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Feb 2021 · 253
The Art Of War
SHELBY MATIAS Feb 2021
Even The Devil Reads The Bible-
To Study His Opponents Habits.
Jan 2021 · 411
To Be King
SHELBY MATIAS Jan 2021
In Matters Concerning Life,
Being Hungry For
Power, War & Games
Seems To Have Left
My Cup Half Full
Or Perhaps
Half Empty
Nevertheless -
Never Have I Witnessed
The Beauty Of The World
& For That
The Boatman Shall Hear Tales
Of My Regrets . . .
May 2020 · 239
AMERICA
SHELBY MATIAS May 2020
America they speak of you so demonically
America wasn't it you who separated the dark humans from the light?
I lay wake sometimes for no apparent reason watching television
I'm useless in most situations I can't control
******* and you ballistic missiles!
America when will miss Liberty start showing justice for all?
When will you stop hiding the fact
you're not all white ?
When will you stop trying to fit into societies demands ?
When will you acknowledge the fact you are not always right ?
America why are your libraries filled with wove lies?
America when will you help without showcasing your "good deed"?
Your greedy and I'm tired of it
When can i cash my paycheck without it being yours to begin with?
America you do know you and I are a team don't you?
Your produce is too much for me
You make me want to fast like your Christian leader "Jesus"
There has to be a way to come to an agreement
Don't talk to me about College !
Colemon went overseas as a chef I doubt he'll return it'll be sinister,
I refuse to lay rest my poetic passions
America I know what I'm doing stop pushing !
Immigrants should have freedom too
ISIS started in Syria or Iraq or In the CIA
America when are you getting an exterminator?
America when does your spring cleaning begin, when you fall ?
America when will you take off your clothes?
There seems to be a confusion with gender is why i ask
Can you distract me with more propaganda
i seem to have spilled some tea
The white house is back to being the "white" house it's ancestors intended
America I use to be darker as a baby I'm not sorry
I haven't listen to the news in months, everyday someone is murdered
America can we throw away false beliefs and false idols
America can you send me the money printing machines that gets you out of debt ?
I tend to get drunk occasionally and make a fool of myself
My love life comes and goes like the L train
America I haven't told you what pain you've cause my future children
I'm talking to you
Do you really want another war?
Does everyone really want what we have or is it the bipolar opposite ?
May 2020 · 173
LADY JUSTICE
SHELBY MATIAS May 2020
Being Black In America
Is A Misdemeanor—

Read That Again,

Let That Sink In
As If It Were A Knee
To A Neck,
Face
To
Pavement -
Let It Suffocate You
While You Try To Swallow
A Reality Too Coarse To Bare,
& Don't Worry
Justitia's Eyes Are Still Covered
By A Blindfold So She Can
Continue To Pretend
Your White Privilege
Doesn't Exist
But Also
Let It Make You,

Űňçømføřťąbľē . . .
Apr 2020 · 171
Only Here For The Summer
SHELBY MATIAS Apr 2020
I Sometimes Dance With Šunbeams
Early June Caresses My Toes
With Blades Of Grass—
Sunflowers Tickle My Ankles
As I Walk Through Open Fields
Spinning As The Clouds Above
Dictate Where Ever The
Wind Pulling Them Takes Me
Tell Me,
How Long Do I Have In Əuphoria
When Is Time
Going To Elude My Finger Tips
Before Too Long
& Before Too Long
That I Am Now One With
The Blades Of Grass
The Sunbeams That Kiss
The Sunflowers
& The Clouds.
Feb 2020 · 201
N0.9
SHELBY MATIAS Feb 2020
The Vibration From Your Energy,
The Abstract Of Colors
Surrounding Your Ora,
Can Fill Every Empty Canvas
On Blank Galleria Walls__

Every Stroke Of You
Creates Art,
Reminiscent Of A Time
Long Before Your Own Creation -
You Live Between Heaven & Hell
Just To Hear Both Sides Of The Story,
You Don't Belong To This World
Eden Suites You Best. . .
Sep 2019 · 240
Untitled
SHELBY MATIAS Sep 2019
You rather a woman who
opens her legs instead of
her beautiful mind
A woman taught to shut her mouth
along with her dreams & ambitions
that woman would be
too dangerous for society but,
could you Imagine . . .
Jun 2019 · 411
Moonlight Lovers
SHELBY MATIAS Jun 2019
What,
You think I'm a fool-
You think because
She only offers her time
When the moonlight
Substitutes for the sunlight
That I'm being used --
Not Appreciated ,
Undervalued,
Ask yourself-
Have you ever seen a star
During the day,

--Let's get lost in the Cosmos
Jun 2019 · 265
Charming
SHELBY MATIAS Jun 2019
Tell Me
Why Do Princes
Risk Their Lives To Save Princesses
In Whom They Have Never Met,
Do You Believe In Blind Love
Yet . . .
Jun 2019 · 397
Necessity
SHELBY MATIAS Jun 2019
No One Person Holds Real Value
Nor Is That Significant To The Planet
But , Through The Eyes Of Another
Also Having No Real Value
Nor Significance
Will They See You As Priceless
And There Is Where
You Will Find
All The Significance
& Value
You Will Ever Need . . .
Jan 2019 · 605
.....
SHELBY MATIAS Jan 2019
Getting lost in other women
Searching for you
Or maybe
Trying to lose the memories
Of us
While they get lost
In my pool of a broken heart
Leading them on
Then the circle continues
And I’ll be the defendant
In someone’s trail of broken
Valuables & stolen time
I’ll be just like you were to me
Making someone else’s life
A sad love song.
Jan 2019 · 373
NO.8
SHELBY MATIAS Jan 2019
Flirting With The Mother Of Insanity
Dancing With The Daughter Of Death
Sleeping With The Sister Of ***
Letting My Hands Caress Her Breast
In The Mist Of Losing Who I Am
Because Since You Left
Any Woman Who Showed Interest,
Has Gotten Mine
I've Forgotten Time
My Internal Clock
Has Stopped It's Tock
Because My Reality Is As Lost As My Dreams
Though Alexander Never Needed A Queen
Romeo Couldn't Live Without His Juliette . . .
Jan 2019 · 966
Utopia
SHELBY MATIAS Jan 2019
There’s moment where
I want to pour out my soul
But instead when I get close to you
More often than not
You make me drizzle instead
And I forget what my problems were
You offer Ecstasy in my Euphoria.
When A Girl Finds That Right Person To Love Her Stress Away She Starts To *** To The Realization That He’s Her Escape
Jan 2019 · 397
Nourishment
SHELBY MATIAS Jan 2019
You asked me if I’m
Too shy to eat
Truth is
Your energy feeds me plenty
& When You Speak Kind Words
It Hydrates My Soul
You keep me full
Without even knowing
You give me all I need
To Survive.
Jan 2019 · 3.5k
Pirates
SHELBY MATIAS Jan 2019
Is it my body you wish to plant
Your flag & lay claim to
Looking for buried treasure
Hoping to unearth riches
Beyond your wildest imagination
Trying to discover what men before
You have failed to possess
Rummaging through what used
To be a Holy Temple
A place of innocence
Unfortunately,those men before you
Stole every ounce of that
There is nothing left of me here...
I Am But A Hollow Shell
A Metophor Of A Woman Giving So Much While Men Take And Leave When They Get Bored,Leaving Her Feeling Worthless & Empty
Dec 2018 · 240
Tigress Of Wall Street
SHELBY MATIAS Dec 2018
Maybe They Did Not Notice
The Tiger Behind Your Smile
The Leopard In Your Eyes
They Didn't Realize That
Something So Gorgeous
Can Be As Dangerous
As The Wolves
On Wall Street . . .
Women Can Do It Just As Good
Dec 2018 · 553
HelenOfTroy
SHELBY MATIAS Dec 2018
I Love You,
Words That Indirectly
Cause Wars When Directly
Said To Whom Intended  
A Face That Launched A
Thousand Ships
You Are My Helen Of Troy
Beauty That Marvels The
Minds Of Men & Predicts
Their Untimely Demise
Bloodshed Worth Shedding
For Your Name Will Not
Be Said In Vein
By Common Mortals
Only The Gods From
Whom You've Derived
Shall Speak So Freely. . .
Dec 2018 · 644
Late Night Take Out
SHELBY MATIAS Dec 2018
The *** wasn’t necessarily good
It was more so reminiscent
Of what I had before
It was sweet familiar
So it gave me Ecstasy in Familiarity
It made me ******
So I mistook it for love
I was desperate
for comfort . . .
Jul 2018 · 613
Space
SHELBY MATIAS Jul 2018
She Is Many Universes
Her Soul Spins With The Current Of The Milky Way
Her Mind Intertwines With The Galaxy
She Is Creation Itself
The Voyage To Her World
Has Taken Eons But My Travels
Are Now Over
That Night I Penetrated Through Your Atmosphere
& It's Presence Engulfed Every Layer Of My Being
Wrapping Me In It's Vortex



I Felt The Warmth
Of Your Pink Matter...
A Beautiful Metaphor Of Making Love & It's Long Time Coming

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