Backed into the corner
Family member asking
Why don't we talk
A two way street
Not just one
No communication just expectation
More made up rules
False hope expectations
Being myself all I know
Grew up poor working for mine
While you're given everything
Looking down on others
Earned respect nothing is given
Social status everything is divided
Can't stop for anyone
More determined and driven

Social interaction not sure how to act
Said too much others lose interest
No words spoken seen as stuck up
Showed no interested suddenly involved
Emotionally burnt out rather stay away
Made a joke to be funny only one
Enjoying live living it to the fullest
No one's laughing everyone's mad
Talked serious no one's is joking

Why wait for it
Live life to the fullest
Writing to over come fears
Allow feelings with tears
Show emotions without being judged
Talk about taboo topics without influence
Explore encounters and experiences
Not always caught up in the moment
Reflect on old relationships
Be better for the one the right one
Observe why old friendships failed
Learn to be the friend you need
So much change processing it all
Missing doing things back at them
Things yet to experience stop holding back
Thinking too much about the consequences
Instead of taking risks new possibilities

Not trying to argue
Clearly wrong trying to justify
This nonsense as right
Another fight over ignorance
Messing with others thinking it's funny
When the tables are turned
You are mad making faces
Huffing and puffing the frustration comes out
Acting like everyone owes you
You owe it to yourself stop blaming others
Just because someone has more
No need to belittle make them small
Sorry you're going through stuff
It's no one's fault but your own
So own up, shut up
Stop talking over your bad vibes
How you going to cheat
Think you're a prize believing the lies
Misleading and decieving good people
Friends to their face mouthing behind their back
Playing it calm when you're the one trying to BS
Get called out on the drama
Now you want to start something
Waste of time it goes no where
All this talk leads to nothing
You push people away with your bad attitude
Have the nerve to say they walked away

Never dated in high school
Paired off for a winter formal
Went to prom with a friend
Being the 3rd wheel
My friend and his date had another friend
So I was paired off didn't know this chick
Till that night got to know one another
School was ending never got close to anyone
Before this night asked a few close friends
Got stuck going alone but had fun
Rejection is the worse if she doesn't feel the same
But dating is more than kissing holding hands
High school was about being friends
But you get older grow apart
And realize not everyone likes
Or agrees with who you are
Happening so fast trying to make sense of it all

Wanted her to be the one
She wanted someone else
Time pasted she loved him
He didn't love her back
Feel the same in return
He was stuck in the past
First things got ruined
Now he was messing it up
Too stubborn at heart
His mind couldn't grasp
The concept of how and why
Thinking love was easy
More to it than physical
Dealing with a person
Having patients for one another
Being able to tolerate differences

Actually being understood
Not being judged
Or treated differently
Going with the good vibes
Fighting the good fight
Love to write from the heart
Put it all down on paper
Showed love for others
Got hate from many
Still working to survive
Still thriving to get ahead
Staying humble slowing down
Always giving it all everytime
Who knows what's next
Where the future will end up

The sound of rain in the distance
Soothing and comforting
While drinking hot chocolate
Reading a book enjoying the day
Escape reality valuing ones company
Personal time all alone
Appreciating personal growth
Not give into social convention

Dared to inspire others
Seeking motivation put it out
Inspiration collected projected
Lots of struggle bubbling down
Overtime began to grow
surpassed others with change
Feel the glow starting to show
Straight up with the truth

Woke up took a drive
Back home fell a sleep
Composing thoughts and ideas
Reflecting a life time of moments
The good times glad they happened
Can't have good without the bad
Bad times start sign of change
Lots of growth more selective
Pick something more not less
Choose for the better keep striving

Feared no man walked strong with God
Told too dark to eat at an establishment
Years later the restaurant went under
Not one to play the race card
Doing what's right, by my moral code
Speaking no one hears my voice
When I write the words bleed out
Not one to judge others
How you treat others says a bunch
Been through the struggle
One who got out for the better
Feels like I got dragged back in
Find closure ready to start over
Did so much, need to make more happen
Forgive or not here I come
Stood still not one to run
The pain within has leveled out
Don't count me out
Never back down from fear

Heard the news
Family was excited
Brothers soon to be uncles
A sister becomes an aunt
First time grandparents
Awaited her arrival
She was a few days late
Couldn't be there
With all that's going on
Avoiding the hospital
Got the text able to visit
She was a few days old
Happy to see her
Sleeping peacefully
Finally able to hold her
Like all the world BS
Didn't matter it slipped away
Feeling whole and complete
Love so strong and deep
A niece a blessing
The bad fades away

Another day another way get it done
Wavering back and forth till the end
The mind full of frustration
Moved on blocking it out
Finally facing the fear
Okay to shed a tear or two
Going over the top not ready to stop
Faced the backlash mocked provoked
Learned from the lesson

Sometimes others ask
What's on your mind
Wondering do they care
Or are they using you to pass time
Making it hard to open up
Difficult to trust like a set up
Trying to be genuine
Nothing to hide
Everything out in the open
So many don't care
Not interested
Once it's closed off
Shut down all of a sudden
Some one shows concern

Grasping the moment
Regretting its over
Put in some time
Saying good bye
The past is history
Life going forward a mystery
So much curiosity floating
Taken away by it all
Can't fall a sleep
Calling your name
After math all that remains

With everything going on
Not sure what to say
How to make it better
Watch from a distance
Everything will work out
Fall into place adapting to change
Adjusting others a making waves
Went on defense since others offend
Use to be offense talking the truth
Seen as ruthless not in over involved
Use to go out prefer to stay home
And write all day and night feels right
Getting back in the groove
Letting it flow feel all the stress
Shrinking not let it grow
Never about race be a good person
Treat others right says alot about you
It's a two way street with respect
No respect for one another
Becomes a road block detour
Would rather go around
Instead of stopped

Never been good with title
Always stuck in the transition
Once it's started don't like it to end
Able to make it work once it's finish
Walk away let it resonate
Comeback later love to create
Work on other projects
Thoughts that haven't been expressed
Feelings explored understood
Emotions balanced out after a while

The birdie in the window
Heard the chirps so loud
Saying hi little bird
Flying in from of the window
Landing on the antenna
On the house next door
Flying back to the window
Looking in wondering
Asking are you okay
Chirping thinking of a lost one
Been told birds are loved ones
Angels looking out
Landing on the ledge
Looking out the window still
Wings flapping fast then flew away

A broken heart before we met
Mending a heart of a troubled friend
So much support one sided
Waiting around to make it right
Outside factors ruining a friendship
All burden toxic behavior
Negativity drains the good vibes
Focused on the positive
Over come the struggle

Make every line count
Say something deep
Motivate empower others
From the heart with love
Piece of mind full of peace
Overcome struggle everyday
Open to change adapt and adjust
Learn new understandings
Inhale good vibe feel alive
Exhale bad toxic emotions

Use to feel at world with the world
Taking on every cause
Got lost along the way
Had to be better found faith
Praying to God can't do it alone
Turned to the word not losing grace
Already at ease fireworks going off
Praying for safety repentance sorry
Not about that life anymore staying sober
A relationship with God over being in a crew
Sad inside can't hide it anymore
Starting to show won't let this anger grow
Avoided being attacked stay quiet
Price to pay for saying the truth

Trying to connect words
This reminds me of
Each piece comes together
Comparing and contrasting
Making something out of nothing
Things to be said at the wrong time
Trying to do right its all wrong
Details that pop out
That catch the eye
Feelings that make your hair standTrying to connect words
This reminds me of
Each piece comes together
Comparing and contrasting
Making something out of nothing
Things to be said at th
A nervous sweat overwhelmed

Embraced the labels flipped them
Made moves in silence
A tarnished rep that is in the past
Being better alone not being tore
Ripped to pieces by negative friends
Not always going to have a support
Staying motivated in a toxic environment
Hardest worker in the room no one wants it
Took pride in efforts while others place blame
Natural leader taking the blame
Trying to help others who don't help themselves
Frustrated for years for caring
Stopped carrying the burden of others
Let go of people who forgot about your kindness
Not begging to be liked or be accepted
Get away from the toxic job
Saved from the sinking ship
Around people who value your heart
Appreciate you as a human being
More to life than being a working machine
Showing no emotions hiding who you are
In the mind processing goals and thoughts
A home that a safe place to focus

Never afraid to try
Not one to quit
Walking away from it all
Come back to it later
Straight shave razor
Cut throat silence the BS
Ruthless always truthful
Don't care for lying cheats
Found away to survive
Always kept out in the end
Always working to get hired
No love appreciation respect
Clear mind full of joy good
Clear thoughts avoid negativity

Ever deleted a number mad
Wishing you saved it
Or wrote it down
Hoping to see them again
But its better to stay away
She was in a bad relationship
Couldn't help or convince her
To change her mind
Getting hurt over it
It had nothing to do with you
Tried to make the wrong right
Had to cut the cord
Turn your back stopped worrying
To protect your heart

The heart pours emotions
Rain drops hide the tear drops
Cold weather over a cold heart
An old life focused on the new
Unwind this heart withering down
Unload these feelings from within
Dreams to escape the nightmare
Working a job not vibing it anymore
Feels like I can be doing more
Not too late to pursue a career

Always wanted to make it
Can't take it but work for it
Not worried about others
Stopped comparing competing
Working on a solo projects
Sharing with others for feedback
Like to bounce around ideas
Use to be more confident
Overcome all the smack talking
Rise about above all the doubt

How can a person be married
Say I love you to an old going
Why would a person cheat
And have the nerve to blame
For their actions
Tell someone who loves them
They got with another person
Your so called best friend
Hooks up with a crush
Did wrong never forgiven
Wrong doers given multiple chances
Forgive yourself for peace
Not always going to find out the reason
Get closure for someone else
The problem can't be fixed
Walk away learn the lesson
Focus on a new life count blessings

Being the voice of reason is hard when people have selective hearing. Usually straight forward will tell a person. Whats up and not tell them, what they want to here because as a friend you

Don't lie to your friend.
Being honest should be the best feeling because you don't have to remember anything. People who lie end up having to be, or act like someone they are not.

Never understood, how a people date when its one sided; meaning one is all in giving love. While the other waiting around till something better comes along. How and why are partners jealous of one another, instead of trying to function as a unit. Never understood the relationship concept being the 3rd wheel around certain couples.

Some days are great
Others fueled by irritation
Easily annoyed by everything
Wanting to say something
Not trying to overreact
Crazy actions in the back of the mind
Scenarios hyped up and extreme
Trying to stay civil and calm
Lost so much burnt out
Holding onto the little earned
Thankful to be placed
Doing something contributing
Bouncing frustration unattended
Could've started beef left the bad guy
Wants to speak up tired of the lies
Tired of pretending it didn't happen

Always showing love
Even when excluded
Respectful not about the hype
Don't really have a type
Always down to mess around
Miss being home always on the go
On the road outta town learned to say no
Always doing favors can't do one thing
New hater not playing or going along
Remember the good time fade away
Not good with goodbye time is up
Wanted to stay no learning
Not gaining anymore