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88 · Dec 2018
midst
the black rose Dec 2018
an ever-brewing ache,
one similar to the feeling of the world on my shoulders.
it never lets up.
a silent cry in the wind,
a scintilla of sadness,
gives the warning of a thousand violent storms.
it’s chaotic here,
it’s a mess.
each day i breathe,
each day
i love a little less.
88 · Aug 2019
Space
the black rose Aug 2019
What's time and distance but a measurement,
measuring moments that never last but can stick with you forever.
A simple range of reference,
how you take the moments in life is your preference.
The pleasures in life don't lie in things, but the events.
The 'present' moment is a gift,
all that matters is right here.
Tomorrow isn't promised though it seems to be so near.
Fear of losing beautiful moments so present
I get lost in the evidence of those events.
Fear of losing, an illusion.
Understanding, the solution.
Everything has a shelf life
It all comes to end
But, the pain of losing it' s all worth it in the end
No regrets, no cursing, no lamenting
Every ending is a perfect ending..
the end.
collaborative writing.. ft. Armando
88 · Apr 2018
x2
the black rose Apr 2018
x2
these days its like I'm getting less interested, running from things that don't make my life interesting.
ain't playing them games or doing them things with ya, ain't making a change or adjusting things for ya.
tho im never losing hope im too focused on the growth
& when you no longer need people is when they need you the most.
but when i needed you most, when i needed you close
you stayed so far away, so you can stay so far from me.
i built myself up, i built me up tough & i ain't losing my ****, im not losing with ****.
did you forget? you were the one being choosy, the one being so confusing
searching for something better baby and now you losing..
bet them other girls ain't like me, can't ease your mind like i did
can't put it down like i did
dont handle **** like i did for you..
you know its true, they ain't waiting up til 4am to listen like i do.
i can't even lie you caught me by surprise, you opened my eyes and made me realize things aren't what they seem to me and you ain't what you seemed to be. all the **** you claimed to be, was all a claim its plain to see.
in love with the idea of me but let's face it you broken too,
both got issues and both need fixing but i still never got cold with you.
trust got ****** up and you, you lucked up.
you got me in my feelings, you got me wanting to feel on you.
you had me into feeling all the things you said you feel to do.
emotions going crazy for you baby boy i feel for you. all those issues must be hard to carry
with all those issues it must be scary,
to give up your heart and give up your love..
but if you can't give up no trust then it just ain't enough
you knew i was good for you, do anything to do good by you.
i wanted to be the good you see when life showed you how ****** up it can be.
now the only thing i can give to you is words that will make you regret walking away, words i couldn't say..
words that make me wonder if they could have made you stay, or were you too far away?
88 · Dec 2018
what if
the black rose Dec 2018
i hate to wonder what if,
but what if?
what if i am never allowed to taste your lips?
what if the flame is lost before we spark a match?
what if your heart is closed,
the most restricted latch.
what if your smile has faded?
& you are tired of waiting?
what if your love is out of patience for me?
what if our eyes,
they never formally meet?
what if i never get a chance to hear you snore as you sleep?
what if our bodies never touch?
what if we’re somehow out of luck?
not a moment
to hold you close,
or a single second
to show you
that you mean the most? ...
...
88 · Apr 2020
heart-break girl
the black rose Apr 2020
for several years
i've written poems about
boys & men,
heart-breaks
and trends
and cries
of who's and why's.
-
notice a pattern in the way i spill words.
notice how i sway,
clumsily.
notice how i chase
the boys & men
that run from me.
87 · May 2020
gods will
the black rose May 2020
your will be done only on behalf of
the true nature
of the true & living god.
-
we isolate,
farther and farther as we go
beyond what we know.
87 · Aug 2019
thought you knew me.
the black rose Aug 2019
you're on the surface,
looking in.
you wanna know what's here within.
you wanna go explore the depth,
but i don't think you're ready yet.
-
and just like most,
you'll probably come halfway to close
but you won't ever make it farther,
its violent
and its harder
than it seems...
-
you wouldn't dare,
you claim no fear
but i know this one you'll fear.
if you come near,
you'll lose all sense of peace.
in despair,
you'll wish you kept to yourself.
no one can save you or help
-
you can't undo..
and ill bet you're wishing you never knew.
87 · Jun 2019
journal entry #2
the black rose Jun 2019
i was searching high and low,
for a sign
to stay or go?
shrink or grow?
think i know why they say that life is not for the faint-hearted.
i stopped before i started,
disgraced and then discarded.
87 · May 2019
black jesus
the black rose May 2019
white face,
black face.
no basis.
-
white race,
black race.
no place for the theories other than physical reality.
basic and so mortal,
the massive mentality.
believe in everything else
but themselves.
-
ignore their cries for help,
feed into everything else.
build your own view
87 · Dec 2018
wicked games.
the black rose Dec 2018
passive aggression.
avoiding the questions,
lurking for confessions,
it’s like an obsession.
i am neglecting,
i’m not accepting
anything less than
what i deserve.
i know who i am,
you know what you’ve heard.
my patience is thin,
i am on the verge
of blindly falling into all that you say you are,
but if all that you say
is just your sick way,
of getting back at me
help me up,
atleast.
86 · Feb 2020
extinct.
the black rose Feb 2020
what purpose do you serve?
what good do you deserve?
you see what’s right before you,
you wont even say a word..
so ill say it,
and if there’s a price to pay
then ill pay it.
would anyone care to exchange social platforms? im in the mood for new encounters.
86 · Jul 2019
journal entry #25
the black rose Jul 2019
i don't function in chaos.
im peaceful,
im at peace.
at ease,
at least.
85 · May 2020
keep going
the black rose May 2020
don’t be threatened by words
or verbs
used in a statement,
in placement of
a hurt feeling
or a spirit broken;
when you fall
get back up & keep going...
= letters to self =
85 · Apr 2020
13k words
the black rose Apr 2020
still searching for more to say...
will i ever under-stand,
inner-stand,
or
over-stand this?
85 · Apr 2020
light
the black rose Apr 2020
be a light,
shine bright.
its alright
to shine bright
like the sun at rising
and the moon on full.
like a flow of energy
restoring your glow,
increasing vibrations,
how high can you go?
84 · May 2020
essence of 9
the black rose May 2020
so called queen,
goddess,
princess,
divine.
care-taker,
life-giver,
mother of time.
-
free your mind,
let your heart be fair & wise.
grow female energy,
grow.
84 · Oct 2019
inner sense
the black rose Oct 2019
gotta go ghost,
running from a host of parasites.
parasites that want my light
and my vision,
they need my sight
and so they fight against me
with side eyes and envy.
-
they say that kind hearts come last,
i speak present talk and leave the past behind me.
no words can define me,
im a symbol of divine.
never questioning my mind
or what's mine...
-
i gain favor from the innocence,  
cleansed of all the inner sins,
tapped into whats imminent.
connected to my inner sense.
83 · May 2020
child of moon
the black rose May 2020
child of moon & sun.
child of adventure,
child of fun.
child full on love,
child full with light.
child with vision
and clear sight.
child of earth,
uni-verse.
-
child,
you are whole.
83 · Jun 2019
journal entry #5
the black rose Jun 2019
nearly imperceptible changes to the inner life
slowly make themselves known in the face of light.
83 · May 2019
who am i
the black rose May 2019
who am i?
soul and spirit,
disguised.
i am more than you can see with the eyes.
small in size,
with a mass of light
stored inside.
the entity that brings you strength,
to confide.
sent here to guide,
to bring peace,
to conquer,
override the systems.
to nurture hearts of victims
lost and hopeless,
losing sanity and focus.
i am me.
goddess,
flowing free.
sending power,
energy
from the inner me.
83 · Dec 2018
dire
the black rose Dec 2018
it’s like a never ending maze. & maybe i **** at making the right choices, maybe i am a ******* *****-up that does things in heats of moments completely neglecting logic. maybe i am still haunted by my past, running rampant because i so badly want to escape that person, those feelings.
trying to stay sane is a full time job that does not pay enough.
my attempts to find a love is near impossible.
i will never be good enough, will i?
i am but a girl, traumatized by disadvantages that stole my innocence way too early.
it’s hard explaining why you’re ****** up in the head while trying to outrun the demons that drag you back into hell.
so i close my eyes,
i close my heart,
i close my mind.
i was always the victim.
i always stayed silent.
i never fought because i could never win.
i no longer fight because i will never win.
83 · Jul 2019
focus.
the black rose Jul 2019
had to get up out my feelings,
get focused.
had to switch up all my moves,
new motives.
-
new direction,
new state of being.
new perception,
new ways of seeing.
83 · Dec 2018
innergy
the black rose Dec 2018
i am not the bigger person,
i take things personal.
i trade in my emotions,
vague role reversal.
i cash in my luck,
for a few moments of silence
by the waves.
i’m out of balance,
as the days go by
i waver
like
skipped rocks across the sea...
83 · Sep 2019
the mother
the black rose Sep 2019
waging war through winds,
no sign of stillness in the distance...
spewing words as clear as day,
"change your ways"...
its been far too long
you’ve stood stagnant in fear.
watching creation fall apart by the hands of you
and all who claim to be who they are not.
humble yourself…
-
shifted poles,
forget the old and start anew.
your life was spared,
do you know why?
do you know who?
i feel her pain,
i know her name,
we have stolen her heart.
we have reached the point of desolation,
get on your mark.
82 · Apr 2020
head-less
the black rose Apr 2020
i stopped seeking attention
and feigning for likes & views;
i discovered new peace now effortlessly,
there are people in my world,
that see the best in me.
-
they relate
and could care less about my face,
as if im head-less;
or my race
as if
moments shared & experiences
mean much more to them...
82 · Mar 2020
air play
the black rose Mar 2020
monsters caged,
curfews placed on the dead,
no more play.
no more roads to travel miles down,
no smoke,
no more fumes to travel miles down your throat,
your reign has ended.
-
mass energy reset,
restoration & balance.
82 · Mar 2020
guardians of the galaxy.
the black rose Mar 2020
im not hiding truth,
im guiding you.
not tryna' rule,
just guiding like a guardian should.
-
we came here gods on guard
with bodies physically formed
like spaceships
from spaces
so filled with powers so holy.
-
with abilities vast & expansive,
sacred energy,
its tantric.
channel all through
soul, spirit, mind then body.
the black rose Oct 2019
-
i cant say that im ready to call it quits
or return to non-exist
but i am so tired of barely keeping it together.
-
i want to escape but where?
im seeing things unclear,
my only space of comfort is no longer here.
as i attempt to live present in each moment,
im trying to stay open;
holding onto all that's left
still wishing and still hoping
that all things will come together by the good that is in me.
-
my life is far beyond my understanding and
im having visions of living in a space that associates in no way,
shape or form with what stands before me...
-
this cannot be all that there is to my story;
so what is my purpose?
is it deeper than surface?
im asking ,
how do i root myself in madness
to cultivate the magic?
how do i save myself and save the world,
to them im just a little girl with dreams of change,
who's oh so strange...
82 · Jun 2019
depth.
the black rose Jun 2019
beneath the hard exterior,
laced with thorns
and silent scorn
...
lies the most fragile flower;
soft and
so innocent.
82 · Aug 2019
why don't men talk to me?
the black rose Aug 2019
there are days when im like
"why dont men talk to me?"
i know im not ugly,
i know i don't smell strange...
i know im not super, duper weird.
i won't steal your dna,
try to hack your phone,
stalk you on social media,
fake-marry you in my head,
or stress you..
well maybe ill stress you a little bit,
but its all out of love.
so, why don't men talk to me?
-
my friends would say its because im a loner
and i don't leave my house,
which is not a good enough excuse.
or because i look like a 16 year old and
this i can slightly agree with because every 17 year old male ive encountered at age 22 has tried to spit game and at this point..
im seriously considering.
-
but seriously,
why don't men talk to me?
i have all of the qualities that they claim they would give the world for,
i know im barely seen but isn't that supposed to be a good thing?
yeah yeah
whatever
i know..
but that still doesn't answer my question.
-
then i randomly over-hear conversations,
and situations between a male and female
and try to picture myself in the middle of it...
and finally,
an answer!
most men don't talk to me because they have nothing to say to me.
they can already tell from the way my natural expression says untouchable.
the way my eyes are set forward,
tunnel vision,
not seeing anyone unless in direct path.
these men are smart!
they would rather not waste my time or their own,
so they leave me alone.
& this is why most men dont talk to me..
lol, had this in my draft for a long time.. im dramatic.
82 · Nov 2019
daddy issues
the black rose Nov 2019
ive grown and
i want to be grown for you,
in ways that make your manhood come alive.
sometimes im a child but still..
im mutable and if you will try to change me,
i might consider.
-
my daddy left scars and traces of a fragrance
that demands a space to fill
or a space to spill emotions and ink
and feelings that link to you.
82 · Dec 2018
love you
the black rose Dec 2018
even when i am alone
i am not lonely.
no half of me is missing
or within someone else
because i am full
& i am whole
on my own.
this new love that i have discovered
is different,
uncomfortable almost.
it is the love that i had searched for high and low.
it is the love that i needed when a love i thought needed me
didn’t really need me at all.
it is the love i cryed out and prayed for,
the very love i thought only existed within the man of my dreams.
now
i am the man of my dreams
so to the man of my dreams,
good luck.
82 · Apr 2020
patterns
the black rose Apr 2020
smoke-filled vessel,
neglecting liquid 'lest its true hydration.
the rise & fall are both too clear to resist.
-
a hope-filled sense of any tomorrow,
infused with espressos,
infused expressions
and the finest strain willing to enthuse my moods.
-
running wild,
not a trace of any patterns repeated;
making contact but only when needed.
81 · Jul 2019
journal entry #19
the black rose Jul 2019
10 minutes from now,
i won't even be the same.
ill be farther than it seems.
-
10 days from now,
ill be up and on my way,
i get closer by the day.
-
10 years from now,
ill look back &
shed tears.
i conquered my fears.
i beat odds and
im odd.
-
im different,
growth game consistent.
can't compare me,
know you hear me
but why you never listen?
lol? i can't wait for live poetry ;)
81 · Jun 2019
eagles fly alone.
the black rose Jun 2019
i can't succumb to the environment,
i've experienced many.
im not impressed,
you're not impressive.
i keep it cool,
controlled agression.
no possessions,
not possessive.
not obsessed with,
never desperate.
-
i fly alone,
although i have connections i can call my own,
i know my home,
i know a place that i can rest,
but still i roam.
81 · Apr 2020
who else?
the black rose Apr 2020
i use deception & bribery to get up out of bed,
i start off strong then end up lost by 12-noon...
80 · Dec 2018
shea butter sadness
the black rose Dec 2018
the very heart of this connection relys on your consistency.
im in need of your persistence,
see
i need you consistently..
im not worried ‘bout the distance,
just make me feel your energy,
got this perfect synergy;
luv
i just need you here with me.



                              ........rub me down.
random
80 · Feb 2020
4am.
the black rose Feb 2020
4am no longer calls;
am i unsatisfied with the peace i've found?
was the chaos
my driving force?
sometimes i feel lost without it.
-
its different now,
its silent.
still dark,
no longer violent.
80 · Apr 2020
a mind thing
the black rose Apr 2020
when mind feels threatened,
it sends out signals to the guards
to stand upright
& look aware,
as if we aren't already far gone enough.
-
i know,
its your job to protect and defend,
so i can practice as much of the zen
as i allow;
mind will do what it must.
80 · Apr 2020
grown-enough
the black rose Apr 2020
i still write about flowers blooming,
birds singing,
& sun-sets.
-
although lately,
i've been focused on expressions of threats;
like seeking trouble,
provoking monsters to come out & play with me.
80 · May 2018
Untitled
the black rose May 2018
good girl, gone bad
soft girl turned hard.
why they do you like that?
you let them make you so cold,
let them dim your light & dull your soul.


now you hate to feel.
what does it take to heal?

why does it feel so good,
to feel nothing at all?
79 · Apr 2020
klutz
the black rose Apr 2020
i keep tripping over nothing,
i keep running to get nowhere.
i keep folding under pressure
and stares,
fumbling on words and
seeking cheers to go beneath me.
-
i keep finding myself,
i keep counting to 10
then tapping,
random clapping
then zen
and then present moment beings
to bring me gifts,
lifting me higher.
make something of nothing.
79 · Apr 2020
the girl that loves.
the black rose Apr 2020
'the girl that cant be loved',
found love within herself
& now she loves.
79 · Apr 2020
here
the black rose Apr 2020
cricket sounds,
crooked eyes,
sacred chants
& wicked smiles.
79 · Sep 2019
flight 29 down
the black rose Sep 2019
i cant be amongst you to recreate you;
when you see me all you see is yourself.
all you see is your current situation,
the falling of a nation
that fell before it ever even fell.
too many spells casted,
too many guns blasted,
too many things drastic,
too many not matching the flow & the way.
so shine your light,
lead the way.
change your life,
change your ways.
this is life,
its amazing
if you see it with the eye,
and you feel it with the mind
then you free it with the heart
and connect the broken lines.
one with the earth,
you are aligned,
you are in touch.
you'll rise again,
you'll be okay,
don't self-destruct.
something..
79 · Apr 2020
deja wu wei
the black rose Apr 2020
i come alive at the sight of what's already seen,
like deja vu is somehow key to unlock my greatest dream.
-
a classic reaction,
to stay still upon acknowledgment.
i stay put,
aware of phases now begun.
79 · Jun 2019
journal entry #5
the black rose Jun 2019
you can never please everyone.. or in some cases,
                                            
                                                          
                                                                   anyone...
78 · May 2019
them.
the black rose May 2019
i dont wanna be like them;
miserable,
losing touch with who i am.
losing hope
more and more as the days go by.
living a lie.
i dont wanna be lost,
searching for something thats not there.
i wanna be here
with no worry or fear
of whats to come next,
or whats never to come.
i dont wanna be broken
by words left unspoken.
i wanna be whole,
in tuned with mind,
body,
spirit
& soul.
i dont wanna be just another being
living to die,
living to buy,
questioning why.
..
78 · May 2019
what you cant ignore..
the black rose May 2019
im special,
you should get down on your knees.
requesting all my loving,
while you're begging
please
for the jewels im dropping daily,
how i fill you up with hope.
one encounter and you're down for me,
ill never do the most.
unless you do the most,
unless you hold me close.
-
so close,
no ***** can approach or
get near the alter
where you hold me higher than the likes of just a few,
not many others.
you worship undercover,
you're too scared to explore
the beauty of a goddess
cant compare
& cant ignore....
78 · Nov 2019
close friend.
the black rose Nov 2019
inconsistency is a close friend of mine.
we argue like husband and wife,
can we ever agree on anything?
we compete with mood swings and incomplete projects..
ill try to save the world
although i take way too long to make a decision,
procrastination holds me weak
and inconsistency is a close friend of mine..
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