...
It always seemed dark and cold whenever she thought about it,
How was she supposed to live her life now, he was all she had...
The mirror is a master of great deception, altering our light and sence of direction, It is here, I am faced with...
Deep inside is a tunnel of PRIDE,
I'd usually walk alone - even my shadow would hide.
Not concerned of what I did or what I...
The silence is deafening.
In my mind, I scream and I shout.
And I just can't get out.
I'm begging, please.
Someone - hear me...
I don't mind sitting alone, I don't mind those awkward silent monents, I don't mind those stares. I will not approach you, I...
Children screaming
Children crying
Evil striking
Children dying
How, I ask,
Is such a thing done?
27 dead
And all before...
A Man...
I'd Imagine doesn’t coward in fear of fighting for what he knows is right,
he stands erect and defends what he...
Beware Icarus your father warns,
About you staying in the middle course,
Don’t fly too high or you’ll soon learn
about the...
Alone ‘till Freedom
I cry these tears of pain
I cry these tears of fear
I am alone
Ignored
Just a leaf in the air
Alone I...
When she passed, I felt nothing
Like a blank sheet of paper
I begged for someone to write my story
My life was blank,...
looking for my student
nothing serious
just a follow up to see how things are going
all i heard
was shouting
screaming
hyper...
Here we are again,
with our fists wrapped around posts,
with our lungs in our throats,
shouting for the rights we already...
They marched for freedom,
they fought for a difference.
They made a stand,
they died for their children.
We are the...
The ABCs and 123's, our educations started with such ease.
But now professors ignore, and don't care to explore the person...
Buildings falling, Fires grawling, today the gods are calling. The angels fly as survivers cry. One man's hate opens...
If i were to forgive you
Would i be free
To gain a relationship
Between you and me
Can you be absent then
And present now...
a young mother
screaming
crying
yelling
worrying
agonizing
fearing
body shaking
muscles tightening
stressors exploding
the...
“Let’s begin,” says the doctor all proper and prim.
The nurses, they gather, their eyes all dim.
Like ravenous wolves...
Life is filled with choices
Which may be influenced by voices
About financial aid and college courses
Only lends to the...
(poems go here) Closed In. Closed Out.
Can't run
Can't escape
She's stuck in that empty place
Closed in
With those four...
I am not a stereotype
So leave your uneducated black girl
Fried chicken
And nigga behind
Don’t characterize me by the color...
It’s a cold hard world we live in; when every day we have to fight for our survival. Every step is one closer to destroying...
(poems go here) My Heartache
We were supposed to last forever as sisters, but all you spit out is poison.
All you say are...
Red and white litters the ground.
Footsteps make no sound.
In this month of April.
Upon this secluded hill.
Underneath a...
When you’re a child
Everything in your world is innocent.
The flowers,
The other kids in your class,
The trees,
Your...
I closed my eyes to see it.
Blindly following it down the smooth, dark road
My heart so longed to be it.
As it curved...
last night i dreamed that i was doing a monalog
i was back in my firts foster home, my foster mother came dowwn stairs
she...
remember when you said it ever so sweetly
the three words that'll make a women heart melt ever so gently
remember when you...
There is no more hiding when you can feel your hand,writing away from the thoughts that are cemented in your head. They are...
Writing is a release of tension
Chipping away at the block that weighs down on my shoulders
Placed there by a father who...
America. “Land of the Free”
A country known for its antagonistic beauty.
The place where
Muslims
Hispanics
African-Americans...
in the crazy world you left me in
i dont know where my streets begin or end
wondering what life's like up there
its hard for...
These sweet blue skies on a summer day,make your eyes blossom in the lightyou seek the possiblities of animals eating hay,...
Uh, natural.. Someone give me the definition
Equals..Dominic and all of his ambition
Telling you that manipulation is no...
She breathes in and out
This pain she bears is a killer no doubt.
Crying once more from pain and misery
She tilts her head...
Pressed against the cold metal
The pressure outside is mounting
Turning the rudder with the pedal
The torpedo is away and we...
You go to turn down a road
But a voice tells you differently
You look and you wonder
Not sure of whom it could be
Ignoring...
Hell Fire, Hell Fire,
Destined to fall the moment he was born,
Burn Brighter, Burn Brighter,
Stripped from his wings, once...
A well-built framework
made just for me
can be used by everyone
to make good company.
Don’t call on my name
when I’m...
Id like to create a world with my vision,
Soaring through skies and being able to see the sun shine.
The waves crashing...
Identity
Is an interesting concept to me
I was me when I was young
But now different words and ideas flow from my tongue.
My...
a thought dawned on me
i wanted to perform in front of a large crowd
i got encouragement from a friend
i got an inspiration...
It’s difficult seeing you so content because I’m sure I was never nothing more than a pasttime.
You’re like a walking regret...
Behind this mask i wear, behind my fake face, there lies my true image. Broken beyond repair, shattered into million peices...
When you have a dream
You don’t let it slip between your fingers
When some one digs a ditch
You don’t fall in it because...
Thirteen is the first year of your teenager life
Thirteen I came out to my parents as bisexual
They said they would not...
It was a silent night I could hear my heart pounding from the inside,
It poured from my lips and wrote from my fingers,
For...
We are diverse in our nation
Share a common sky
Yet, discriminate and separate
Why?
We've worked so hard to build this...
I'm finally numb, knocked dumb, its a trip..
I can see black in my veins, my fingertips..
Are chained, feeling exiled from...
What happened to that little girl, now lost?
The innocence and merriment drifted away.
Her entire world and life turned into...
Hard confusing
a talk of a boreding in class the teachers talks bout
her day when we just to run away. Euquations and essay...
I’m trapped living in a world where wars are running rapid bombs exploding snaring the people running past in their web of...
if i were the president
the words that will come out of my mouth
many will plot assassinations
i'm all about unifying...
THIS IS TEN PERCENT HUSTLE, TWENTY PERCENT WILL
FIFTEEN PERCENT POWER OF PASSIONATE SKILLS
FIVE PERCENT DRIVE, FIFTY PERCENT...
Not just a place
Where childhood dreams
Come true
Not just a place
Where your future
Blossoms
It's where you learn
To create...
I was born to this world as men's best friend,
Not to be abused or to make this the end.
We jump and play, it was all in...
I need answers
I need prayers
I need sympathy
In this dying misery
I need affection
I need hope
I need this wind to tell...
You can’t watch, follow, or listen to that
Those politics full of evil whether you’re Republican or a Democrat
Don’t listen...
A Moment to Fall
Frigid air touches me with an invisible hand,
For this is more than I can withstand.
Wings, wings of an...
Brown,red,orange and yellow,
The wind and leaves that sound so mellow.
Turkey, stuffing, corn and cranberries,
The time we...
Slam what you will but I will accomplish my goals.
Ill be more than a statistic, do more than blow trees and smash hoes....
I Am one of a kind!
Harsh realities of this world, have made me yet divine!
Strong, intellegent, beautiful I Am, but sad,...
Click, click. Take a picture and fix it.
Make your face presentable.
Remember not to leave behind any acne.
You spent 30...
I hear there's a narrow path that is often left forgotten.
Lost among the world, it's chose to be forgotten.
We are all...
For a man to love a woman
For a woman to love a man
God is placed into their lives
For God to love man and women
And for the...
The end of the road is coming near
Get back on my own two feet
And walk away from fear
Fear that I wont ever make it to the...
School... An Educational But Drama Filled Building I Must Attend!
Math, Reading, Science, History & Drama Facts We...
often people ask me
what's the one that describe you
i state a lot of words
they say seriously
i stated seriously
but one...
when reality finally struck me
my family, i thought to myself
what happen?
what exactly happen?
my loved ones slowly faded...
I was told that love will make a way, I just never thought that love would come find me one day. It caught me off guard, I...
You do nothing but love yet showed me hate
When you were gone you missed my first date.
Where were you when I asked for a...
A world away, what can I say?
Waters once blue, what can I do?
Hark! Help is on its way!
You can make it through!
Be not...
BAMB! was that the door? I heard my heart thud in my chest.
my chest, so shaken up, my throat so hard to swollow.
clinching...
We sit here day after day.
Staring at the blank board in front of us.
The teacher hands out text books and tell us to turn...
i live to write
so people don't bite
yes i said that!!!!!! and yet, people will still plot and want to start an entourage,...
I warn you sir, do not come near / No one has ever gone past here / The power that lies within these bones / Is greater that...
This house is full of dis-closer, unsettled animosity in which no one will ever care to figure out.
This house is as...
The reason I write
Is to Express,
Confess, Praise,
And Inspire.
I write to let out the pain
And hope to gain
The glory of...
Moving on moving out
All too soon I won’t be here anymore.
Life is so fast
But I just want to go
It’s never enough
To just...
I can hear them.
Laughing, yelling, pointing at me
Why me? I ask myself from time to time
Immaturity, superiority, over...
black people are still suffering from the shackles of civil rights we still face racism and discrimination its wrong why...
Teachers think they're perfect,
embellishing their career.
They prove an epithet of themselves,
usurping through students'...
One job…may change my life.
Though dreams and wishes abound,
I wish to make them true.
Within my mind lies an ocean of ideas...
Your feet are racing the ground. Your heart is beating out of your chest. Your breathing is getting heavier and heavier by...
This is the story of a family of three
One mother, two sons, and what a tragedy would be
But that's for later discussion
So...
Pain and agony
Miserable and heartbroken
Confused and afraid.
Amazed and hopeful
Compassion and empowered
Thankful and...
He said that it was such a stupid thing to have
that I must feel embarrassed
And I was
embarrassed
for the sheer innocence...
Ceaseless lines of maidens enthralled by me
Their love draped as a heavy wool blanket
Suffocating, choking, can’t stand to...
Connection with space
The blue roses never grow on Earth
Yet the words are for the aliens, not the flowers
This poetry...
My life
is like
cobblestones.
Nothing fits just
right.
Like your
bricks.
Striaght and aligned.
Unlike my cobblestones,...
Teachers think they know best
Sitting down for hours
Not giving me a rest
I’d rather be in a garden planting some flowers
Or...
I would change the view of a minority,
A minority currently is,
Anyone who has squinted eyes,
Or is darker than the...
At a crawfish boil I cannot fully make peace
With myself because I have frequent flashbacks
Of spring break in April of 2005...
crap you can't say to your teacher
I'm smarter than you
crap you can't say to your teacher
I am never in a million years...
seconds
tick, tick, tick, tick
rows and rows of motionless eyes
excitement ceases to show itself
it is only our future in...
Boston
Must this go on?
Why must we lose so many?
Families should not be stressed over this
Respect!
I wish I never pierced my veins,
I wish I never pierced my veins.
For this reason I'm to blame.
I pierced my veins when...
#NoFilter, I can’t be her
Not actually a girl, prefer to be my own
Version of self-expression, my decision alone
I don’t...
"just bring it"- dwayne "the rock" johnson
the drive
the ambition
the determination
the aspiration
the inspiration
the...
the stage was set
nobody dare attempt to place a bet
tonight was the night we're all met
the mic was calling for me
as the...
First I must ask, who has the right to hurt others?
I was born July 6th 1995
That is where my pain began
Up and Down...
I am writing this poem to get a scholarship, you guys have some extra cash and I need a lot of it.
I was a moral child,
raised in a moral world.
I was the line leader,
an example for the class.
I was the line leader,...
Every time I see you with her it kills me inside .
Our memories will never fade away from my mind .
My heart is yours but I...
High school I wasted. College I hated. Everthing seemed more important than saying I made it. A high was sufficent. For that...
Hope God is not an illusion in him I seek for solution.
Hope time is on my side when I’m in the wrong path.
Hope to see my...
Some believe it's a disease to take in another man's child
I believe those who believe others can achieve under their...
Empty within compare,
Lost within despair,
Alone always alone,
And that's what I've always known.
Solitude is incomplete,...
why is the world so blind to what is unfolding before their eyes?
the death, the homeless, the hopeless
all seen, some...
the air, the sound, the breeze, the smell
for years it’s the same as far as I could tell
the people, the stores, the...
I'm tall, your short
which ones better?
big boobs? small ones?
or how about this
big ass, small bum
I just love mine
who...
At first my words just stumbled
curled out from ignorant mouth
written down to simply please
the cold stare of curt teacher...
Do you think I care
When you say i'll fail?
Do you think I care
When your classes i bail?
Do you think i care
that you want...
She grew up without a daddyOnly 6 years oldMama never spoke a wordJust broke her back on the stoveLittle brother just a...
Shattered in tears behind the closed door
But no one knows who she is
She hides behind the key to her future
But no one...
I'm known to be a dreamer,
It's my way of sanctuary
but surrounded by closed minds,
Made me less a believer
I am a dreamer,...
I understand that you are supposed to help my learn
but that can't happen with you breathing down my neck all the time
I get...
So this is love
who would have known?
so easy to feel
but so hard to let go
I've read the stories
I've heard the songs
I...
Cinderella walked on broken glass. Sleeping Beauty let a whole lifetime pass. Belle fell in love with a hideous beast....
FAFa Families accepting kids who aren't blood related, that uplifts me. A "mother" who doesn't hug me, that brings...
You once said you love me
It was true,
But now its turning blue.
Did you mean it from the heart?
Or was it left there to rot...
Have you ever wondered why over 60 freaking percent of each of your classes fails every test? You are forcing your students...
Not long ago the growing pains started
The pains that broke the broken-hearted
The inevitable happened- I went blind
It...
Trying to live, but dying on the inside. Crawling my way to the sun as I get beaten and tortured, feeling myself getting...
Ink spots litter my fingers; I see the beauty of words,
Words,
In jumbled messes, scattered all over what, once, used to be...
The reasons why I write are endless.
There's something in me that can't help it.
I write for all those silent; full of...
I have always looked up to you filled with awe and admiration,
But now all I see is a bitter old man filled with hate and...
why are you so mean and lazy?why do you make me crazy?why do you take thier pay?when you dont work any day.
started from a phone call
sound of my girl's voice full of fright
i felt like kicking somebody's ass and continue to fight...
I was lost, but you found me and saved my life
I could have died, no breath of love inside
Before you I was nothing but...
my younger sisternever allowed funto limit her imagination.at a mere five years old,she decided she wanted to become an ice...
Persecution ,
Lies,
Slander,
The unforgiving actions that have been taken.
How can I change the hurt they've been making....
We live out our lives in preformance.
Time and effort into this work,
the make-up,
the clothes,
the words.
All for...
life Is A pond
I refuse to be define
I look in the water and see my reflection
Am a lion , a monkey, and great white...
I,LIBERTY,WITH THE TORCH OF SUN IN MY HAND,SAW
IT WAS ELEVENTH SEPTEMBER ALL OVER LAND BY NATURAL LAW
IN A WINK I SAW, MY...
Two Taps of the thin skin.
Flames dance under cold sins, sending whispers through chilled wind to linger echoes through out...
west is rest, tranquility
east dreams
where waters meet and hit the shores
north is wakefulness
where one can soar and fly...
You think i'm gross,
it is not right.
I sit up through the night.
I cry and cry til i can't cry anymore.
You call me ugly...
I sigh to thee
I cast to thee
The truth of fools gold
None more blind than an open heart
None dare compare
To one of...
You can't tell a teacher to tie your shoe
Because then they will think bad of you
You can't tell a teacher to stop talking...
We carry the burden on our shoulders
The weight is unbearable
And we have not fully rested in a couple of years
The...
Love?
What is love?
Who is love?
Love is a word that cant be explained
Because my father is too busy using it in vein.
...
Live a little.
Don't let life just pass you by
Don't be as busy as an aut
or so mellow as a melon
but be cool as a cat
slow...
Enlighten me with a flicker
The darkness so cunning
What is really true...
Then reality kicks in
Trapped in this palce...
We are allowed one opportunity in this lifetime to acquire all the knowledge we choose,Some people find a thrill in the...
She stares at the stars above herself as she is walking alone at the beach.
She then lies down on the sand and makes an...
Our air was broken again for the fifth summer in a row. The 100 degree heat didn't matter, though. It was his day: 4 years...
Infinity/0 is my choice
To accept, acknowledge, and love your silent voice
Quantum physics measuring what could been
...
A single tear
Falling from a face
All that is seen is the fear
That no one can embrace
Many ask why
Why so upset
Why cry...
A world with no style would be astronomical
With no one caring what you wear
But life in this generation is just too...
I offer you a chance
To correct the wrongs you’ve done
Many things may go wrong
But in the end you have a choice
To better...
At times you dont know What to think about,
Whether its right or wrong.
Combining images and words,
So they can form a bond...
clutching the sides
bruised and rain soaring
the sea beyond throbbing, thrashing, and churning
and the chains remains bind...
In the reflection of the lense, a god, fair-skinned and unparalleled in beauty glares back.Baldr is upset.He frets over the...
I'm a puppet, controlled
by what I feel is
Wrong. That won't work,
my mind says. That is not a
career.
What is a career?...
He taught me the value of my
emotions, to not be scared
when i felt as if i had no one...
but to simply just pick my pin...
She ask the teacher for the pass so she can get out of class.
That teacher teach too much and she don’t care if she pass....
Poetry is the air I breathe, the sacred serene sound of peace, the one and only complete atmosphere, where symbols provoke...
Life is an ocean,
Beautiful,and calm,
Luring me in with its turquoise blanket
Of gentle rolling waves.
Sometimes it gets...
No one can change you
Your personality is one and only
Your smile is cooler than kool-aid
Your actions will take you want...
The only way I will ever want to be,Is just the way I am.The only way that God made me;It is the only way I can. I am...
I never knew a job can change my life. Being able to make a difference in a persons life. I had a job of my own which was...
I can feel it weighing down on me
Pressure
36 degrees I’m spiraling down- who will I be
Pressure
Day after day the things...
Inspire to be or not to be.
Inspire to be better,
Better for yourself,
Better for your family,
Better for your next...
Baby, I love you
“Baby, I love you,” a phrase I hardly ever heard,
I mean I came out of your womb ma, do you even love me...
Often my body sings the song of life, trying to outlive death.
A breeze seems to take my body and guide me to the familiar...
I simply am.
I exist, but not hinder.
The radiant sun smiles upon me,
Her rays disseminating amongst the trees ...
If I have been given the chance,
The chance to win this scholarship,
I would be so happy you couldn't tell I was struggling...
I don’t write, I listen.
I don’t have the talent, or skill, or natural linguistic ability
I don’t converse fluidly with...
The day a hurricane became enraged
The day the tragedy engulfed our people
The day the water had rampaged
The day the...
The subway is never empty at night.
By midnigth the street pets come out.
They scatter throught out the subway grounds.
In...
Intertwined
Just so you know,
When your upset,
When you cry,
When your world seems to fall apart,
So does mine.
Watching you...
Turning around from the face of the commons,
Dashing towards that figure of authority,
Viewing the cries of the summons,...
Superficial
When you look at meYou don't see a little girlCrying for her dadYou don't seeAll the built up angerBecause a man...
life without you would be incredible
you hurt many people
even have taken away our loved ones
life without you would make...
She sits obediently as she feels the restriction of the world
Be what you want yet don’t dream too high
Trapped in a cage...
Once again I sit at your glance,
Your look puts me in a trance,
My peers behind me stay silent and blank,
May I object to...
Teach me something, don’t read the screen.
I’m craving for knowledge, but all I can do is daydream.
Biology is not a simple...
what are we coming to
a wild pack of wolves
foaming at the mouth
on the attack
ready to strike anyone in our paths
sadly to...
Hello
My name is Ashleigh
I am a 19 year old African American female that was born in December
Not only am I trying to...
it was my fault
the misleads
lies to myself
lies to my ex
should've said from the beginning, didn't want the sex
although...
Drops of thought rain
Down on my dry soul
And wash away pain
Letting the creek flow
Like the drying sea
Holly waters...
For Chris Daniels, who made unrequited love bearable.
THE NEEDLE DROP
Upon the first drop everything signals;
orchids...
Life is hard,
Talk is cheap
I need money
Stress makes me weap.
College is expensive,
I'm sure you all know
I'd love to win...
who will watch over this boy
as he wonders aimlessly searching for acceptance
who will protect this boy
when he is involve...
Unbelievably true….
I once had a love
I found him on the sidewalk
He heard my soul crying out so we began that walk
That...
You promised a chance
A moment to prove,
To leave all out on the court
There is nothing to lose.
Yet alone here I sit...
As they say those who do good shall get there reward in heaven
Bad people will pay for their evil deeds
But the question is...
Outside
It seems as if she’s fine
Beautifully beautiful in every way shape and form
Her smile lights up the world as if god...
It all starts with whats behind the pen the mind in active thought. Power it has now brought,For the power of the pen is...
I am unworthy and late.
---
I am late to meet my fate.
---
I was supposed to meet up with fate about an hour ago.
Guess...
We ask, "how?"
When we ail to know why
happiness has eluded our every try.
And in our pursuit
the scars we've come to bear...
When cold, they slowly spread
Icy, sleepy, dead.
When hot, it all moves so quick
Bright, fiery, slick
They say particles...
Our love is a flower
It blooms and it grows
Your touches are like the
Sun heating my passion
Beyond the mole
My kisses like...
Out there, far past rail road tracks and turnpikes
A winding space that roils and roams and runs free.
No blocks or...
Patterns.
Patterns.
Patterns .
Waves, cycles, circles, tides.
Returning, haunting, foreshadowing, predicting.
Patterns....
Life.
We were once small infants that knew nothing about the world
We grew into a new, human with opinions and beliefs...
I stare at the teacher’s desk as I walk in class one cold winter morning
Messy desk it was, full of files and ungraded...
SCHOOL!!! Let there be arranges
So we can hve cahnges
To have classes that wouldprpareus for hefuture
So tat wecan be super...
My disease is spreading.
Mothers pull away their children.
People look at me and sneer,
as if they know everything about me...
Can’t ever know what it’s like to fail.
Took a deep breath and I never exhaled.
So much pressure to succeed, indeed I know I...
Why is no one answering my cries?
I lash out in hopes that someone will notice,
But all that responds is never-ending...
Bring up words, take up arms
strike out quick, strike out strong
To War, my brethren- To War
backed by none, backed by lords...
my new's years resolution
is to be the absolute best
stand out from the rest
continue to live my life full of prosperity...
It’s homework all day, Homework all night
Every single little second, every minute of my life
Wake up in the morning, and I...
I wish I was the person I was,
I wish I was the person I was.
Wait a minute,
The person I was, is the person I am.
Forever...
Suspended by your invisible locksRetrained from my own powerLosing my breath with every"Stop, I cannot, I cannot"But I...
This stuff I say or do isn't meant for you to feel a certain way, it's for me to get my feelings off so I can brighten my...
Life allows choices..
You can be productive and impactful.
You can do nothing and be ignored.
The choice is yours alone....
melting his favorite hershey kiss chocolate
on top of the radiator
he was "cooking" as per say
he ironed his favorite angry...
My grandfather, Roberto Hercules Gándola, has instilled within me the fortitude to take on unfamiliar challenges. He has...
Walkin’ down the hallway
What do I see?
I see boys posted up,
Thinkin’ “Yeah, I’m a G”.
Hats to the side, pants barely on...
I know a boy who thinks too much
Who wants everyone to like or love him
Who doesn't want to hate or think sadly of anyone...
Life is full of surprises
We observe, think and question
But us human, we figured them all.
It only took 60 years till we...
two dudes at the subway platform
one of them was trying to holla
at a female
should've anticipate better than a movie trail...
Love is something
Can not be anything
Somebody being special to someone
But it cannot belong to just anyone
Does it lead to...
your heart is safe
i cherish
your mind is safe
i listen
your body is safe
i caress
your cries is safe
i give you my shoulder...
Who I am? That is not the question, but
Who are you?
We are not different. Open your eyes, you are me.
We are the same.
Same...
(poems go here) What right?
What right?
What right do you have to criticize?
What right do you have to talk down about me?...
What is it that makes us
think.......
that stirs our thought and makes a boat sink?
We think of very little in...
Under my sleeves there are scars you see
they were created so deep that they will never leave
constantly reminding me of...
In the summer of 2008-2009, middle school had ended and it was time for high school. I did everything in my power to take...
she is...........
a breast cancer survivor
an artist
a poet
an art creator
multi-talented
i am amaze
how captivating her...
Friends are supposed to pick me up when I fall...right?
So why when I am crying in the corner you never ask me what's wrong...
i am not a parent
to my young people, they see me as a parent
i accept it with honor knowing that everyday is a war zone
i...
The greenest patch that’s ever been
Lies hidden beneath the fallen snow
Tucked away from the tiny wren
Who has nowhere to go...
Over the years I've lived through a lot of things;
Over the years I've been a lot of people,
So many that I lost myself...
Tick
My dream makes my heart beat
My ambition feeds my soul
The journey which I seek
Will take me through many tolls
I...
It is your journey,
And yours alone.
For you to be who you want to be.
You shouldn't have to be afraid,
to express yourself...
In a field full of dandelions, you grab me and say "love me or love me not",
you throw a long stemmed flower at me and...
Speaking of the Ultimate Taboos
The stories behind the tattoos
A man with no other desires
To kill the man they call "shire...
(poems go here) Living, breathing
Seeking, seeing
I am I no matter what the case
Poetry has always been my face
No matter...
The joy in her smile brings warmth to my heart. A pleasure I had forgotten renewed. I only wish she could understand me for...
Write. Read. Solve. Complete.
Tick
Tick
Tick
till the next class comes
my life, my future, my ambitions...
Strings descend from open arms
Encompassing my swelled wrists
Love dwells like captivating charms
But underneath, the string...
A Spoken Word Poem !
I'm hearing that some people think
New Poetry's ... " TOO CRUDE " ... !!!
Now i'm not starting a poetry...
My heart speaks out
To all the survivors of Moore
No person should ever experience that
The feeling of being torn
A simple...
These four walls hold me in
Blank and bare, so naked, I stare
The dimmed light from the screen
Makes a
Glow.
A dull glow...
Understand that none of us will be able to make things better.
We can never feel another’s pain.
Their sorrows are exclusive...
Silence.
Delve into the Mind of Depth
The Hole of Vastness
The Pit of Darkness.
Welcome to the world of Painless Absence,...
It is elegant as a mute swan,
As rhythmic as the beating of a drum,
That is poetry.
It portrays detailed visions,
The world...
I have unconsciously morphed into an affectionate being.
My mind accepts this newness of life,
because It has now unlocked a...
I see something you can't see
it's not seen through eyes blinded with ingorance
it's not noticed by the type who cause...
certainly you've felt life tug you, hug you, and even push you away..
and I'm certain you've seen life assert it's opinion...
He broke my heart, he gives and takes
But the fact was it was not his to break.
My heart belongs to God, the one and only....
What Happen?
Between me and you, an innocent child’s love
That love like an ocean with its complex depth
Our innocent love...
Will we be there?
Will we help?
1960s social protests
1970s social protests
2013 social apathy
So will we be there?
Will we...
Here I lay dark, afraid, and ashamed
Dark because I have given up on the light
Afraid to step out and try to love again
I am...
these tears that swell in my eyes
you don't know them
they are foreign to you
you are so naive
just to get a good laugh that...
One and one doesn't make three. It was the three in one set for us to see. Always there to guide us down life's long but...
Suffocating in darkness
As a diseased light paved my way
I attempted to scale the barriers
That separated me from the...
How come everytime you hear talking, you think it's me?
You accuse.
I look around the classroom, and I see other students...
Chain to their own emotionsChain to the political station of the united coloniesMy ancestors were slavesSlaves to this...
it was always said in the bible long ago
do not murder
anyone who kills a life will subject to judgement
why do you think it...
(poems go here) Four, Another blow, another hit, another strike, I wish he quit
Another tear that falls from my eyes, some...
College is expensive. It is indeed.
But education is a tool we all need.
For knowledge is a door. It is used to explore.
To...
I don’t get what people have against people of different race
And sexuality it’s not fair to treat them like
there different...
So I sat there,
Staring at what looks to be the most blankest page I've ever seen
The awkward moment when you have nothing...
That tick that relieves that stress and anxiety of buring holes in my pockets to pay for school. On the days I stand to...
I try so hard to be my best.
But I end up being the worst in my class.
We take all these stupid tests,
not even one of us...
From thee Earth it grow
One of His very own creations
This feeling is going so slow
For these radical denominations
We...
My brain is not to be toyed with,
My brain can easily explode.
When filled with lectures and rote learning,
I want to hit...
Live and learn,
just to work and earn.
That degree or career,
will help you live life without fear.
See, an education is all...
As I stare him in the eye
The nerve in my brain send a sensation to my right hand
My finger twitched
and....
Bang!
A...
temptation, lust, decite...
tears, pain, defeat
my life had been filled with these deformities of life.
forgiveness,...
(poems go here) The will of the world seems to tug and pull. The heart and the family plea and beg for you to go to college...
i am but history’s diary:
a diary of scorned
women like his mother
whose boyfriends left them
cracked open and...
You ask me how i am the person you see
The bright young girl with a future
Then u ask me how my future’s so bright
I’ll...
family that scatters all over like roaches
no support from immediate ones who are suppose to mentor like coaches
not even...
Dr. King and Rosa Parks are a part of our history/ But that's not enough, alot of us are still left in mystery
We yearn to...
Teachers think they know best
Sitting down for hours
Not giving me a rest
I’d rather be in a garden planting some flowers
Or...
Living this life teaches more than the books.
Loving to lust, that gets us hooked.
Liking the guy, wanting his touch,
your...
Singing is my escape; my escape from life.
When I sing, I pretend I am on stage
with a spotlight on me.
I imagine being a...
Mortality, O how dark is the day
When thine own cessation’s rise bests the sun’s
And extracts life from those nigh with its...
The kids on the playgroud told me I wasn't right. The Caucasians say my skin was to dark, and the to African Americans my...
Angels without wings can never fly,
But they still try to reach the sky,
Not knowing what's beyond,
A land of paradise,
A...
Back when life rampaged me,
Sent demons to attack me.
As it continues to do today.
My only escape is the text I imagine.
The...
Feeling discriminated
emotions cumulated
all my feelings
to begin eliminating
people from my heart
for underestimating that...
Some teachers are cruel some teachers are kind, some teachers are just completely out of their mind. I once had a teacher...
His smile is what keeps me going
His smile makes me smile back
His laugh is what makes my day
His laugh is what the sound...
You can achieve anything from goals to dreams.
Theres just 3 steps.
1.)You must believe you can.
2.)You must have confience...
It has been days since you cared about anything.
My only wish is to be loved by you.
Loved more than those circular pills...
she sees herself as a nobody,
and to others shes a nobody
by the time shes a somebody
she'll again be a nobody.
Lost in what...
I want my voice to be heard
i want t stand on top of the desk and scream th answers out loud
I want to walk an talk without...
I think I am invisible, are you invisible too?
When I try to speak to people,
They haven't got a clue.
They look straight...
The sun awoke in the vast cerulean sky.
The grass, green and fresh with dew,
Sparkled in the morning sunlight, like tiny...
If I could change one thing
I would be how society looks at women
Why are we considered fragile, lithe
emotionally unstable...
What I am allowed to say,
what society says is okay,I care not for it, but I write it anyways,
because that’s one of the...
You were once like me
Young, innocent and free
Forgive me, if sometimes I act so wild
Remember, I'm just a child
I might...
As I sit here waiting, grasping for my next breath of air
I look, tearing up wishing I could ask for help
Sitting seeing no...
I'm not the man behind the curtain,
but the Turtle behind the Shell.
How can I stop from being trampled on
when I can't even...
i remember the time
when i was a kid
i use to visit you
in the coolest areas in the bronx
right off jermone ave and yankee...
Life is All about greed
It's all for me
If it ain't my way
I'll kill till it's is
Hey!
No remorse
like the plan of the...
Yea you thought you was in love but it seems that love ain't really there. You hear her old love has appeared, to be in her...
As i stood in front of my team with pride ,i thought to myself this is the start of a new begininng.Tiny little faces...
Life is like winning a lottery ticket
There's excitement, joy, thanks
You're so pleased with yourself
That you accomplish...
You strut around and teach it,
So now its my turn to preach it.
My other teachers don't act this way,
So thats why I had...
IS THIS LOVE TRUE? HIS BIG, SWEET,MOIST LIPS MEET MINE AND HIS STRONG HANDS HOLD MY BODY AND I ASK MYSELF " IS THIS IS WHAT...
You string me up like I'm something special.
You act like I'm your everything.
But when it comes to it,
All you do is leave...
I feel my soul running free with the windChill down my spineGoosebumps on my skinI am free, feeling alive as if everything I...
These haunting memories refuse to go away; making life more difficult day by day. I remember the happy times, when my...
Test Tuesday. Project Wednesday. No late homework past Thursday. Marking period ends Friday.
Volleyball game wednesday....
I am the feet that would dance in the summer rain.
I looked forward to spa days and pedicure days.
I survived cold winters...
My relationships always seem to fail
I was always scared to open up so I just bail
I never knew how to trust
I just wanted...
Inhale...exhale.
And then there's nothing.
That same nothing that lies
within our awkward silences.
That same nothing that...
Too young to understand
too naïve to comprehend
But you’ve sold me short.
You’ve pulled the wool over your own,
building up...
Don't listen to what anyone tries to say
You look beautiful no matter how much you weigh
But if you'd like to look better...
She missed the day he smiled
All that it reviled was an innocent child
The regrets of the child started to fade
Her heart...
It is heard near the uplands,The sweet allure of your song from down belowYou wear your chestnut coat so wellYour brown mane...
When someone commits suicide,
All the secrets they tried to hide,
All the guilt they tried to subside,
All...
Education... What is it really? Where it see ms like I'm learning so much, yet not learning anything at all. Eight hours a...
Asking the accused the questions that
will change his life forever...
FALSE, FALSE, FALSE!!!
Announced the accuser......
your walling down the street
some one pushes you
theres a car coming, car doesn't see you
-Poof Gone-
Your at your house...
Ambition.
To strive, to feel completed
Everything that you may have wanted,
Are now the things you may have needed.
But tell...
Traveling without moving,
Talking without speaking,
Going to another world with the book you are peeking.
No matter...
Words cloud the mind, and hazy thoughts settle in.
Emotions take over
Fears become apparent
Reality sets in.
Words
Seeing...
I want to be free
But I'm scared
I want to connect
But I can't
It's a big world out there
And I don't want to get...
We pull up in our truck
beach boys pour out of speakers
our surfboards in back
race to the sound of the waves crash...
"Let your trumpet blow!!!" so that it reaches the highest peak of your mountain
"Let your trumpet blow!!!" so...
Floating through an abyss of tears and fears.
Do they notice me? Can they help wipe the errors?
Dancing, twirling; I scream...
Love was in our verses, Love was never perfect, when the music had played out its like god came and birthed it. Heaven had...
i am the wild flower
washed away in dry white sands
surrounded by rain forests
fond memories,
what can i do to please you...
Poetry, or writing in general
is my life.
it is how i express every feeling in my body
My sadness
my happiness
my fears
my...
Why can't you see,
What you're doing to me?
You teach us to conform,
Not to create.
You want us to be the same,
Yet you say...
Orphaned from so young an age
It’s a wonder I ever escaped that cage
The world was so dark from the place whence I came...
this isn't my home, it's a temporary hell
but I won't stand here and say, "Oh well"
I'm sick of this life, I'm sick of this...
My teacher, my teacher
What dost thou teach me
Some geometry here
Some phyics over there
My teacher, my teacher
These two...
What I say to you is true, "It's up to you." Why do I say it like that? I am a woman with dignity and respect. I've...
hispanic male, 5'10, 21, wearing denim blue jeans sagging, black boxers, black tims, may be carrying a loaded weapon...
forgave but not forgiven
Afraid and ashamed
Learning how to trust again
Feeling a sense of sercurity amongst yourself away...
Sonnet
It Is what It Is
By: Mary Thomas
The way I feel about life
Is like the way I feel about money...
When I was small I couldn't look into the mirror.
For the freckles on my face was something I didn't see on ads yet they...