Lex - Hello Poetry

Lex Dec 2017

Looking at the star
I heard him wisper
"You'll shine as bright as me someday."

~LJ

#stars #beauty #nature #night

Lex Dec 2017

You were a red flag
all by yourself
trying to convince me you loved me
while still putting me on the shelf

don't know why I ignored the sirens
or you running from the lights
I guess I never noticed
Or maybe I was blined by my wanting for
Mr. Right.

Or maybe I never looked.
~LJ

#you #love #break #blinded

Dec 2017

She Writes

I Cry

You ask me why it’s so hard to forgive you;
I ask you why it’s so easy to hurt me.

When you hurt me, I cry.
If I hurt you, I cry.

I deserve the love I keep trying to give you,
Don’t you see?

You can’t reciprocate the love I keep giving to you.
Why can’t I see?

#love #heart #sad #relationship #cry #forgiveness

Dec 2017

fdg

pile

My full stomach is a message on an answering machine:
"Honey I'm just checking in to make sure you made it home safe, don't forget to call me back.."

I tell myself to eat to make it to tomorrow
(I say, it's okay, it's really not that much),
in reality I just lack self control
And I don't have a home phone line baby,
My voicemail box is full
Let's lose 10 pounds this month and
Still
Manage
To
Smile

It's not that serious

Lex Dec 2017

Involuntary Twin

My skin
Her face
My legs
Her waist

All so different
how will ever I match up

I'm different
and I should love what I am
Dark hair and eyes
Beautiful caramel colored skin
I wish I didn't have to lie
Do I really want to be where they've been?

But they're all so perfect
Her long legs thin
Her flat stomach
Why can't I be them?

My curvy waist
My strange smile
My weird laugh
I always look vile

I want to talk to them
but i'm not plastic
I need to go hit the gym
before I do something drastic

Not only do they see me ******* up out here
they don't see any bit of my heart
but what I constantly fear
is that they wont think i'm a work of art

I never stop crying
trying to stop my pronounced fate
I'm so tired of trying
to let go of this internal hate

I'm a woman of color
A woman judged by her skin
I look at my self and think i'm duller
because everyone knows you can only be beautiful
when you look just like them
so simialr

You become a involuntary twin.

To: Sydney
My favorite girly with the best smile and skin!
I hope someday you see how much you mean to me and others around you. <3
~LJ

#selfesteem #girl #proud #woman #race

Lex Dec 2017

Just have to

There comes a point and time
where you just have to stop.

Stop loving them
Stop worrying about it
Stop trying so hard.

Just have to....
~LJ

#stop #toomuch #love

Dec 2017

Caleb John

A God Who Loves

Many follow other gods
Gods of broken hearts
Shattered dreams
Drugs
Alcohol
That guy
That girl
The list never ends
I'm here to tell you it's all just a trend
A temporary covering of the real pain that just causes more pain
It leaves a nasty stain
I'm here to tell you it can be washed away
By the God of Love
Jesus loves you more than you could ever imagine
He loves you beyond understanding
What happens when those gods break you
Many turn into people full of hate and rage
Others are depressed and anxious
I know the God who loves where there is hate
He is the light in the dark
He puts back together what the world tears apart
False gods break hearts with pain
The true God breaks them with love
He's holding his hand out to you
So don't slap it away
Take it and experience love beyond the universe
His love is faster than you could ever run
His love stretches farther than galaxies
His grace is deeper than the deepest oceans
Jesus saves
Follow Jesus
It's the best decision you will ever make

To the depressed, broken, angry, hurt and the lost