failures
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Wonder what it's like to be fearless
To be so courageous
To not have a care in the world
To be truly myself
My whole self
Wonder what it's like to take risks
And not dread failures
She once was a little flower
Not knowing how to speak
But when she did
Something beautiful happened
She became herself
And learned from all her failures
Art,
Abandoned and angry.
Alleys and attackers.
Alone,
Alone,
Alone.
Art,
Abandoned and angry.
Avalanches and alligators.
Alone,
Alone,
Alone.
i admire the crayons
for no matter how you push
or how hard the pressure
they'll pick themselves up
and cling to their other
i admire the crayons
for when in times of stress
they melt together
You say that it's your job, that all you want
is to teach us and to care and you don't see that you really can't.
This class is only supposed to be about memorizing dates and places and people
"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, remember, sleeping in the dark? When I swept in like a clever snake and crept into your heart.
Time enchants her victim, begs me near to sharp being…Wraps round frail shoulders as she tickles porcelain cheek.
(poems gIt’s test day for students of African descent
The test is administered but the questions on the test is what the students resent
Instead of opposition the questions are faced with submission
Someone once asked me the question,
“What are your fears and your dreams?”
It's too hot,
It's too cold,
I'm tired,
I don't want to go.
All excuses
to escape and hide
from your fears and failures
but what is really the thing
