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  Feb 2020 Carmen Jane
Tabitha Lee
"Be seen
Not
Heard"- you say

What happens if I don't
want
to
just
be
seen?

What happens if it
is
about
hearing
me
out?

What happens if
my
rights
are
being
viloated
because
of
YOU!

"Be seen
not
heard"-you say

NO, I will
not
just
be
seen!

NO, I will
not
tolerate
your
pressure
or
cruelty!

"Be seen
not
heard"
shall be
"Be heard
not just
seen"

Because I
WILL
speak when
not spoken too!

Because I
WILL
not let you
get to
ME!

What you say
"Man of the house"
will affect
me
no
MORE!
This is for the children and adults who are treated like they are supposed to be just there to be there not treated like you are worth something

THERE IS HOPE FOR THE UNDERRATED YOUTH!!!
  Feb 2020 Carmen Jane
Grace E
Consistency
That’s the only difference between
The mediocre
And the master
  Feb 2020 Carmen Jane
Gods1son
When the society says to a hurting man...

Hey dude, you've got to man up
You cannot let them see your pain
They mustn't see that you're hurt
Don't let them perceive you as weak
You've got to mask how you feel
and show them that you're strong

Hey society, this is where you're wrong
A man is also an emotional being
Those kind of words weaken him even more
You shouldn't make him feel incomplete
What he needs is a warm embrace
Tell him, it's okay to feel how he feels
How he feels doesn't make him less of a man

Dear society, let's learn to uphold our men.
  Feb 2020 Carmen Jane
Jen
She took off through the forest
Held on to the tail of a falling star-
If you listen closely,
You can still hear her echo  
From the bottom
Of the wishing well

She held on to this star for some time,
It led her down a path divine
What she did see on this journey
Could not be defined,
Every shape and color bending
With time, collapsed in space
Moving fast as light

Heavenly bodies soon turned
To dust,
There was the well
Once she reached the end

She simply looked in and said,
"I wish to be enough."
This poem can have multiple meanings depending on the perspective of the reader.  When writing it, I was thinking about how I've always wanted to be good enough in myself for someone...just my soul in its simplest form, accepted & understood without having to explain...lost in this dream.
  Feb 2020 Carmen Jane
Laiba
How much I have cried in the night
Nobody knows
I have cried in the loneliness
Forigve me
What kind of crime is this
Why should anyone share my pain
Or the thorns in my heart
When all this was written in my fate
Sad hurt
A lot
Carmen Jane Feb 2020
Dear God, it's been awhile
Since we had a real talk
You want me on this Earth
To raise my girls,to keep them safe
To teach them right
To always fight for justice
Yet I feel I should do more
But I'm lost, please tell me more
Dear God, sometimes I pain
Yet I really don't want to complain
I found it hard to keep track
Of all my wishes, they just stack
As there's no time to go fulfill them
I feel you keep me in one place
Perhaps you just forgot my face
Yet I know you didn't
You just test my patience
Dear God, I'll try
I'll try to see what's there for me
I guess I have to figure it out
Yet sometimes it's so blurry
Dear God, I am grateful
My little family is delightful
Please keep them safe
Forget I mentioned myself
In the end, I'll see through the day.
Dear God, thank you for the words
I can stretch them, rearrange them
They are a wonderful world.
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