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Should I jab this ink into my jugular and let the words express themselves in a manner never seen before?
All the while I pour out every single emotion ever known to exist in my being onto puddles of madness on the floor
Maybe that will allow the world to see the words for what they really are and judge the poet not
And the world can envision its own rolling fields of golden daisies in a soil made from carefully sifted rock
Praise the blood that bleeds profusely upon the lines of every page
And bless the minds of the loved and lost who discovered pain at an early age
Allow me to place the cap so carefully back atop the pen so that you may take my metaphors and open doors and churn them in your heart and head
It's only when I stop bleeding
that I am truly dead
(C) Maxwell 2014
My heart is heavy today at the loss of such an incredible inspiration to the arts community. Her poetry is the reason I was inspired to write, to be who I am destined to be, and to always live and fight for what I believe in. Maya Angelou wasn't just a poet, she was a movement, providing never ending insight and knowledge to the community and marching along with us during the civil rights. Maya Angelou, what a dent your absence will leave behind, but what a beautiful picture painted words you have left us. I had always dreamed of meeting you one day, but now I know that day will never come (at least in the physical world anyway). Thank you Maya Angelou for your knowledge, your strength, and your never ending guidance. You showed us the world through a different pair of eyes and it is that reason I now know why the caged bird sings!

Rest Peacefully Dr. Maya Angelou!
You passed away a few years ago
It hurts more than
a wall crushing my body together
making it into a flat surface
where you can just step on top
It still hurts me
when I write down the words
you were once saying to me
I wonder if your soul follows me around
and is hurting
when you realize
you're still hurting me
even when you're buried
6 feet under the ground
j.f
Every seven years i heard that the cells in your naked body is destroyed and replaced
by a new set of clean cells and its quite a nice feeling knowing
that in just 2 years my body will have never been touched by your bare big hands
my skin will become pure it can
stop rusting like it has been deep under the ocean for thousands of years

i cant wait for the day i come to the surface and just breathe a new oxygen
and you.. you will be out of my mind, and i.. i will not be afraid of you anymore
and you will continue to rot like i have been rotting for 5 years 6 months and 23 days

j.f
Its been more than seven years now, your skin has now never touched me .. 05/16
i'm jealous of all the people that
can see your eyes glow when the sun stares
can feel your heartbeat when you're out of breath
can see each and every little freckle on your face

i'm terrified that the love you say you have for me
will be gone in a matter of seconds
just when that other girl that can feel your heartbeat
see your eyes glow
that can count each and every freckle you have
will touch your skin
the way i wish i can and you'll love her like you claim you love me
                                                 maybe even more

but it wont be my fault this time
it will be yours and your cowardly way of loving someone

and how in your mind i live 5 thousand miles away from you
when in reality you only live 2 miles away from me

the scars you've had in the past that you can't let go of
you're afraid to feel what you felt for her again
you're afraid to be hurt like she hurt you
but if anything you're not the one getting hurt anymore
i am
and its my pleasure to be breaking from a girl like you ..

j.f
the day i fell in love with you
the sky was grey
the water looked grey
everything seemed grey... but me

i should have known that the color
was a warning
telling me to not fall in love with you

now everything
is full of color
     but me

j.f
i have never cried for another human the way i did for you last night
i cried more for you than the earth did that day of the storm
i love you more than the flowers love the sun
i need you more than a kid for their blanket
and you love me just as much

but you're not in love with me
like sadly, i am with you

j.f
when i was just a child and didn't know any better
i would speak to strangers and let them
whisper into my ear little secrets about you

they told me the good things and not the bad things
i had to figure out on my own
that eventually you can be as addictive  

as the baggies that you, yourself gave me
in the corner of the street

j.f
HER
No matter who you are, just know that i'll always love you and you'll always be in my heart. I'll always consider you the first person I've ever caught true feelings for, never will i know the answers to the many questions about you but i hope someone walks into your life and takes your breath away the way i couldn't. I'll forever love you and no one can ever love you the way i can but i hope that one person that can, comes along soon because i do believe you deserve love in your life not the love you made me give you. I'll always want you more than you'll ever want me and that's okay because love doesn't exist only one can love on and the one they love will always love someone else much more and you love someone else much more than you'll ever love me. I hope you do one day fall in love if you haven't already. I hope she touches you much more than just your body. You've hurt me so much but i love you so much that no matter how deeply you cut my skin i still want the best for you. You always say that "God puts people in your life for a reason and they leave for a reason." but you'll never know the reason onto why i got into you life and that is what happens when in reality we aren't meant for one another.

j.f
2017 thought - she was a ***** :)
;
when i met you
i didn't think
i was going to like you as much as i do

and i really wish i didn't

j.f
hurts so much
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