Struggles

Is it the times when we are lost
Or felt too true to love

Is it the creature in us
Or the fire of our past

Is it the water of wishes
Drowning us weightlessly

or the baggage of god
lusting for powers
That has left us dying
Without seeing clarity

I sometimes feel
The need to feel love
And thought of the past
Merged to now

The love that we seek
Has made us bleed
It has killed and died
Through the desire we have

Yet it is love
That is life
Without the struggles
Our love will be mundane
Without the struggles
The happiest will be lost

If we draw a picture
Of our highs and lows
We will realize that all is love
And while I write this poem
We are rippling across to each other
Saying all the crazy things
That we know so much about
That we are
Life

Me and the family
have some struggles
I’ve been staying busy
working doubles
digging tunnels
with no shovel.

These are just some of my troubles
I’ve got blood
on my knuckles
Momma
I was never a saint
I could never show restraint.

Killer. The killer you are stands tall-
The way I love you, how dare you!
It kills- me.
I love you but I am running, you the reaping
shadow in my dreams.
They say blood ties us together, family.
Huh, blood?
That's interesting.

I know you have your struggles,
as we all do at a point in time.
Please please please. Spare me from yours,
as I spare you from mine.

So What Does It Take To Be A Corporate GREAT ... ???    
      
Do You Need To Be A Snake ... !?!      
Who's ... ALWAYS On The Make ... ?      
      
Or Be Like ... TRUMP ... ???      
And Have Apprentices Run ...      
Through Hoops And ... JUMP ... !?!      
      
What Does It Take To Be Someone ...      
Who Makes Their Way By Pulling Stunts ... ?!?      
      
STUNTS That STUNT Others' Movements ... !?!      
Isn't That What's Done By ... PRESIDENTS ... !?!      
      
And .....      
      
What Does It Take To Denigrate ...      
Anothers' Name To Be Well Paid ... ?!?    
      
"It's just a game, with cake to take,      
that has high stakes, and a price to pay !"      
      
I Guess That's What Most of Them Would Say ...        
Snakes' Who Play ... KISS **** ALL DAY ... !!!      
      
Kiss **** HERE ...      
Kiss **** THERE ...    
      
What Does It Take To Be So FAKE ... ?    
A Piece of **** That's Got GREAT SHAPE ... !?!      
Or An AwkWaRd staNCE ... To Kiss THAT PLACE ... !!!      
      
That Place Where ****-Ups Choose To Go ... !!!      
From Thugs To ***** Who FREE Up Holes ...      
      
" Hold on there whoa, and slow your roll ! "      
      
... I DON'T Mean THOSE ... !!!      
      
I Mean The Ones Inside Their Nose ... !!!!!  
      
Come On Now Folks DON'T Lower The Tone ...      
Like Those Whose Souls Are Sold For NOTES ... !!!      
      
FIFTIES TWENTIES ... ANYTHING Goes ... !!!!!      
      
So ...      
What Does It Take To Stoop SO LOW ... !?!      
      
DESPERATION ... ???      
WAIT ... I DON'T Think So ... !?!      
      
Well How About FAME ... ?      
.... Entertainers KNOW .... !!!      
      
The Things Some Do Just To Get Through ... !?!      
Provides CLEAR PROOF That ...
What It Takes Is NOT The TRUTH ... !!!!!      
      
What It Takes Is LIES Most of The Time ...      
To Spread Girls Thighs Or Be In The LIMELIGHT ... !!!      
      
YES Stars DO SHINE But ... IN THE SKY ... !!!!!!!!!!!    
      
... DON'T Be Misled ... !!!      
      
FAME Gets To Heads ...    
Because Most Stars Have Kissed Some **** ...      
To Get The Chance To Be Where They Are ... !!!!!      
      
Shouldn't It Take More To Earn Applause ....      
Than A Pretty Little Face And TIGHT Body Shape ... !?!      
      
It Would Seem NOT But That's No Shock ....      
Prostitution Is A Trade Nicknamed The Game ... !!!      
      
A Game Being Played By MANY Today ... !!!!!      
NO SHAME In The Game That's Played Nowadays ...      
NO NEED To Name Names They've Got ENOUGH Fame ... !!!!!!      
      
So What Does It Take ...      
NOT TO Follow Their Ways ... !?!      
      
Number One Is A Brain ...      
And The Game To Play STRAIGHT ... !!!      
      
Number Two Is A Crew Who BELIEVE In You ...      
      
Number Three ... Is NOT EASY ... !!!      
DON'T Deceive Or Fall Victim To GREED ... !!!!!      
      
Number Four Of Course Is DON'T Act Like A *****...      
Cos' This Fa' Sure Means Your *** Has Been BOUGHT ... !!!!!        
      
Number Five's No Surprise DON'T Live By LIES ...      
Stand In The Light So You'll KNOW What's Right ... !!!!!      
      
If You Follow These Rules You'll Cruise Past Fools ... !!!!!      
Stay TRUE To Your Roots NEVER Do What They Do ... !!!      
      
THEY Who Choose To Make Sly Moves ... !!!!      
To Bypass Crews Whose Moves  AREN'T Crude ...      
      
Happiness Is NOT DEFINED By LOOT ... !!!!!      
Or Devious Plots That Corporates Use ...      
      
That's Just MY View But What About YOU ... ?      
What Does It Take To Make You BREAK ... ?!?    
AWAY From Things ... Financiers Bring ... ?!?      
      
Words Like THIS ... !!! ? !!!      
      
That Make You THINK ...      
About MORE Than Bling And FANCY Things ...      
Like ... How We Live And The Things Life Brings ...      
      
Life Is LIFE .... !!!!!      
Suffering And Strife And Some Good Times ... !!!!!      
      
But Who Really Know What Makes Us grOW ... ?!?      
And Make The Choices That We Make ... !?!      
      
I Guess That's Why I Write These Rhymes ...      
Because My Mind's Always Inclined ...      
To Rationalise And Try To Find .....      
      
A RIGHTEOUS Place Within My Brain ...      
When Dealing With These Walking SNAKES ... !!!!!      
Wouldn't Life Be GREAT WITHOUT These Fakes ... ?!?      
      
I Hope One Day They'll Change Their Traits ...      
For The Betterment of The ... " Human Race " ... !!!!!      
      
But For Now It Seems The Question Remains .......................      
      
And The Question Is THIS ...........      
      
..... " What Does It Take !?! " .....

I’m still here
Still standing
Still trying
Falling on my face
Over and over
But I stand back up
I keep going
I’ll get where I need to be
Eventually