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Lost Girl Mar 2020
Finally, I can look at myself in the mirror
Because I now love myself
In ways I didn’t think were possible

It wasn’t easy getting here
Years of therapy
And so many tears
But I’m starting to discover
I am worthy of love

And so are you
You make me smile
And you lessen the blues
Ohh what would I do
Without you?

Remember
That together
We are unstoppable
I wanted to write a more uplifting song because sometimes I can get stuck in this dark loop of thinking that things will never get better, but I have faith they will.
Tony Tweedy Mar 2020
From the moment I was born and society taught me how to live.
Expectation was given it's priority and there my energies I did give.

Through culture and my peers I was taught all right from wrong.
And without question or any form of doubt I went right along.

I learnt what I was meant to as society did dictate for me to do.
Becoming fluent and accepted because I shared their social view.

I managed all the toil and trials that was expected of my role.
I gave my every effort to what society said was my goal.

For sure I was born lucky and graced by dint of birth.
Secure, safe and protected from the terrors of this Earth.

I even watched the news each night to have a worldly view.
Despite all I saw, on the morrow, I did as I had been taught to do.

So far from my daily life and not part of my despair.
I got about my life's business and continued on without a care.

I don't know what caused a change, in how I view what life brings.
It seems that luck and randomness determine all varied things.

Through all of this I have come to doubt the culture of my youth.
I see the lives of the majority and doubt my world's so called truth.

I now see the selfish shape of the life that we are taught.
Where looking out for number one is the underlying thought.

My society favours wealth and it has an ingrained need.
To close it's eyes to despair in any form and to service only greed.

My eyes only ever were opened in a very temporary blink.
I feel the guilt and know the shame of how I was shaped to think.

Now without that social purpose that anchored my very sanity.
I feel despair at a world eyes closed, to the value of true humanity.
Tonight's news will be gone and forgotten tomorrow... unless we live it ourselves. My world was/is safe from wars, dictators and disaster. Even so... my neighbour may be homeless, sick or simply a survivor. I and most of my culture are heedless. Is that the same as not caring? Eyes are easily enticed to other things.
Ken Pepiton Mar 2020
I found my self
asking the following question, after I got a yes
on is the universe friendly,

what good can I do in it?

This now, is after me, catching me, shooing a fly from the kitchen.

Uncle Toby did that sort of thing,
I heard,
I swear, I would if that were something I know I know how to do,
I would swear not at all,
otherwise.
Knowing,
I never understood either the marbled page or the black one,
and I barely recall Uncle Toby sparing the life
of a certain fly,

which reminds me, I chose to recall all I do know about that,
and share it, by tossing it back.
Tristam Shandy is full of powerful words lain idle now, some time.

-fishing for truth in this realm of words, thereś rules and hereś rules,
keyboard internationale now allows ¿ possible quest reject buttons

but at the price of normal apostrophes, we can live with that ś means
usually a karmic possession of the previous phase phrasing through

your attention span... jest ride on through..

the flaky bits of inimical karmas, make some people sneeze, when they
breathe,


thatś the better choice, when no real rules are known
but pain is a possible outcome of points
stumbled on unawares,
in far flung plains,
where the act of
polishing diamonds, or any hard thing, leaves the teensiest

shards that jest scrape away the **** of the earth,

collected in yo art trees, happy little trees,

jest put one
here, no, combine the two, to be like man-kind,
body and otherwise,

full and empty, both, in here.

Now, this is how we make a bubble be,
inside out.
You would be inside my mind, one line at atime.
Mystic Ink Plus Mar 2020
If only you knew

When I have to feel
Alive
Calm and peaceful
I think of you
And call it
A living

For me
Always
You are sacred
And not too far

You tried to make me believe
"You are virtual/abstract"
In a honest way
If so then
Ain't I, a living dead?
Or who else am I?

Striving for
Genre: Spiritual Abstract
Theme: Journey || Hope || Question
Author's Note: Who I was?
VKBoy Feb 2020
Don’t know when it happened
But by all means believe it
A house has been built in my heart
And it's waiting for you to grace
And see the name on the walls
Before the blood washes them away
So please come promptly
And save my little love
Before it escapes the heart
That opens up not for all.
Big Virge Feb 2020
Ya Know I Have To Concede …
That Within My Mind … "Sometimes" … ?

I Lack …. "Belief" .… !?!
But Within My Rhymes The Truth's Defined … !!!

Belief INDEED Runs Through My Veins … !!!!!
When My Pen Meets Page …

Because My Rhyme Schemes …
Don't Shy Away From Themes …
That Can Sour Peoples' Dreams … !!!
  
But Within The Seams BELIEF Still GLEAMS … !!!
And Provides The Sheen That DEFIES The Unclean … !!!!!

" INSECURITIES " …….
Where Belief Concedes ... To Thoughts of Defeat … !!!

A Place Where Fragility Hinders The Ability …
To Glide On Through In The Face of ABUSE …

And People Being Rude ...
Because of The BELIEF They SEE IN YOU … !!!!!!

See Belief Is REALLY SOMETHING … !!!
When DEEP In You This Thing Starts Running … !!!

There Is NO NEED For Bluffing … !!!
Because It Is …. SO STUNNING ... !!!!!!!!
To Those Who Lack Belief That STANDS ...
Right Next To Them In The Face of PROBLEMS … !!!

Like Trying To Find What In Your Life ......
Makes You Feel FINE Like ... BRIGHT SUNSHINE ... !!!

For Some It Comes In Mother Tongues …
That ELEVATE From … Rhetoric That's DUMB … !!!

For Others It UNCOVERS A Wish For FUN … !!!

Comedians ... Run With That Stuff … !!!
To Make Us Laugh And Find That Path …
To Believing That … Life's NOT That Bad … !!!!!

I'm … NOT THAT MAN … !!!!!!

But Believe That Fans Can Gain Relief …
From Insecurities They See … Daily ...  

Some ... THEIR OWN ….. !!!

While Others Throw Their Lack of Belief ….
In Who They Be ….. OPENLY .....
For The World To SEE …… !!!?!!!

Well That's NOT COOL And That's My View … !!!

Such Things Should Be ....................................... REMOVED ……..
In The Privacy of … "Your Own Bedroom" … !!!!!

Then Maybe We Would See ….
Less Visions of … " ANXIETY " … !!?!!

And Then More Might BELIEVE …
In People And ……..  " Humanity " …....

BELIEVE In … " TRUST " ...
BELIEVE In …. " LOVE " ...

BELIEVE In The Creator ...
Who's ….. Up Above ……………..

Beliefs Like THESE Can Make Life ... " SWEET " ... !!!
And LIGHTEN Loads Where Insecurities Flow … !!!!!!!!!

Highs And Lows With Belief In Tow …
Can Help You Roll ... Down DODGY Roads … !!!

If You DON'T Believe …
You May Get Caught Down Some DARK Street … !!!
WITHOUT THE FORCE ... To Get You Home … !!!!!!!!!!

Believe In YOURSELF For Your Mental Health … !!!

Cos' Belief In Wealth May NOT Bode Well … !!!!!
My Beliefs Are Now ... NOT BUILT In Pounds … !!!  

But Built In Verse …
Through … " Big Virge Words " … !!!
  
That Now Instil A Strength of Will …
That Proves To Me That My Beliefs Are … Meant To Be  … !!!

A Legacy of Poetry …
That May Indeed Earn Cash Money … !!!!!

But Because It's PURE … !!!
And From …. MY CORE …. !!!!!

It's NOT For ****** … !!!
Or The …. " BIG SCORE " …. !!!

It's Purpose To Me …
Is To Share My Beliefs For The World To See …

I May Not Be A Top Emcee …. ?
But Write From DEEP INSIDE MY CHI … !!!!!

Where Energies Run From My Brain … !!!
Into My Veins Which Then Translate … From Pen To Page …

As If Poetry ... BELIEVES IN ME ... ?!?

It's Something SWEET And A Thing of BEAUTY ... !!!!!
When What You See Is HARMONY Within Yourself …. !!!!!
Because It Feels … REALER Than REAL …
When You Can Tell How Much It HELPS … !!!!!

To Follow Your Heart Share And Impart ...
Seeds From The Tree That Enable You To See …

How Much You NEED ... To Have ...

........….. " BELIEF " …....... !!!!!!!!!
We can all benefit from some .....
Henry Onwordi Feb 2020
Tomorrow is never promised  

Therefore each day is precious  

Who knows what delights a day may bring  

Believe each moment has a significance  

Time ticks by bringing forth a new day  

Each stroke paints a small picture of possibility

A new dawn of possibility  

An emblem of freedom  

Each day holds a moment of significance  

Embrace your love and remind them of their place in your heart  

Have gratitude for an unmerited gift  

Life's beauty stands forever gleaming as a crystal  

reflecting diverse rays of hopes and possibilities  

Each to grasped at and utilised
Henry Onwordi Feb 2020
I am alive  

I can see the path that lays ahead of me,  

The roads are winding and the challenge is hard  

But there is grace for every moment hope for every dream
Lonely Heart Feb 2020
The further I go, the less I believe

What's with the need, for me to deceive

No one even cares, about all my screams

I don't even care, enough to believe


NOW!

I could sing a song

And you should sing a long

Come on let it out, don’t try to be strong

After all, they’re just going to hear it wrong


What did they tell you?

That home is where the heart is?

Life gets better if you give it a chance?


But what if misery has made its place

Laying its laurels to rest in our space


Everywhere you go

IT follows

Beating that drum


Flowing in your blood

That’s the siren’s song

Of misery’s embrace


So sing along you dumb *******

It’s okay I’m ******* disgrace too
Michael Stefan Feb 2020
Shout and hold your banners high!
The drumbeat guides us step by step
Warriors raise voices of song
And the heavens will quake as we march forth
Righteously wrapped in absolution
Absolved of any of our sins of war
Truly we are the glorious few!
And belt now our anthem
To besieged strongholds
We never stopped to question
Never truly learned the words
And our anthem rings across mountains
Echoes through deep valleys
Of a long-forgotten cause
I love passion and expression and standing for what is just and right.  It is one of my greatest woes that I meet so many people inflamed and impassioned to political, religious, or polarizing beliefs with so little understanding of what they stand for.  Stand tall for a cause, but please make sure that you understand what you are fighting for and understand the stakes of defeat and more importantly, victory.
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