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Tangela Byrd Jan 26
You called out my addiction like my first

name was prescription, getting hanged by

Mr.  Holding on to my last breath like death

was upon me, I was scalding looking for

ways to put out the flames but I was over

charging, hoping one day my scars that

bathed my back would be seen; like a slave

who smelled the leather across its skin

where do I begin, the sins were embedded

in my tissue, thinking that each whip was

inhumane because my soul was too much

to be detained, I wasn’t pouring in to

myself, missing out on ways that defined

my health, a soul crippling cause I couldn’t

see my wealth, I dealt with my shadows

and empty out a well, a space echoed out a

yell like a beast that was trapped in a cell;

peering into the water that was only knee

deep I saw the imprisoned truth that I set

lose so that pebble wouldn’t ricochet

against me, getting goosebumps I escaped

the noose, I reconstructed my foundation

and  catered to the inner me that I grown too
Tangela Byrd Jan 14
Figure skating around these acres, I spark a

match to an incense and let these intrusive

thoughts be diminished; channeling my

inner voice; Pardon the hoarse I was

creating with source, Finding out who the

greatest,  I didn’t know the role was taken;

but I’m still animated, while I put these

pieces in rotation holding one hand out the

matrix; I got a piece to line out these

annotations, while waiting on a collect call

from the galactic federation, staying in tune

the news is cocky but I’m kind of rocky like

balboa,  I ain't no street soldier but I keep

my knowledge tucked in a holster ready to

blast on any composer who show up like a

controller; hold up I run with the

Egyptians, the sight seers, and truth

seekers, a holy war with no secrets, I break

even, I spread my wings like a desert eagle

and stand toe to toe to shadow box a fire

breather, giving my sixth sense like this the

Elements, Where Rudimentary shouldn’t be

a settlement, I’m heaven sent A classic as an

American title, I give grace to each space

upon my arrival; no need for a recital, I’m

ashing out the ashes to the incense while

opening my eyes from the temple I stepped

in
Tangela Byrd Jan 14
It’s funny how you had me run to your

needs and everything I did it was with

ease, no time to sit back because I was on

your track so if it derailed I knew how to

bounce back, it wasn’t fated or in no

contract I just knew your soul was reading

my context, ever so lifted engraved with

transition full of life and always in the

distance; you filled my days with ignition,

simplistic with intentions but not gathered

by good decisions, we parted ways when

Moses split the sea leaving thoughts behind

as if you were a daydream, a cutoff to the

main stream but I reopened up those doors

like a dam who was in need, refreshing

with a lesson but filled those pages with

wages and empty spaces for me to erase,

create and fill a void that ached with greed,

I knew life would prevail I stood my

ground and watch the ocean exhaled with a

stare that came in like a seclusion hoping

you weren’t the reason I was choosing

— The End —