the truth
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I felt you
and it scared me how much you could see
you were the first person to know what I'd been through
and you still wanted me?
I wasn't sure how to feel
It's scary what hides amongst color.
what colors tend to hide.
a smile hides a falter,
a wristband over red stripes.
it's scary what hides amongst color.
what emotions hide in your eyes.
hello.
let me say one more thing before i go.
i am a twin,
a friend,
a daughter,
a believer,
a writer
and an artist...
but you do not know me.
hello.
Lips that slip,
And the truth doeth strip,
But their lies,
Decides,
And her heartbeat cries,
And the anguished denies,
But Still,
Their wretched lies.
Hearts that fumble,
Welcome
Welcome to the big leagues kid
Wait a minute
Are those "foreign" shoes? ..... you can't use those here
Do you know English?
The thing about poetry is that it calms your thoughts
relating one thing to another without so much as a pause
because our brains work in mysterious ways
poetry tells us we don't have to be afraid
"Freak
Geek
She's sweet
Oh please
Stop with the name calling
While in far away places soldiers are falling
Babies are crying
Starving
Parting ways
People like drama
they are hard to please
hard to entertain
hard to hold on to
slipping through your fingers like water
So far gone.
When I do the right thing I feel hollow
One day I saw a person on the ground and no one stopped to help
They walked around and over and past them,
Down the street and around the corner until they were gone
And this person just sat there crying and bleeding,
I'm tired of all this hate and disgust we need to separate its not them its "U.S."
We blame everything as a country on a color
instead of just solving the problem before it snow balls
The truth is hard to swallow; resting on the tip of my tongue.
It aches to be accepted and it longs to be loved.
The truth is hard to find and hard to see for what it is;
You tell me I'm wrong
And that I don't know where I belong
But the truth is
I know exactly what goes on
Between me and my demons.
You know nothing
Of what I go through
And nothing
I'm lost.
I'm lost and I don't know where to go from here.
I'm being battered by the whirling chaos that is my mind.
I'm doing things that I never thought I would.
Little girl, why did you follow the White Rabbit?Why did you follow him down the rabbit hole??Of course you wouldn't have known, you're only just an innocent little girl burning with curiosity.
Down with the lies of our educatorsWho tranquilize us with elegant images of individualismWhile society chains us down with the same shackles of our ancestors
That by Israel, the Palestine are the True Chosen,
And that the Chosen be the Devil's Synagogue.
And as that, Anarchy is Order; & Leadership is Chaos.
I started writing poetry to express the tough times I had.Knowing that deep inside I was really mad.About the loss of my childhood friend.Sitting beside him on the curb telling him to, "hang on" knowing this is the end.Of his life, wishing I could
I am bashful and quiet - I wonder why I get anxiety - I hear my heart pounding- I see my life as a tapestry- I will be more outgoing- I am bashful and quiet- I pretend to be bold- I feel thankful- I touch everyone's heart with my writing- I worry
whenever you listen to society
tell its side of the story
they dominate lies with historical fabrications
whenever you listen to color people-you know the indians/tainos
tell its side of the story
This is no thanksgiving, No gifts or laughter,
Its a hidden story, of pain and disaster
I speak of many paths, full of tears and blood baths,
I speak for the victims of hatred and wrath.
Inspiration fills my soul
Keeping me going on this lonely road
Finding ways to keep my cool
Learning how to spot the fools
I bid you adieu I bid you adieu
All the sane people, oh so few
You think life is hard? Well me too
Living paycheck to paycheck nothing new.
