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I don’t ever want to hear you say that again,
That you’re thinking about giving up just because things look like they are going to end.
When you tried your best, you seem to get knocked down again,
And you are left there wondering if this is going to be the end.
If this whole time you have been fighting for no real reason,
You know when it finally hits you and you get tired of your own bullshit,
And it becomes too much and all you can think about is how bad you want to quit?
PERSISTENCE
You may be
getting little
or even none
today, but
belie'e me,
you soon
gonna be
getting plenty
that way if you
ain't quit
someday.
YOU COULD DO IT
You'd do
it as long
you
believe
you could.
And
because you
could
doesn't
meant you
should. Be
good you
certainly
would.
#c9_fm
Be aware before falling in love
Fore it always brings sores
Later which turn into storms
with all the love comes a curse
With a prize
No matter how hard you try
You may never rise again!
I cut my hair for you
That was not enough
Gave you my voice and time
Was not pleased with that either
You trapped me with unimaginable thoughts
You took me out of my prime
I believe that you appreciate me
I believe that you will love me unconditionally
I believe that you will love me without regrets
I believe that you raised me the best way you can
Silent, Sad, Mad,
What is wrong with me?
I am crying inside where you can not see.
Silent, but LOUD
Explain to me.
Shine like a diamond when the world calls you coal
Ignite like a flame, even in winters so cold
Fly like a dove when storms are approaching.
Stand tall like a tree, when no one is watching
Keep your head up, don't get fed up.
Choose your roads wisely, you might like where you end up.
Let your thoughts manifest into a physical form.
Where you dreams can ascend, and be reborn.
Scars
Still present
From when
My old self
Died
And I began
To hide
And stay away
Small scars
On my legs
From when
Writing
Couldn't keep
People, humans, mankind
A bit of a mystery, so it seems
After a bit of growing up you think there’s nothing to redeem
On the outside looking in, it may appear that we have it all together
The older you get the more callous you become
Yet magic started for me at 23,
Balloons and bubbles were a thing at 30
At 60, my heart became wide open ratting me out for every feeling;
little tattle tale.
From whence I was born
my life was in motion,
constantly flowing
like waves in the ocean.
Smaller at first
without much commotion,
then larger at last
just like an an explosion.
My wish
Simple yet difficult
Wanting, is it so wrong?
The gods think so
But why?
Surround me with others
Better than me
They act
They sing
They create
I destroy
When the world turns cold...
You must remain bold...
Stay true to your dreams,
Even when rough as it seems...
To your Father should you look -or
in the words of his book,
I fear not for what I don’t have, but for what society lacks in value
Schools taught me how to read and think “right”, but that “right” was wrong
Two men stand along a ring.
The champion steps out first.
Next, comes the challenger.
The underdog.
The believer.
I believe in you,
I believe in you.
I believe in you, you can do anything!
There is no one perfect, just try your best.
I believe in you.
I believe in life, in authentic living, in the joy of being.I believe in the exaltation of the heart at the dawn but also at the sunset that withdraws its rays in the night`s rest.
Life is tough,
but we can do it, if we believe.
Don't listen to anybody's voice,
But your own.
Please say, that you will not give up.
You have to try so the light can shine through,
The View from Below
You stand up for what you believe is right,
But the world looks down on you, it's alright
You will face many struggles,
Did you see her?
Did you admire her?
Did think that she notices you?
Did you believe that she loved true?
If that happened, you'd be considered the hero
Medicine
It’s been apart of my life ever since I was little
I hated medicine
All the pokes and pins
All the stickers and Batman bandaids to make me feel better
Allow me to express my deepest gratitude
In words deep from in my soul
You are always there when I wake up
And the first one to answer when I call
You taught me how to open my heart
Pressured by all
Motivatedby none
What will I do
When I'm faced to the gun?
Inspired by failure
Lookdown upon success
Will I reach my goal
Or give up like the rest?
Once the light has been revealed to you
it is inescapable
you open your eyes and there it is
filing into you
but you still blink
Some people say you win some
Some people say you lose some
Right Now, Right Now I've lost hope
Some people tell me to give it all up
Some people tell me to work to go up
But Right Now, Right Now I just cant
Dear Reflection,
When I look at you I see FEAR.
I see that you DO NOT know the STRENGTH in your SOUL.
You share the worry lines of POVERTY in your face.
The dark eyes of SLEEPLESS nights.
Dear reserved little girl,
In a room full of kids with everything to say, you had nothing to say
Dear Younger Me,
If I could go back and change things I might,
to undo the wrongs and make them right.
But that's the thing, the very falslihood I used to believe,
Dear Younger Me, with eyes so bright
Dreaming of the future all day and all night
Your fantasies soaring like eagles across the blue
Your imagination skipping like pebbles do
If I could offer this for the days ahead
Here we are,
Here we need to be.
Lost in translation,
The past seemingly on a continuous unconcious loop.
To be brave to believe in some idea,
So foreign to thee.
The magic can flow and light it will be.
Dear Ana,
There is something out there for you,
you can't hear it or see it, but it's there
Like a flower growing,
or a caterpillar unknowing
You will grow,
you will bloom, transform,
and fly
A white feather fell on me as I walk to my office.
Once I enter the office, I felt a kiss on my cheek.
I looked back quickly and saw nothing.
I resume to work without thinking or telling that to my boss,
To believe you can achieve you must want to successed.
To become what you want to become, you believe there is no limit.
To be free from this world, you must believe you can learn.
A great love,
An “I’ll wait” love
Never let you go because I love you
I close my eyes at night to think of you
No butterflies inside because I’m at home with you
Every time I feel like drowning I just think of all the things I have in life.
I try to be happy, but I don’t know what true happiness is.
Is it a dream, or could he be real
Can I touch him, can I hold him
All I need is to know and feel
For I once visualized this day with this man
Am I blind, is it true, is it him that I see stand
Once upon a time there was a king,
but not just a king,
A queen, but oh no,
Not just a queen,
A quite young maiden,
But not just a young madien,
All were unaware that the perfectly imperfect,
It was told that a leader of many
Would not see the morning moon.
That the giver of plenty,
Would die too soon.
Today, he decides to live alongside The Light’s curse.
Nobody goes out asking for it.
When I walk out,I am a statementnot be ignoredbut not be taken advantage of.
I, too, sing America.
I am determined.
They say I don’t have common sense
They don’t think I can manage myself.
But I know what I am capable of,
just breath,
don't suffocate
let the amber rose
cover the cell
let the night
speak to you,
to your soul
let me breath
you in, I'll show
you art, her
tips are orchid
This is too the cultures who oppress girls and deny it. listen up,
equality don't mean anything too you and we understand it.
you deny your daughters, sisters, mothers, aunties and grandmas.
God I am frustratedNothing is as it shouldWonderful thoughts of flightBroken calls of worry
Greetings America
You're a great sport
I supposed you're egotistic and somewhat rather strange
I like that you're diverse although you're not all there at a time
I hate the crimes that made you great
I believe in ME!
I always have
Don't be negatve
Gymnastics all the way!
I believe in ME!
Other do not
I can do it
Dream big
You can do it
I believe in ME!
I don’t believe in coincidences and not in accidents.
I don’t believe in “fate”
But it is in my faith where I find myself to believe.
I believe in a life filled with purpose.
"You know you'll be broke?" is what everyone said, their words and opinions filling my head. "A career change already? Are you sure you really want it?" I hadn't even started, and thought I should quit.
I used to be alone -
locked out and then locked in;
and after days of patient searching
return home lonely once again.
I used to be afraid--
to risk the venture of a hand;
This is the story of those who ride the sun.
They end very old and start off very young.
They have kind eyes to see,
ears to listen,
and voices to sing.
Suicide, cutting, and isolation
Three things that filled my life up to 2015
I am not the "me" I was before
The younger girl that everyone would ignore
I became a social butterfly
Hello little soul flower
It is I, the Sun shining bright on you
I've noticed you've been hiding from me
But why?
It seems to me that you believe you cannot grow as tall as the other soul flowers
As leader you have to protect,not to neglect for everything that comes your way.
As a leader you have to listen to the information.
For your nation.
As leader you should express yourself
Lately I've been feeling so confident
So beautiful and empowering
Like the world is in the palm of my hand
I know if I set my mind to it
I can do anything
Just need the desire to dream
People say they'll be there for you.
But when I cry all night,
What can you really do?
People say they won't leave.
But with what I know,
How can I believe?
I believe in Everything
I believe in the wonder Santa leaves in the heart of children
I believe in the magic Fairies bring to youngsters
When the odds are stacked against you,
Believe.
When failure is not an option,
Believe.
All heros started from nothing,
but they Believed.
No matter what age, gender, or race you are,
as you start age daily,
you learn the
dissimilarities
between right and wrong:
what is accepted by this
temporary home
and what is not.
If you fall
get back up.
If you fail
you can prevail.
If you love
you will learn.
If you live
you will grow.
If you try
you will fly.
If you believe
Roses are red and violets are blue this the story of my life i'm about to tell you
i'm a just simple guy
i could simply be
but this world seems so different to me
i growed up believing i can be anything
If you tell me again
That we’re no different
That we just happened
Our luck was purely evolutionary
I will give up trying
Give up telling you that
We’re different
We’re special
I believe in laughter,
The rhythmic movements of a dance,
The soft pitter-patter of rain,
The rolling hills and grey smoke,
The smiles of pain,
I believe in smiles,
I can't seem to find the answers
to give to another.
Is everything an act as he says
or is it just a joke that pays?
Everything has changed,
but it doesn't change the way we feel.
My all, my life
I am healed by his stripes
He poured his love all around me
Led me to his kingdom people
Now I am free
No longer a slave to this world, but a servant to him
All I need,
it is not the same as what you need.
Some people need food or water to survive,
others need a phone and a person to thrive.
I too need those things to live,
but they're not necessities.
Let's go make some of our wildest dreams come true
Not believing you can do it, surely makes a fool out of you.
I will believe in you but you should believe in yourself more
Faith
The unparalleled charter of an Island life can take you by storm.
The waves crashing against the shores to reassure that they are your only call.
No people, No love, No trust
Church is quiet today
People swaying with their hands in the air
Hymns and clapping are the usual way
To show how you love his name
Everyone here is moved by the spirit
They say you're not alone,
But is that really true?
When you think about it,
Nobody will believe in you,
Unless you believe in yourself.
People will let you down,
People are not to be trusted.
I wish you could tell me
This is all one big joke
I’d believe you if you did
Things would make sense
If you told me
That this isn’t the way things were meant to be
That this life wasn’t meant for you
In the 11th grade my English teacher gave me a pen. The pen was smooth and elegant with a digital clock on the end of it. He told me that he saw potential in my writing.
Wiggling toes deep in the cool white sand,
Seeing the tropical trees and wild wind dance.
Smiling at the site of the gospel in hand,
Feeling its power just by taking a glance.
I've always been a believer..
I used to believe I needed to be inhebriated
to appreciate the things that he's created.
I am not the kind of person who just lets go Relaxes, lets loose, and just goes with the flow I cling tight to the future!With dreams ill get better But with every step I just get wetter and wetter As I'm drowning in homework And drowning in seas
Baby come home
In bed i wait for darling to come home
Wondering if he is alright or alone
I stare at the cling with tears in my eyes
Wondering if i could make alone another night
I am a believer in the Boogeyman.
I have to sleep with a nightlight.
I am a believer in fairies.
I will never lose my inner child.
I am a believer in laughter.
There is no better cure for illness.
I’ve been told that my circumstances will have me thrown into a bowl of “you will never be’s”
I’ve been told that I will never be able to turn my face proudly to the sun without feeling the guilt of the shadows that fall at my feet
Think of all the things you've seen,
The far off places,
Daring scenes.
Think upon the times you smiled;
The tingling of
Your hearts desire.
Look back on your passions, prides,
And all the items
Life is A.W.E.S.O.M.E.
And it’s going around
Life is A.W.E.S.O.M.E.
No antibiotics, but no need to frown
In the low light of a bulb with a small crack
A man sat in the corner of a dim room.
His hands were clasped upon his lap
His face was shrouded with gloom.
He stared at the bed that had used to fit two
I've never really believed in love because when I was younger I heard my dad say, "let's just stay together for the kids" behind closed doors, and my mom agreed with him for the first time in a long time
I think you all know this,
To God we do belong,
To him we depend,
Let him be your friend,
For he is always there for you.
Everyone said you would never make it. They said you can never reach the top. Yes, I stopped and think to myself. I'm halfway there not going to stop. They put me in the ground shoved me in the sea.
Dancing in a ring of fire
Hoping that your dreams aspire
But the drive down the road
Is one you'll make all alone
All of your wishes and hopes
One day you'll climb all the ropes
I was an accident.
Definition:
Simple as that.
The day I came knocking on my mother's womb door,
everything changed from
party college life to
adulthood.
I was rasised by hard workers.
We still see light,
We still feel warmth,
We still hear melody,
Why do we have trouble,
Seeing love,
Feeling love,
While your mind sits listlessly on its throne,
mine ventures to the edges of imagination.
Opening up doors you unknowingly pass by,
taking notes all the while,
What is “Flawless”?
Like what does it mean?
You don’t know, well here is a definition
Flawless by definition means without any blemishes or imperfections; perfect
Now tell me are you flawless?
Waking up every morning, I take a look in the mirror in my room.
She stares back at me, that girl on the glass.
Her eyes have much to say, yet they remain ever so gloom.
Is she waiting…hoping for a chance?
Looking into the abyss
What do I see?
I see me
Wearing my ugg boots
And skinny jeans
“I am pretty”
I say
“I am smart”
I say
“I am me”
I say
Time after time people are labeled as things
Words of hurt, words that crash dreams
Because of how we look, not for what we be
But ignoring them all makes me a happier me
I hate this moment
I dread condolence
There is no hiding
This time today
My knees are weak
My mind is bleak
I cant conceive
a way to believe
That I am strong
Clean?
Clean, clean, clean...
clean...
one more time...
just one more...
twice more...
thirce more...
I swear I'll stop...
soap, water
scrub, scrub, scrub
hot, scaulding
Everyone tells me how
beautiful I am, and yet
I don't see none of it.
All I see is a hopeful
girl holding on to false
promises and dreams.
They gather around a
I have no filter.
Why should I?
I say it like it is,
No matter what
Others think.
There are times
When this doesn't
Make me popular,
Times where people
Become outright mad,
I am me.
I have a passion for sports, but I am not a "jock".
I love learning, but I am not a "nerd".
I enjoy relaxing, but I am not "lazy".
I wear baggy sweats, but I am not a "bum".
I am me.
Wanting to show my kindness, intelligence, beauty
But fear that my confidence will receive the labels of pride and conceit
I'm just going to be honest
Every inch of me is flawless
Vulnerable, anxious
Camera, Camera on my phone.
Filter away all my flaws,
Surly I do lie,
but beauty is key ,
Without filters,
We shine flawless like gems,
Now we see eye to lens,
Simple beauty,no trends.
At 6am, I'm miserable.
Time to get out of bed, move my behind,
Clock in for $7.25 at the daily grind,
Eight hours for this is fucking criminal.
At noon, I'm finally awake.
You flawed up, they’d say
You a mess up, they shout
Hair a mess, tears were more, they were cruel
They couldn’t care less how I was hurting to the core, they were cruel.
You only live once
This words aren't a guarantee
For miraculous safety
Rather it is a dreamful promise
To think of the opportunity you may miss
While facing your dream
A broken family
With harmful words
A mind filled with caged birds
Yelling, screaming float up above
headphones, earbuds singing love
A pure mind, a white dove
Slamming doors, broken windows
Her widsom to empower the future
to belive that a dream can become a reality
no matter what boundary steps aside
there will always be " Widsom and Hope"
Waking up in the morning it is the first thing on my mind, to practice and hone my skills until it's my time. To become MLG, a dream that I want to be my legacy.
What uplifts me?
Such a simple question
But difficult to answer
What does it mean?
"What inspires me?
I fight
I write
I conquer.. with my words
Ain't that something?
I'm mighty fine, alright.
I have a message:
You best be listening...
You know why you're living?
Beyond the sight, no one can see
the prevailing energy
nondescript, uncomprehensible
I am looking forward to the future,
Fall and winter, summer break and becoming a senior,
And even farther in the future,
Senior year, prom, and graduation.
I am looking forward farther in the future,
Who Am I...
I am hopes and dreams
The visions of things
That people wish to see
But may never be
Because everyone wants, but no one tries
And with no effort, all hope dies
you love to call me thick
that must be a slick way to tell me to lose weight .
You tell me to put salad on my plate .
I heard you World , to be honest .
This pound cake is too good and it already on my plate .
It's because I feel a need to live up to this standard
A bar set by my elders,
To make them proud,
To be successful,
And to always strive for more
What makes me, me?
Is it the way I comb my hair, my brains and beauty, or the shoes i wear on my feet?
What makes me any different from you? Is it because i'm so kind
Dive,
Into each word defining your soul,
like a never ending ocean of bliss emotion.
Deep,
Dive deep, into yourself,
like you are the pacific with unknown depths.
Deeper,
Look at me and tell me what you see.
A young black educated male is what I hope you perceive me to be.
I have God beside me, my parents behind me and my family around me and I’m going to strive to be all that I can be.
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 belives in yourself."
Do you ever think about one situation & how one little detail could've changed everything?
When did you stop dreaming of all that you can be?
And why is it that you stopped believing in more than what you see?
Why did you stop living?
Who put you in despair?
Who dimmed your soul, and left you there…
Walking down this road I called home
Thinking of all my dreams that seem so far to reach
My mind and heart whispers courage but reality seems to crush my dreams
It means something to go to college.
Whether it be to get an education or gain respect.
It means something.
Whether it be to make something of yourself or to grab attention.
It means something.
You go to school.
You get good grades.
You go to college.
You graduate.
You get a job.
You get married.
You have kids.
You retire.
You die.
Guaranteed success.
A moment
A sound, a silent message
They remind
of the dreams we had
The dreams now gone
We dreamt of happiness for all
We dreamt of what could not be
We dream of futures for all
You can find me
where the
dust sparkles
in the window
from the sun's rays
You can find me-
there
I'll be hiding
beside the curtain
blending into the wall
I am a good person. Im telling myself that because I know I am a good person. Well, to be self-honest, to keep the truth before my tired eyes: maybe its just my appearance. My persona is often oppressed and affected by other personas.
For what you do not know
could be for better or for worse.
To say this one or that one
or what about none?
For what we see hindsight
seems like 20/20
But in the midst of the rising
You can achieve anything from goals to dreams.
Theres just 3 steps.
1.)You must believe you can.
Deletion.
Every single one gone.
The memories are fading away.
No way of looking back into the past.
No young faces nothing but a faded thought.
Deleted forever, what once was is now gone.
City looked so pretty
I hadda put a ring on it.
Faces I probably will never see again
The darkness swallows her.
Before bussiness started, he had to test her
The best thing was watching you grow
Happy
What Is It?
They say Its money
They say Its not money
What is Happy?
They say Its family
They say its marriage
What is Happy?
Is it light?
Is it dark?
I can't explain the things that I'm feeling right now
My mind, my body, my soul are being bombarded with poisenous thoughts
I'm being ripped apart into a million little pieces
Shh. They can't hear you.
Shh. You can't talk about that.
Shh. What will everyone think?
Shh. No! Ring the alarm, bang the pots, scream out loud!
It's always a good time for a drink.
Drank
Drunk
Easy girls and wasted guys make it all the much easier to point a finger blaming a solo cup of bubbles and warm beer.
We all have problems
So who are you to come at me
Did you ever think that there could be a possibility that i understand
In spite of what you have come to "know"
We are the same, having a bad day
No one sees, no one speaks, no one listens to the mind of the weak.
not here, not there, nor anywhere can this heart bear this pain.
I cant breathe.
I cant get past. This emotion, this judgment
Inspiration, that imperial feeling toward yourself, to express yourself, while addressing yourself with the things you do to the people who see only to judge, judge, judge you for your rights or w
The question that repeats in most minds that asscioate with me, tends to get rather tiring. "WHY DO YOU LIKE TO WRITE SO MUCH?" " I like to write because it helps me." *que questionble face and they walk away and talk about me and ask others if I
I just want to thank you for the chance to tell you about who I am and what I’m trying to accomplish. I’m assuming that even if you didn’t ask me, you must have wanted to know who I really am?
Believe To Achieve
To Beleive You Must Achieve
Over Come Fears And Regrets
Stress Or Non-Stress
All I wanna do is play,
But I'm watching the days pass away,
And although you don't give me toys to chew,
Master I will always love you,
You walk in the door and I'm happy,
"Why must love feel like a heart attack"?Some may sayCausing our hearts to sputter one final beatThump, thump, shhDifferent types of love lause different types
Stopping half way across his path I leaned up against his soul and saw the demon taking hold.
He took out his nine inch sword and held to the sky telling me and my wolf, we were about to die.
Black is a color but it's not me,
its just a title they put on the crayola crayon next to the gray.
But its gone far more than anything before,
never has this been a subject to explore.
I am holding a bladeUp to my wrist In the knife all I see is lies upon liesBut then I see youAnd your little blue eyesYou say put the kinfe down AuntieOr I will crySo I put down the kinfe
Silent Thoughts
Thoughts,
That’s all they are
That’s all I make.
Will they ever be any more?
Will they ever be any less?
Please take a minute and look into my eyes
I'm going to speak a little of my demise
You see, Just one job could change my life
if you look at me, you can't see my strife
Believe in yourself s you can
Evolve and
Laugh at the things that use t caue you pain so you can
Inspire other do the same and
Engage awih them to be
Vivid and detrmined cause it'll than
Keeping these thoughts from driving
me crazy,
I watch the twist and turns of reality
and my life just passing by,
In society people pin themselves in categories
Ones that they aspire to be apart of
Ones they are apart of
And ones that they want people to think they're apart of
This causes shame
What can I be?
Whatever I please
Whatever they don't want me to be
I aim my life every day to be more than just a statistic
aim to be the rose that would raise from the concrete
"OMG you too Ms. Imani?You see I... I thought I was the only"Thats what this young girl said to meas she glared at meno longer feeling lonely.
We all have that one goal in life
That one job we’ve dreamed about all our lives since we were little
Whether it was to become a princess like Cinderella
To be the firefighter that saves the day
I close my eyes and what do I see?
I see myself just looking at me
I am full of regret and sadness too
on what could have been, had I not listened to you
Pieces of hope
Keep falling from above,
Pieces of hope
That are birthed from love,
Where they come from
Is of little concern,
But how to catch them
One must learn.
Making the world go round,
A piece of advice you hear everyday.
You keep turning and trying and living,
But what is that? anyway.
You try and you try
But you go no where, nothing.
Hollow Ghost of Red Heart
Ominous with frantic rage
Yet vindictive under the Vail
Luminous as starlight nights
Hard Work
Drive through flames
Face the endless nights
Burn doubt and all else
Arise higher than the sun
Breathing Just Fine
Held under water
Gazing upon him
We fight for a way out
The sea blue runs black
I can romanticize anything
Books, jobs, boys
Toys!
This list is endless.
I am a clear romantic at heart
I can spin a tale and have that tale
Be invigorating, special, fun, exciting
Potential is what I see
when I look in in the mirror staring at me.
Thousands of ways to help the world...
But will I be so ever bold?
To work one of my destined careers,
That helps both of Earth's hemispheres?
Homeless individuals sleep with dreams of what they used to be
Now they have moved on leaving the new generation drowning sea to sea
No education, no temptation, to get a dream fulfilled
The reel is inserted
Lights are blinding
The Sound is speed
Cameras begin to roll
"Mommy, can I be skinny like those girls on T.V?"
I hear these words and put my head in shame.
"Mommy, can we go to McDonalds today?"
I hear this constantly and feel the same.
The Devils Eyes
That’s a frosty way to speak
To tell me how to live your dream.
I believed in you
So you should believe in me.
Like fire I tried,
I bled into the night,
I try to find myself, but I've been lost for forever. It's like I'm going in a circle so you'd think I'd know better. I'm somewhat lost in a trance, I can't find myself. Took 34 pills disregarding my own health.
There are those that make the most asinine of assumptions
Is willful ignorance funny?
Who are those who quell their voices in the midst of rustling leaves
and perceived as either mute or dumb?
I believe in you when all your chips are down
or no one else is around.
I believe in you no matter where you go
or when your self esteem is low.
If I could change
If I could fix every little
insecurity
that lies within my mind
would I, even be I?
I could fix my nose
or figure
by funneling foreign substances
into my body
I hope the day reality hits me
Takes its time in coming
With the blow
I want to spend my days dreaming,
Wishing on shooting stars,
And believing the world is somehow
Just how much of a blessing must it be
To return to the shelter of your home and see
That nothing has been damaged, displaced,
Its not always understood that maybe your cultural views and religon, tend to get in the way of many things.
A new day
A new mornig
A new breath
A new beginning
Yesterday is behind you
Laugh at its mistakes
Tomorrow is beyond you
Smile at its mysteries
Today is yours for the taking
Oh Hollywood, oh Hollywood
How I long for thee
If I could go to film school for free,
A happy flimmaker I would be
But I have no money
So I must save
In order to pave
I come from a beautiful land that has a rich culture, delicious food, and extreme heat! I was born and raised in Nigeria and this will forever be my world.
We grow up wanting to leave a stamp on this universe.
We are told very young, we can become are dreams if we wish it.
And through it all, we create a mind set of this reward in the end.
I keep myself in
a notebook under my bed.
I think in
song.
I dream in
poems.
I believe in incohesive pictures
flashing a mile per minute.
Like speeding cars on a highway,
Creativity Can’t Stop
When’s the last time you created something?
Anything—a drawing, song, recipe, story?
Here's a thought,
The thought is life
The thought is need
What good is life when no one believes?
I belive in angles, in love at first sight.
I belive in dreams and nightmares.
I belive that giving up is the easy way that's why we must never give up.
I belive in God, he's the only one who loves us more than anything.
In the silent waves she saw herself,
Lost and confused, she cried for help.
Through the screams and moans that came tumbling out,
The distorted images that filled her with doubt.
No longer could she stand alone,
There is nothing more beautiful in this world than love.But I do not believe in fantasy.Though I wish it more than anything to be true,I cannot honestly say that this is the answer.
Never will I forget the heavy chain of scatterbrained problems that emitted from a simple choice.
Dear my love, whose name is unknown
I’ve encrypted my unspoken words onto this heart of stone
Each waking hour, each restless night, every passing moment all a paradigm
Once there was man who loved me and who loved you.
Because of this love this he did what the Lord called him to do.
We're often exposed to music
We're often exposed to violence
What you don't really hear of is becoming greater than yourself.
You can achieve greatness, you can achieve more.
“Don’t let them in!”
I scream.
Barricade the door.
Board all the windows.
Cry.
“Don’t let them in!”
I scream.
Voices behind the door.
Scratching at the windows.
Panic.
We are not machines.We are not all one being.We may look at the same things but interpret those same things differently.We are not machines.
It is okay to love
When I was a kid my parents told me about Santa
They told me about the Tooth Fairy
They told me about the Easter Bunny
They told me about God
"You cant change who you've become"
This phrase doesn't apply to you literarlly but figurativley its who you've made your self known to others
That DOESN'T mean you cant change yourself for the better...or for the worst
Help me believe that youre the right man for my heart..help believe that you can stand to be the mother of my future childrens...
Mr. King, Mr. king.
You allowed us all to dream.
you may have gotten shot for your dream,
but thanks to you we all now have a shot to our dream.
My people are the "Dreamers"
I can't believe I was so blind,
To see the mistakes I made,
To see all the chances I could have taken,
To see all the things that went wrong,
To see all the things I could have prevented.
Yep, that’s the thing When we finish elementary school, middle school, high school We have to just get ourselves into college We take one thing with us to college It’s not our friends we meet nor the mountains of debt, it’s the Education we attain
believe to achieve
believe, what a strong, forceful word
without belief, what is the mind?
what is the soul?
what is an individual?
believing it what makes the difference between you and me
when i get tired (this feeling of lonliness)
i close my eyes (come meet me)
i walk through my dimly lit mind (everything is empty)
and i begin to pray (there you are)
They say suicide
Is a selfish act.
Although I never could fathom why
When it is so difficult to acquire the help one needs
For when problems are spoken
And cold words form in the warm air
Abduct our minds.
Bend them in two.
Take our hearts,
And bruise them too.
Your dirty hands,
Gripped red soil,
Then you checked our pulse
With envious words,
You are important, because you are one of a kind,
There is no replica or clone, just you.
Without you, people, nations, worlds, would be lost.
From that day you were born to the day you die,
So i took a couple pulls to keep me sanethis music numbing my brain why?you're asking about the vybz or the tree?I dont know.. it's not for everyone but it's for me.
If you believe that your hair don’t look good, believe
If you believe that the kid getting bullied is wrong, believe
If you believe that your parents are being unfair to you, believe.
Ever feel like your trapped
In a bottomless hole so deep
but yet comfortable to your new surrounding
familiar with the dark walls
and the ordinary smell
that become your only companions
Why do you ignore me
When I know that in your heart we both believe in love?
Why do you forget
That our souls of steel have more hope than anyone?
Why do you hurt
When you see this blood and rage?
She really thought it was real this time
She was stubborn that this time, this time he was the one
So she danced with words on her tongue
And made him feel like a prince
I'm just speaking because I have a voice
Writing because its my choice
Drawing to tell these illusions, hoping somebody can cure my confusion
I can't tell where I'm going things change every second
Life isn't about finding yourself
Life is about creating yourself
It gets hard
Living in a world that's wrapped up in a system that we didn't create
I almost made it through the year unscathed.Life's funny that way.Had me thinking things were all good,but the impending stormknew better.
Stop trying so hard
And just relax
Take each day slowly
And give love back
Life is short
And terribly long
Painfully bitter
Yet a beautiful song
I don’t write for myself
I don’t often write poetry
Words are use to express emotions
But what happens when the words don’t come?
God.
He sends a message,
a plea,
a vision.
You wonder why you feel this way
you've never felt before,
your heart is skipping beats right now,
but then you just ignore.
No, never could this be love,
that's knocking at your door,
My pen touches the paper.The ink slowly flows.The world spins idly byAs my story steadily grows.
I forgot
Those times I sat on my bed and cried, And sobbed my losses after all I tried
And you sat by my side and held me tight
You spoke comforting words to make things right.
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 volcanoe just waiting to erupt,
but not in the way you may think, I don't live to dectruct
There once was a river that flowed downstream,
It wished and it washed itself into a dream,
It wanted to make itself into a clean,
Huge flying aircraft machine,
It was impossible to say the least,
Where have you been?Where have you gone?I sing sad melodiesof how i was wrongand i can't even dreamwithout you in my armsso its best to believewe just dont belong
It takes months to create,
and yet, with in seconds it can all be lost.
That one moment that decides your destiny, your future, your everything.
It's what you've been working for all year, all season, your whole career.
At last I ask of you
In the end I only plea
If there's only one thing you can do
Will you Believe in me?
No God, No Peace
Know God, Know Peace
Know Knowlege, Know Power
No Failure, No Cowards
Know Love, Know Pain
No Pain, No Gain
Know Ambition, Know Succes
No Breaks, No Rest
Just breathe
That’s what they all say
It will all be okay
Just breathe
That’s what they ALL
Say, time and time again
Over and over
I once believed
I once believed
That I could one day change the world
The world is a cruel place
And I wanted to change that
I wanted to take on the world
By myself
I once believed
Sometimes music is the only thing that clicks,
It might be the fastest thing for an easy fix;
Sometimes laughter is the only fence,
Beyond imagining the possibly perfect,
Make anything your heart will dare desire,
Let it go and run wild and watch the effect,
Make no limits: just immensely imagine and don't let it tire.
We are the poor kids. The outcasts.
From the unknowns of the Country in the Unknown of the Country.
And yet we are known.
We are that thought in the back of your head.
We are the “What If…” of the Race.
Imagine
Close your eyes and touch the fabric of your existence
Stroke the ends of your own rainbow
And breathe in your own memories of journeys undiscovered
This...is our nation
Right here.
Right now
Why do I write?
I write to think.
I have all these thought going through my mind
At 100 miles an hour.
When I write, I can't write fast enough
When I write, I write to feel.
Directions lead to being
Ready to make choices.
Everything you hope for is
All reality.
Making it your world
So you can believe in dreams.
I cant stand missionaries
No let me rephrase that
I cant stand the idea of it
Cultural oppression at its finest
The idea that you are right
And therefore everything else is wrong
I write more than I read, I read more than I sleep, I sleep more than I eat.
I am a never ending chain of exhausted outlets existence cannot beat.
Slam each moment with the passion that kept you awake last night,
Words are a web of tangled imperfections
Different in their composition and order
Each a heartbeat in a symphony of chaos
Yet when they intersect they become one
All differences aside, they collide.
Tell them it’s not me.
Tell them it’s not me anymore.
Tell them I’m not quiet,
That I’m not shy,
That I’m the one they should adore.
Tell them they don’t know.
Throughout life we all have dreams
Goals and desires we hope to achieve
Hard work, strength, determination
Each play a part in their realization
When it began, no one could tell
How hard it was for me
I was just like the other boys and girls
Just with more energy
Struggles violently clash against my body,
seeping inside,
deep into my soul.
Causing me to fall into despair.
In hindsight we’re living the dream,
But hindsight is blind sight and in mind’s eye
In fact we’re destroying the dream.
Corrupting morality for technology,
But we’re forgetting to keep open eyes,
Girl I promise, It's all worth it. This I'm certain.
He'll take away you're hurtin' and turn it into a curtain.
When pulled back; Shown peace.
You don't have to struggle, Don't make him a puzzle.
My little love, she means the world to me
She's so beautiful, thats all I want everyone to see
Six months old, yet she's been through a lot
All I can think of, is all of the battles that shes fought
It's not a hollywood movie
I can feel you when you come close
It's not like a book where I only go as far as words scripted
I hear your heart beat against my chest
This is a rush I musn't forget
Believe in you
Believe in me
Believe in us
Believe in we
Believe in the bond between us and God
Believe in our love to last forever
Believe in me being here for you and you here for me
Even when you feel weak, to me you are strong
To lay next to anyone else and breathe in their air
Would feel asphyxiatingly wrong
If I told you I loved you, it'd be a cliché. If I said no one can love you like I can, it wouldn't be true. But what I can say, I will say.
Most may think that being beautiful is the sight of a pretty face,
But being beautiful is many things.
Beautiful is ht happiness exploding out of your body,
The eruption of giggles,
The fine gft of kindness,
I feel the cold
Bursting through my body
The darkness calls my name
Urges me to follow the sounds of his voice
His voice is full of temptation
He wants me to reject the light
And give him my soul
You’ve got that look in your eyes
And I can see you’re off somewhere
Building castles in the air
Hoping one day you can live up there
Hoping one day that you’ll be up there
(poems go here) Children, by standers, marathon runners, and victims of Boston:
You are strong.
Measure your strength not by wounds or scares,
Physically or mentally,
But by blessings counted.
That night
The earth smelled so rich
And inside I ached.
Loneliness,
Even though so many people
Were laughing.
I was grasping night air
With my fist
And wondering why
Seeing is to believe
Believing is to follow blindly
Follow blindly…
Blindly…
Blind…
The Blind cannot see
Seeing is believing
Suffocating in darkness
As a diseased light paved my way
I attempted to scale the barriers
That separated me from the outside where life thrived
For all the little boys and girls who were told no
For all the teens who were told that their dreams aren’t good enough
For all the adults who could never live their dream
For anyone who never had the support they needed
Within the embrace of your arms, you lay your head down,
You cry out, yet there’s no sound,
You search for hope, which you know can only be found from looking up,
Yet your eyes cannot leave the ground,
Please excuse my hard exterior
For I see you have to chisel slow
In order to force through me
To form the creation in your mind
That you see
I have cried
And feel
Like I've just died
I don't know whyyyyyy.
I hurt so bad
I get so mad
When the pain
Hits me hard
It feels like acid rain
As being stab by shard
One seems to cry and falls
The beliverance is but all
The sorrow and pain
Burns faster the the acid of rain
Your heart is broken
Your feelings are frozen
Your will is but all gone
How do I explain how feelings change,
how strained this train of thought chugs along
with nowhere to stop and drop this ticking bomb.
The face of your clock can tell me nothing
when I can’t look into its eyes.
You push me down
You Kick Me Down
You Dig a Hole
You Stabbed My Back
And push me down
Again And Again
But what’s the point
What’s the problem?
I’m I Not good enough
We who believe in freedom still can't rest,
Cause we who believe in freedom can not rest until it comes.
here it goes…
right out the window
watching it explode
tempation creeps hard
but you don’t really know
trying to say stop
while your body says go
your mind screaming yes
I'm stuck in this moment
but just for right now
It won't last forever
It ain't bringing me down
One of these days yeah
I'm gonna blast past
It'll happen so fast
In the blink of an eye
I wake up with a mission every day,
To make my dreams come true,
To try something new.
To accomplish my goals and avoid all the holes,
I don’t want to fall; I want to stay tall.
Call me a dreamer,
Life is tough, so get a helmet,
That's what we have been hearing all our lives.
Stuck in the in between of getting spoken to like a child,
But expected to act like an adult.
The Sun is our future,
The Moon is our Past,
The Sky is the Love that never seems to last.
The Flowers are our smiles,
And the trees, our laughs.
But, the cry?
The cry is our universal question... Why?
Our backs were bent ‘til we were walking
on the knuckles of our souls
The trees were drinking angels’ tears
in the deserts where they grow
And the only time my heart was shaken
was when I threw it to the wind
Its time to make a decision
A decision to stand or to fall
To live life to the fullest or fall in the trash of the past
The time is now to decide to live and to love the lives we have
The black mother could only shed one solitary tear.
To see her only son locked up for having no fear.
For being proud of his color, character, and his dream;
After all she planted the seed.
I DON'T ALWAYS CHOOSE TO TALK ABOUT HEARTBREAK
SOMETIMES I WANT TO VENT
LAY DOWN A PIECE OF PAPER AND GO AT IT WITH MY PEN
BATTLING ALL MY EMOTIONS WITH THE STROKE OF MY INK
LET MY FINGERS DO THE TALKING
I got Cali on my mind
My hearts not so far behind
But everyone I come across tries to steal my light
I don't know what I must have done
To drive em all to fight
To use harsh words against my dreams
You think you’re the only one going through this shit
Well there’s one to many others
Look at me
Look in my eyes
I’ve seen your pain
I’ve felt the same disgrace
I watched my mother suffer
And cave
Am I suppose to believe this is delliance
I've been taught love can't be brief,
love should never be evanescent, isn't it suppose to stay here being protected by angel wings,
love is to mellifluous for
me,
In a world full of technology and communication
we all end up in a seemingly endless situation
in a world full of thinkers
and hopeless drinkers
the endless lovers
and overbearing mothers
Dreaming, wondering
Believing.
The Girl who was always
Believing
That anything could happen.
That you could fall in love with anyone.
She always urged me to stand out, to
Believe
At the end of the world
People will cease
To love and trust each other.
People will stop dreaming
And believing
And hoping.
And the human family
Will begin to crumble
Piece by piece
