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Andy Chunn May 2021
In Teapa he now makes his home
After his journey from the states
Trouble caused his heart to roam
And sorrows filled his plate

One friend asked him about the gun
And what he planned to do that night
He said he’d do what must be done
And anger blurred his sight

He shot her down and did not care
The gun still in his hand
His woman said that she had dared
To love another man

Someone asked where he would go
Where he would run or stay
He simply said I do not know
And headed down Mexico way

People staring from a distance
Some just mumble and turn away
And he can tell in just one instance
What they mean and what they say

So when I see him on the street
I shake his hand so he will know
He has a friend and when we meet
I simply say “Hey Joe”
A tribute to Jimi Hendrix and his song pinned by Billy Roberts called "Hey Joe"
Julia Martin May 2021
My lungs breathed in disdain
Whem you mentioned her name
And that's when I knew
I had to stay away from you
Leocardo Reis May 2021
Once more, I rewrite
a line of poetry
from one of the great poets
as one would meticulously retrace
the outlines of an image.

The placement of each period,
the choice of a particular word,
if one of these were amiss,
it would be all for naught,
but my!
How each word, each line
supports the other,
what beauty!

Ha!

What beauty indeed!
The more I know,
the more it burns
like celluloid!
Fuelling anguish in my heart!
And oh dear!
What a jealous heart I have!
Surely, others must feel the same.
Is it so hard to discern beauty?
Can we not read?
Yet why is it so elusive to recreate something
even a fraction as eloquent?
Do we not spectate the same Earth?
Such mockery!
To recognize such and be unable to recapitulate it!
All things of significance
have already been written.
All else is imitation!
And how much more it aches to know
that I am a cheap one at that!

At least just once in my life,
could I not write just one line
equal to this?
I do not ask for much.
Just one line!
Then I could proudly brandish
whatever mediocrity I amount to,
like a brand burnt into my flesh.
Wenwenchi May 2021
If there's the sun,
What am I

If there's whole,
Why am I still breathing

If there's everything, unfolding
Beautifully,  
What should I do

Except
Accept
Being less

If there's you
There isn't me
riri Apr 2021
her hair shines like the sea glimmering in the sun
flawless, radiant skin with a beaming smile
her eyes are like a trap, once you're reeled in all you can do is stare in awe
how i wish i could be her

boys treat her with respect, that's for sure
effortlessly gorgeous they say, even when she wakes up in the morning
she's the girl who everyone stops to stare at
how i wish i could be her

i see the way they talk about her
the respect and humility they have whenever they're in her presence
especially the way he looks at her, for some reason i envy
how i wish i could be her

she calls herself ugly
but i never will understand why
she's perfect in every way
oh how i wish i could be her
a best friend who doesn't know how jealous i am of her, the thing is i will never compare to her beauty. next to her i will always be the ugly best friend
Raven Feels Apr 2021
DEAR PENPAL PEOPLE, you can bleed without a shed of a drop of blood:}


in surrender to the real

a shirt is torn a cut was named a deal

for the release to greed then the skins to bleed

I draw you margins a put test to bend to kneel

to the torment in the heat you shoot to feel

in there where I see

no one has a view but me

your veins of pure temper dripping in jealousy

raise in no empathy


                                                       ­                ------ravenfeels
Kaylee K Apr 2021
Must you hold them the way you do?
Your arm around their shoulder, your hand around their waist.
Their big eyes staring into yours, I'm envious.
At this dance watching you two sway happily in love, creates a burning in my stomach.
But i will continue to dance, but not with you, for you have found your happiness in them, while i silently reside.
As time goes on , so do you.
You found yourself with them, so you don’t need me anymore like I need you.
I catch myself staring, staring hard, they’re such an angel , aren’t they?
I could never hate them, because it's not their fault, but then again,
I find myself wishing they were dead.
How could you choose them over me?
Haven’t I always been  the one closest to you?
Haven’t i always been there with you,
through thunder and lightning i stayed by your side,
and you still chose them, over me.
Which is why you caught me with my hands around their neck,
blood rolling down my cheek, and then a subtle drip drip coming from the tips of their  pale fingers.
I've always loved you, there was no other solution.
You asked me why I did this?
Because you were kind, when I needed it the most, for the longest time you were kind.
Oh dear, why did you have to choose them?
You could have made this a lot easier than it had to be.
Your smile has always been too much for me.
Seeing it with someone who isn’t me is new.
Just know, I will always be waiting in the strawberry fields, forever alone, the sky staring back at me.
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