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This happened recently.
I don’t know where my dream is.
But I can hear it singing
Somewhere…
Wop baba lumop a wap bam boom...
This long, wavy, blond hair represents her soul. It represents the blood, the sweat, the tears of that month. It reminded...
Education is an opportunity to have.
It provides us knowledge about world.
In different shapes and sizes all of us are bound...
Why not? Screeched the babe in words unknown.
Because buttons aren’t for eating, but to be sewn.
Why not? Pouted the...
Breathe in
Breathe out
Close your eyes and just imagine…
What is wrong?
Everything.
Nothing.
I don’t know what to...
The poet as a tortured soul is no coincidence made up by fools.
Poetry digs sharp nails into hearts.
Poetry shows tears...
If there is one thing I hate
It's when a man can make everyone else happy
But never himself
He can literally put his...
I had a secret that I did tell
I told the pen, it kept it well,
But then I told it to mankind
And my condemnation I had...
The smiles all fade behind closed doors
and then silence is all that waits.
It is then that I fall down to all fours
as...
In the forest you can hear the whisper
A bright whsper of a stream
The calming mutter
It speeds up only to scream
For no...
As I grow up,
(I never promised Peter Pan)
the imbalance of chemicals
try to right themselves into what
will be,
is me.
So...
COLOR MEWith the dichotomies ofChink and AsianPerhaps then my tulip-shaped eyes may twitch openWATCH MEReach for a boundless...
Prior to the season opener
Tension was abound
Players were anxious
Fans were eager
Coaches were determined
Out stepped...
Well this is quite a surprise.
I've never been asked this inquiry before.
"Am I hiding behind a mask or a curtain?"
Now I...
My aspirations are ever free falling
words exit my mouth through anxieties of society, life, religion
I am but a vessal ever...
She wakes up but refuses to get out of bed; she’s too scared to allow more thoughts in her head
Standing before her mirror...
Love is something we carry
Love is the thing we cheerish, love
Love is in many shapes , love
For me , love is my...
I love too much.
I love with a raging fire;
A fire that could burn within a touch.
A passion for which I know not where it...
I love to talk. I may talk to you, or I may talk on the phone (yes talk, not text). I may even talk to myself. For me,...
Mother (in the context of a verb) - to bring up a child with care and affection.
Mother who only exists within my dreams,...
Dodging bullets and menacing glares,
Trying to survive behind a facade.
Every day is a struggle,
Between being who you tuly...
I have a question for you, is it fun playing with someone's heart? Because you do it so frequently to me as if that's what...
On March 19th I went to a party
accompanied by my first love; my soul getter
I trusted him
This man I equated as an angel on...
Plucked right from the roots of the earth.
Sowed seeds of "perfection" into the dirt.
Call that pretty, but I call that pity...
I want to die and said I lived.
Living is something most of us take for granted.
Granting every special moment and detail...
From a world of different cultures, there is a shelter, warm and tender.Displayed from the blessed rains of Africa,to the...
A world without time,
a feeble decrepit man with no
place to call home, in his prime.
A world without ground,
a white...
i am tired of a world where
women apologize for the area
they occupy,
and think their most valuable possession
is the...
I forgot the first time
I ever labored
to birth a poem.
I certainly don't remember
if my first paper tattoo
even rhymed...
I hide behind a curtain
A curtain of shyness
A curtain of quietness
A curtain of fear
I hide behind the curtain of the ...
Why do I write? Well, let me think, when I write what do you see, my words on a page or the person that is simply me? When I...
6 torn cardboard walls hold distant memories- hah, more like serrated puzzle pieces with razor sharp edges, stabbing one...
Roots twisted, tangled, firm,
hold fast to the jagged rock upon the high cliff
her determined body
rebels, splintering,...
Ahh! What is Awesome?! What is Awesome is how a seed grows into a tree and are able to multiply,And what is awesome is how...
An act of giving
What is this?
I have no time for social work and “guided bliss”
Well don’t look at me
I have a...
It’s not for attention, it’s not for respect.
It’s for me, I need to speak my silence
I am tired of hiding how I feel,
You...
It is something always planned but not foreseen.
Many are excited for it.No one ever knows what it beholds until it happens...
Poetry, Poetry, you drive me crazy and so knowingly,
Do I rhyme or do I free verse,
That is the question high school...
I had a dream of being on my own
To fly like the words of wisdom my mother tells me
To run in the clouds
and bounce of the...
Looking out the Window I see my slight reflection, notice my brown complexion and see all the weathers pondering whether I...
I have come to realize
that it's hader than what it seems.
A dream job, your dream job.
The reason why? Because it's...
If I were lost in the middle of the sea
and I don´t have time to plan my trip.
There is only one thing that I would like,
it...
Wake up.
Fix my hair put on this make up.
I get to class... I gotta shake up the mix.
Im the mix im the black girl in the...
In middle school,
my best friend in the entire world
happened to be gay.
I think I knew it before he did,
But I loved...
America the brave
Stands proud and tall,,
From sea to shining sea
We can get through it all,
When they first came
It was...
Hear me!
When I cry out to you,
do you not hear the words
I let out with
exhaust?
The car you drove off in
and later...
I BELIEVE people judge me, because of my color,
Because I am not Asian, Mexican or white,
I am just a YOUNG BLACK MAN!
...
next level visionnext rebel with precisionwith this prescription we heal the sickthensince the world has so much dirt im...
They hand us their creations
We can judge them
Authors write the lessons that we learn
Directors show us others...
Popeyes is my life
It is so awesome
Brings me so much joy
Chicken I cut with a knife
I love it more than boys
From the...
I am my past.
I am memories.
I am from days faded, and
from nights never ending.
I am food coloring and...
Tears and blood become one as I walk,On an everlasting broken roadThe light dimmers as I proceed,Allowing darkness to...
I’m hastily pinning arteries to the insides of my off-brand cardigan,
I dress to be as pretty as she’d thought I’d be.
I...
What is Love?
Chapter 1: My mother meets a man.
She thinks she loves him, but she doesn’t know what love is.
A one night...
Oh, can’t you see I’m changing like the seasons?
In the spring of my life, I began to sprout up
Recovering from the winter...
Why assume I am always busy with work?
Why assume you are bothering me?
Why are you acting like everything is bright...
Blue, clear skies where the fairest of the flock is marching alongside the wind
Purplish black thunder clouds singing with...
Let Magic lose the
Tyranny of the Reason
Let Beauty be the Moon
amid a hopeful orison
Let Knowing overturn
Doubtful agony...
Life is filled with tests
Mistakes can be made during tests
Mistakes are filled with confusion
Self-reflection clarifies...
Maybe if I put my problems on paper they'll stay there.
And I'll never have to worry about them
Sneaking through my ears,...
Flow The mental state of operation in which someone is entirely immersed and consumed The focus position in which a person...
His Sea Package came with a sign that read: Run! Don't walk! Sex, no talk! One night and don't you dare stalk!
But it was...
you and go quietly like soft winds on a summer night
you can make me as red as as lucious blood
yet as blue as the vast...
When the war had laid, built herself a throne,On the bird's palm tree, just before my home.In the rubble and ashes, my...
A paternal guide’s absence made for an angered child
Depressed
and journeyed a rite of passage to rite
as means to digest...
"The Reason I"
The reason why im rolling up BackWooDs and getting high like im supposed to;this "marijuana" 'chronic' got me...
Dear God that walks a dead man, thy kingdom come.
What is it? Brujeria?
Meat n' bones for the dogs.
I'm already dead.
No...
I Am
Divinity in Motion,
A Sweet, Old-Fashioned Notion,
The Calm Before the Storm,
The Springtime When It's Warm,
Not Too...
The breath we each take every day;
Leaves me breathless.
Smiles shared during joy;
Reminds me of you.
Awkward body movements...
Some write for enjoyment of others
Some write to please themselves
Some write to impress that one special friend
You may...
School Monday through Friday
Work Friday through Monday
Chores at home seven days a weeks
Never a day off, never a day away...
She woke up like that, she’s flawless
But I woke up disoriented, messy-haired, and a hot mess
Rolled out of bed in my...
Aspiring within, a risen power ready to tip over, the ability to inspire.
Agile but, fragile
After every trial
Incandescent...
I am a book, but not on a typewriter’s page.
Pull me from a shelf and you’ll find 6,547 pages purged of all ink. 6,547 days...
Articulation of Thought Is A SKILL … Fa Sure … !!!!!
And A TRUE Art Form When It Is Performed … !!!
It's A Style That's...
Inspiration as I open my eyes
Waking up, I see clear blue skies
It’s a blessing just to be alive
Please don’t overlook this...
Life is short and my time will soon be up,
Death was approaching and my next breath could have been my very last,
The...
Give me that Ball
My orange and black isn’t a Netflix show or Halloween themes
NO - Here’s what my orange and black means...
There is a change.
All I can do is think about the change.
It is on my mind all of the time.
I wonder if it will be...
For me poetry isn't just simple words on paper
Those knawing thoughts inside my mind I said to save for later
Until one day...
They said, "Make your passion, your profession."
Live it up and make it your possesion
Hold onto it and bring inspiration
It...
How did he get there?
No one knows
To make things worse
He is being neglected by many
Before the day breaks
He tries to keep...
It was not her long, flowing blond hair,
Nor her smooth flawless skin,
Not her slim figure,
Nor love at first sight
Not a...
Then before death, once became happy
once was sorrow, is now the glory
happiness is held near and dear
not broken and...
When stuck inside a world of doubt
When words you seem to be without
When all seems like it’s doomed to fail
A golden poem...
Dusk comes calling for the harvest of the day to begin its end,
all creatures, great and small must forfeit, time does not...
It all started when we were just friends
slowly becoming lovers
You told me you loved me
But little did I know those words...
Always remember where you came from and how much you've grown.
Wonder around and be adventurous when it comes to daring to...
America the Brave risked everything for the future.
America the Strong fought endlessly for our rights.
America the Proud...
I choose to be loud
Yet I have to be quiet to get your attention
Must I speak like a mouse to get you to listen.
I choose to...
I am just one of those typical girls
Who wants this-and-that all the time.
I could be my treasure for a moment,
Then turn...
I was never aware
That I was not the only one
Suffocating behind the contstraints
Of a mask of my own making.
That other...
Within in me I have the power to move mountains
One strike of the pen and a whole city disappears
Another strike and a world...
If she told you she was flawless, she would be lying through her slightly crooked teeth.
Truth is, she's not perfect,
Her...
I am insecure.
I am retarded.
I am artistic.
I am so Hipster.
I am a Goth.
I am a Skater.
I am a prune.
I am the devil
and...
She said she loved me always, but always is always and always is valueless and I wish that I have never heard her speak a...