You and Me Poetry Scholarship Slam
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Life in words is amazing,read yourself into another worldMaterial without appraising Words out of the heart unfurled This expression is pricelessA treasure of untold storiesNone are deemed lifeless,Imagine knowledge quarries A piece, that portrays
Blackout, fall down, find the wall.
Knockout, lights on.
Can you hear me?
Dropout, fallout, lost and found.
Time’s up, lights off.
My world is made of words;
words that float through my mind and through my hand -
words that peel off the page and become vibrations -
I became a poet because I knew it was real
It felt so empowering to make others feel
Have them feel what I felt
With words
Merely words
I began as a poet in song, with melodies
When we walk hand in hand
When we smile at one another
When we stop all the hate
There is peace
When we all come together
And be kind to one another
When we all get along
There is peace
Black man lostHow many black lives will it costFor us to realize that the real lies are the ones we're too ignorant to hearLost to society, faced with the reality From the day a brown baby is born He steps into the life of a systematic storm All h
For me to claim I know you;
Would be a lie through and through;
The only you I happen to know;
Is the one you let me to;
And I know it isn't all yourself;
No one ever quite shows this;
The first time I met you, Poetry,
I was silent.
The rhythm of word embodied all
I could not speak.
I felt you,
as you cradled my heart,
