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I love when a man is nervous to talk to me for the first time
Not in a masochistic way
Or a rude way
I just love the way they blush
Or the way they trip on their words
Or fidget with their fingers
I have a friend named Alex she is so nice
if you ever meet her you will be friends at first sight.
Once she walked in my class i knew that this was gonna be the best
school year of my life!
I was told to tie my laces,
And keep my glasses on.
That I needed to stay their paces,
Or end up mowing lawns.
"Be the best now so you'll be the best then!"
Always seemed to be my anthem.
Look twice, save a life they said,
I thought once, considering the instruction;
It is known that a great number of lives are lost every day,
Tale as old as time
Repeating again and again.
Begining in France
Then animated by a mouse.
A story about a girl like me.
It's just a small town,
One she moved to sometime ago.
Snow White’s tale is heard far and wide,
But it is more than what meets the eye.
Fairytales are embellished stories of old;
Thus, snow white’s true story needs to unfold
A gullible damsel in distress
There is a vast ocean of things I don’t understand,
Instead of taking the time; to explain these things,
You would laugh at me, you would shun me.
All because I didn’t understand.
A jello mold of strawberry jam.
A wrinkly little worm.
A mind so painfully ridged even the thought of it makes me squirm.
College Ruled Paper (But NEVER Wide Ruled.)
There's a call for change, for warmth, for compassion
But you can only find these through blood colored ink on paper
I traded in my Nike’s for the open mics
Those early Saturday morning 6 o'clocks for them 7s ate my priorities I had to trade them in for
When I saw the prompt for this wonderful poem,
I thought to myself, "Now what can I show them?
Shall I be brave and smart, or strong and heroic?
Or shall I be a normal teenager and just be stoic?"
As the days goes
My mind grows
Sharper than knives
Sweeter than the honey hives
My character shows
And the wise knows
Beautiful be my people
Yeah you know the ones with the wide nose
Your so pretty.
Your so smart.
Your so pretty.
Your so smart.
It seems almost like an constant pattern
If your pretty then your alright because you becoming,
an matern.
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
I am not dumb
I am not stupid
I am not weird
I am not useless
I am smart
I am witty
I am fun
I am pretty
I am important
Mama didn't raise no porcelain doll
No fake eyelashes, no lace
Just a girl who is going to take it all
Mama didn't raise no pageant queen
No southern accent, no big hair
A kid who just wants to be heard
Someone who wants success
Others look at him and say oh my he's blessed
They don't know the pain, the problems
Of always wanting to be the best
His parents are proud of him
My mind is my gift
I use it everyday
From making good decisions
To deciding what videogame to play
Though being on Honor Roll
and seeing the world in a diffrent way
I like the pretty extensions on my braids, just a dozen of them. They sorta whistle as they swing all over the place. No pictures please. You can keep the selfies.
I stare in the mirror and what do I see?
My flawless self staring back at me
I don't need makeup or any type of weave
I just get up, get dressed, blow myself a kiss, and leave
I hear these songs singing about my body
Every girl and every boy is judged
Can you feel the burning eyes?
Those who judge are judged upon
Those who watch are also watched
Look at yourself
Fierce and low budget do not belong in the same sentence
But that was my predicament, the low income dilemna I was stuck facing
My parents said I don't need to be flawless
I need God because of my flaws
Rush through the hallway
Head down
Books clutched in my hands
Pressed against my chest.
Don’t make eye contact!
Don’t let them see your face.
Good.
Now keep going.
Not too fast!
Women are more than just pretty little things;
We are genius, we are classic, we are the female kings.
So when someone says being smart more than pretty just isn’t right;
Well, let’s just say I do get very contrite.
All of my friends tell me how "lucky" I am, because I'm so "smart"They think that because my grades are better than theirs that I'm "gifted"
I wake up and look in the mirror
To red marks and scars on my face and body
I cover them with makeup and whatever I can find
But what I don't have to cover up is what makes me
FLAWLESS
Beneath the surface,Beyond the wall I createdThrough the numbers of the matrix,Underneath the false perceptionAnd Misunderstood representation,Misleading calculated frustrations
Summer slips away and we students rush in to the facilities that torment us so.
We'll spend hours a day in chairs of stone, forced to learn things we don't wish to know.
Is it all there?Some think there isSome think there isn'tTruth is, nobody knowsIt's so simpleBut so complexHe loves sports,She loves music,They love science,
Age ten bullied, called fat and ugly
growing up feeling like being handsome is the only way to make friends
being the clown of the clasroom, but sweet when i hit send
THE TIME STARTS NOW...
12 Mins
These will be my last
As i sit here and wait for the pills to take my life i think about what i've done with it
11 Mins
Who is listening to me?
U Who
U Who
U Who
What Who
What Who
What Who
U The....
Selfish
Evil
Lonelly
Freak
Your A....
Egostistical
You
What a word the word you
Break it down itno "Y" "O" "U"
It asks a quetin, "why owe you?"
These three simple letters have a whole different meaning than the word they compose
You
Sistah Sistah!
You better hold that head up high and never let that chin face the ground
Don't give your enemies the satisfaction of seeing you down
Sistah Sistah!
Blood drips above your lips
Your heart beats in hyper drive
We’ll reach the sky when it is dawn
You’ll never cry because I’m never gone
A mind can do so much,
Think , do, and feel every touch.
We know how much good it can do,
But oh how much bad it can put us through.
Leads our hearts astray in sin,
Tells us we need things that we don't,
I have never had sex
They judge me as a prude
It hurts my heart
Them being so rude
I want him to love me
But he won't for sure
He thinks me a tease
Easy to lure
My opinions are right
Anyone else's is stupid and aren't worth a second thought
You’re stupid, I am smart
You're wrong, oh so wrong
Beautiful, truthful words can’t be spoken without being thrown out by others.
This is why I throw all my little, meaningful words into a pretty little box…
They are for no one else to see but me.
A past society filled with male-dominance,
Where accepting woman for their skills and passions was never a first priority.
We are voiceless.
Our feet are turned to iron.
We're lobbed into a torrential river
Of expectations.
Ideals. They say,
“The perfect child is ours.
“No flaws here.
Teachers don’t work hard nowadays
Rather than focus on education
They focus on my grades
I may have passed your damn class
Sheltered.I had no choiceIn the high school I attendedI am Catholic;Therefore, to a Catholic Ladies' schoolI shall go.
Sweaty palms and the nervous biting of my nails
let me just start by saying that i hate pop quizzes
Confused looks on my face don't mean i am stupid
Kiss My A**
Where do I start, what can I say?
Never been much for words
At least that's what they tell me.
"Oh you're so shy"
But I stand up in class
"That question is stupid"
Today we're going to learn about life
We're not learning the y and x axis
But to sign by the x for taxes
Lets not talk about literary devices
You lit up my life since the start
You are the fire inside of me
You are the inspiration deep inside of my heart
You taught me to always believe
Yet believing was so hard for me to achieve
There's pain in my vains still this day, cant explain how you put me to shame.
Saw me as a broken love, didn't give me a chance to undercover the talent that was given
Another year, another round.
Third time's a charm and yet none I've found.
Thy upper division courses slay me,
The level of work is damn near deadly.
One would think I'd crumble,
We all make themSome are without thoughtSome harder than othersSome hold onto us and grant sleepless nightsEven after they are made we struggle with their impact
Floating in the air
Holding her teddy bear
Is it fair?
Barely
very very smart
she is
Does she dare speak
because she is so meek
No not a freak
Quiet as she is
Teachers are the brains of this society
Basking in education, nearly causing themselves to solidify
Just to extend their brains to teach others how to qualify
AIDS is real
I hate condoms
Oh yes I know we want to feel every side of it
HIV doesn’t seem real when you are having the best feeling in the world
You don’t think about AIDS when you pay visit to the vagina
Typical dork
Sneaky,geeky
Tutor, poet, plays chess
Inside a normal teenager
Misunderstood
I’m trying to find something to base my life upon,Something in this strange world that goes on and on. As the years go by and time fades away, What were considered the good days are now filled with dismay.
They said that I'd be fine
And I believed it to be true
Until at the next moment
My eyes fell upon you
My heart began to beat off rhythm
As my vision became blind
Society will make you believe
That you must be something to succeed
Be smart
Do art
Catch a shark
Get high marks
Society puts pressure on you
To create perfection too
Did you know that the backwords spelling of the word saggin is the word niggas?
Well, isn't that something.
It's a bit ironic because the world has embraced both terms with open arms like a mother
Take me out to play
Take me out to write
Do not delay
I am in the lime light
My words dripped down
In my genes it does rain
I am a writer in this town
Words I have slain
When the world is spinning
A bit too fast
And as much as you try
Your heart’s path comes last
And you remember the days
Of trying so hard to try
To follow those dreams
When will the world change? When its too late and we"re all outside of the gate. We're so easy to judge so easy to fight instead of trying to change a wrong to a right.Theres people living in riches while others are living under bridges.
I just want to learn to open my mind
And absorb whats inside
so tonight I lie
With a deep thriving drive
To explore and expand what 's mines
Before the cage bird dies
LIFE is a canvas
your CHOICES are your paintbrushes
your EXPERIENCES are your brushstrokes
your parents and mentors give you tools
and society pencils in guidelines
Momma said "boy be a doctor to take care of my problems when I'm old."
Momma said "boy be a lawyer to take care of the problems of the Unrepresented and the poor"
I write because that is how I become less arrogant. The purpose is to alleviate soreness towards a friend who constantly bothers me with negligence.
Seasons come and go
Sceneries change over time
Nothing stays the same
A change in time, a change in place
A change in jobs, a change in pace
Change your style or change your friends
I need a smile on my face, a shot to chase
was wearing a crown, but now its fallen down
a bad choice for one day, changed my life forever and always.
Yes it took two,
but it only takes one to be smart
Whisper, whisper in my ear.
Tell me a story no one wants to hear.
Invite my soul into yours.
Let me walk with you upon the shores.
And when I have drank the thought from your mind,
Oh Ya, By The Way
Last night while you creeping around with that guy you met from the club,
I was already with him.
When you got home to your man and yall made sweet love,
I began to flow right through him.
From milk to yogurt it went,
Doubling the traps everyday,
Like rat trapped in the edge
Wishing to be somewhere else;
Becoming an ocean of tears
Where a little hole in the wall
Gets smaller every second
This is a tale of a Castor Canadensis
who, as most beavers, was built for life in the water
North America's largest rodent by the name of Mr. Memphis
was skilled in swimming and an amazing doctor.
I’m not a damsel in distress
Nor a fucking princess
I didn’t lose my shoe
Even if I did I don’t need you
I don’t live with seven men
And for that, Amen!
I am not in love with a beast
I was appealed by your appearance
not gone lie i was intrigued by you
but could you keep me
played my cards right i had a full house
but i guess you held the out
roses left at my door step again
I drink from my cup. I lift it right up. I drink water, juice, and milk. They all go down smooth like silk. Oh, how I love my cup.
(poems go here) I laid on her
like paper did to rock and suddenly we both refused to shoot out what exactly it is that sizer through our layers of mentally striped blue margins,
Red, the color of passion
Red, the color of hate
Red, the color of pure blood
Red, the color of a curse
Outcasted by the world,
His body is my hearse
Abstinance to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
The practice of refraining from sexual activity for psychological, social or reasons religiously. Psychologically, you prevent the possibility of pregnancy, STDs, and extra responsibilities.
Think before you do it
Think before you risk everything
Yeah he’s cute
And he has a great smile
But think before you do it
There’s always a chance you will not be respected
Bleed, pour, sacrifice
Your body and your soul
Fight back, or give in
But you will never be whole.
