I might be just plain "black" to you but there is more to my color.
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For I am the night sky
That kisses the earth
In its sleep.
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I'm loved by the man in the moon
And the tides during a midnight breeze.
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"Beautiful" doesn't justify the way my soul glows in the darkest Corners of the seas.
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"Strong" doesn't justify my heart that has been
Dipped in a pit of white folk's laughter -
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Freedom was once the man dressed in white
Who came to hand me hope in my nightmares
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So when freedom finally walked into my life
With its own feet, who are you to try and put me through it all again. -
Who are you?
To make me feel ashamed of my past.
To skepticize my ancestors.
They aren't to be taken lightly as a feather
For they have fought through years that
Felt as heavy as boulders, not just on their shoulders but in their hearts.
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Who are you?
To say ******
Like you have the right
When all you did was
Add more tears to their
Days that reeked of blood.
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Please tell me who you are
AND WHAT RIGHT YOU HAVE.
Sep 6, 2017
Sep 6, 2017 at 8:37 PM UTC
your life, to me is art
So open up your heart.
Because I intend
To fill every crack
With Love
That will run through
Your veins so when
You spill your hurt
On paper, the ink
Will dance with
Your thoughts
To remind you how
Beautiful, strong, resilient,
Powerful you are.
To remind you that
You are poetry
Jul 27, 2017
Jul 27, 2017 at 6:33 PM UTC
Like the wind in early spring,
she caressed my soul with her tears.
Kissed away my fears.
Welcomed me into a unknown world
With her heart tucked under my covers.
I opened my eyes and fell in love at first sight.
She was like the wind in early spring and
I was the flower sprouting beneath her feet.
She wore a scent of happiness that made me
Smile at first glance.
I knew this woman would be the light
In my darkness forever
I couldn't place her in my heart
Because hearts change
I couldn't live without her
So she became my breath
'Cause she's the warmest
Thing I'll ever find"
Jul 22, 2017
Jul 22, 2017 at 4:34 PM UTC
You say ' I love you'
Like it's gonna stop
The storms you've created
In me.
You say ' I miss you'
Like it's gonna
Bring back the
Light that once
Ignited in me.
And you say ' I'm sorry'
but
My tears have sung
A painful song on
Their way to the cold
Floor too many times
And I'll no longer
Shed like the trees
In autumn.
At least the leaves in
autumn are colorful while
my tears are just a dull grey
of what use to be our love
Jul 21, 2017
Jul 21, 2017 at 10:24 PM UTC
Her eyes once sparkled like the
pavement after a rain storm
Now they've become void
Like an abandoned house
In the middle of the woods
The flowers her mother grew
Under her eyes have withered
And a raging storm has superseded
The soft gleaming tears her laughter brought
no body tried to understand her 'cause
She had a body filled with scars and a mind
Filled with darkness
She wore nothing but sadness around her neck, above her feet and beneath her wrists
So she planted flowers in her that
Brought a breeze of blissful light to the
Dark valleys in her soul where sadness dwelled
She had to **** it with happiness
Before it killed her
Jul 21, 2017
Jul 21, 2017 at 3:30 PM UTC
Women like you are.... The mothers of the stars
Who bring light upon us.
Children of battle fields
Who teach us to blossom
In our storms.
sisters of the moon
Who hold our crowns
From slipping.
The daughters of the seas
Who teach us to swim
Away from the world
That drowns us .
A Friend of every flower
Who remind us of our beauty.
The lover of the wind who
Teach us to fly and become
Our own heroes.
Souls of the ground
That teach us to
Grow from beneath
The dirt.
Women like you are..
Extraordinarily beautiful
And hard to find
Jul 21, 2017
Jul 21, 2017 at 2:34 PM UTC
they call me their mother land
But they've fled across the world
And forgot to lend me a hand.
Forgotten like a past lover
As if I've broken them
My heart screams
For peace for I
Dream of a tomorrow
Where I recover
A few of my petals may
have withered or wilted
But hope still stands
Strong in my roots
Regardless of this
World that's tilted
My streats flooded by tears
And hearts taken by fears
Bodies laying on my skin in
an endless coma
Tired souls roaming
Around for a unknown aroma.
the sky no longer cries of happiness
And the ground shakes with fear
War has taken the sweetness
From my children's heart
And left it with bitterness
I hear their prayers from time to time
And I pray for the fools who
Have lived for such crime
My heart awaits for a day where
My children remember their roots
And come together as one.
A day where I wear peace
Across my soul and I'm
No longer the forgotten one.
-obeyonlyallah
Jul 16, 2017
Jul 16, 2017 at 7:01 PM UTC
Our love resembles the love
between the Ground and the sky
When i am the ground
You water my roots
To wash away the
Sadness that lives
Between my lips
When you're the sky
I will convey the petals
From the flowers in my
Heart so they can bring
Color upon the giants
That stand behind your
happiness holding it hostage.
Let's nurture our love
No matter what comes
Between us, just like the
Ground and the sky
So it can blossom into
A sea of perpetual
Light.
Jul 14, 2017
Jul 14, 2017 at 11:32 AM UTC
You gazed at the darkness
That surrounded me but
You didn't run away like
Everyone else, you told
Me " I love the night sky
With its stars and all but
I love this more because
You can be the star that
Lights up your heart,
You just need someone to
inspire you to find that light"
And in an instant tears soaked
My soul and I heard a beautiful
Sound, the child in me laughing.
You helped me find that light.
The smile of the child in me.
You inspired me to see the
Beauty in the way I stood, the
Way my petals withered, the
Way I shined.
In a world full of roses,
You picked me and made
Me feel like i was the most
beautiful daisy you've ever seen
Jul 13, 2017
Jul 13, 2017 at 5:35 PM UTC
You just want to be happy
You get hurt, people leave you
You crave love, you cry over pictures
You just want to be loved by a lover
You don't see the garden that grows
Deeper than the eyes can find it
The world doesn't deserve you
It's doesn't know how much you grew
Its blind to your beauty and
What you've been through
Don't lose yourself in its views
Because darling,
You are you
Beautiful.
Unlike any I've
Ever seen.
My dear you're like a wave
Some days you might
Hit the rocks but
Believe me a day
Will come where you
Dance with the breeze
And shine with the stars
At night.
Jul 12, 2017
Jul 12, 2017 at 5:28 PM UTC