By Arcassin Burnham

Alone for a reason,
Alone cause I can be,
All though I don't allow it,
The beautiful ones hurt you everytime,
The beautiful ones hurt you every time,
The summer came in the season,
Looking for some empathy,
But now I can't contain it,
I'm alone for a reason.

It's all lies
Don't you dare tell me different
I'm here asking you what's the matter
Yet you complaining no one will listen

When I ask you how you is
"I'm Ok"  isn't sufficient
I can see you deteriorating
Cut the **** be explicit

Tell me what words hurt you
And whose mouths caused the pain
I know you know they didn't mean it
But the burn will still remain

Was it your man that ain't your man
Or was it that girl who doesn't have to try
Don't keep telling me they mean nothing
I see the tears behind your eyes

It's okay to have feelings
I'm in them all the time
I feel heavy if I don't express em
Baby, why you think I rhyme

Tell me what it is girl
Tell me what it ain't
Tell me how you feel girl
'cause I know you ain't "ok"

A man cheats on a woman, she beats him up. Everyone thinks it's funny what she did because he "deserved it" he did a terrible act but didn't deserve physical punishment.  A girl constantly takes her boyfriend's cell phone reading his messages, she's possessive of him, bosses him around, controls his life. " She's just a jealous girlfriend, it's cute" if a man shows similar traits, he's abusive and she should leave him. A man is sexually assaulted, "he's a ***** and should of enjoyed it" a woman is *****, it's all over the media. Women want free birth control, they protest in a Women's March. Men ask for free birth control, Feminist will not allow it. He isn't interested in you because you are over weight, it's a horrible insult. An obese man ask you for coffee, you say no because he's not your type. No one says anything. Marching and protesting for equality when it is nothing but superiority, having it all but you just crave more.

Would you walk with me?
Just For a while
That "line" Mr. Cash
Brought into style
Will you keep the ends up
For the ties that bind?
For me,
Will you walk the "the line"?
For you,
I keep my eyes wide open
All the time
But for me,
Would you walk,"The Line"?
Is it easy
For your heart to be true?
Because I walk,"The Line"
Just For you

often we not realize that

the best poems are the ones that were never written

never spoken

never expressed.

the best poems are the ones we keep to ourselves

raw

and untouched.