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to more than I can be... a sad isolated man, throes of an agonizing, stretched by her for painful revengeful gain, kissed with pointless avarice, divorce. children deeming him alienating, his faulty insensitive sensitivities, to easy blame little do they know of the piercing lowliness, the looniness of nights he listened to sad-eyed singers, and his late-of-mid of night scribbled scripts, where he off loaded the agonies of a midlife disaster, not entirely of his-own sown making, but still his to bear and bare alone... some accidents happens for unintentional, unintended intentional new seasons appear, stumbled, tumbled, fumbled his way onto this H~oly P~lace, where someone might listen to his explanations, expiations, excoriations of his all too common tragedy, and said: this broken human, he's got his reasons, read his overly long treatises, his entreaties, to those that prowl, rowing, in this corner of the silence of the internet, where only the trolls, the cold, the easier to-be-meaner oft thrive, and found none of that, but an oasis of sheltering, embracing comforting, those who actually admitted his writings could be loved, and perhaps the writer himself, was deserving of a second chance, a verbal embrace. a rereading forgiveness, a pat on his natback, a sympathetic sensory intaking, and perhaps-this debt, eternal, that put the for and the fore in a new baby born, named - new forever came into existence the very same e that begins those conjoined words ***e~ternally grateful "and now  I sleep in peace when the day is done" but the night time is still the write time
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Sep 13, 2025
Sep 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM UTC
lest you forget, you raised me up...
to more than I can be... a sad isolated man, throes of an agonizing, stretched by her for painful revengeful gain, kissed with pointless avarice, divorce. children deeming him alienating, his faulty insensitive sensitivities, to easy blame little do they know of the piercing lowliness, the looniness of nights he listened to sad-eyed singers, and his late-of-mid of night scribbled scripts, where he off loaded the agonies of a midlife disaster, not entirely of his-own sown making, but still his to bear and bare alone... some accidents happens for unintentional, unintended intentional new seasons appear, stumbled, tumbled, fumbled his way onto this H~oly P~lace, where someone might listen to his explanations, expiations, excoriations of his all too common tragedy, and said: this broken human, he's got his reasons, read his overly long treatises, his entreaties, to those that prowl, rowing, in this corner of the silence of the internet, where only the trolls, the cold, the easier to-be-meaner oft thrive, and found none of that, but an oasis of sheltering, embracing comforting, those who actually admitted his writings could be loved, and perhaps the writer himself, was deserving of a second chance, a verbal embrace. a rereading forgiveness, a pat on his natback, a sympathetic sensory intaking, and perhaps-this debt, eternal, that put the for and the fore in a new baby born, named - new forever came into existence the very same e that begins those conjoined words ***e~ternally grateful "and now  I sleep in peace when the day is done" but the night time is still the write time
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I raised my hopes amazed From dust to package and ****** Blinded by charms into your arms Forced to watch now without affecting the how Twisting restlessly beneath sea Doesn't matter if they scatter or drop and shatter Heard them fall and not hurt at all Crashing is nothing new in fact it's why I grew Another crack won't cause a heart attack If my hopes weigh too much that's okay Let them go to be swept below I will pick up the pieces and use glue to stick Until every single hope I own is ready to once again fly
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Dec 2, 2019
Dec 2, 2019 at 3:27 AM UTC
Raised Hopes
I think because of how I was raised watching my mother rely on men to take care of her I grew up believing that women needed men to survive and I wasted so much time trying to get a man to be that care giver to take care of me and support me unaware of how capable I was to do it on my own it took years I let my heart break and everything I'd ever believed waste away and then I looked up and down at my body and my reflection and saw that I am my own caregiver my biggest supporter all I really ever needed was here all along
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Nov 25, 2018
Nov 25, 2018 at 5:11 PM UTC
All along
Going to the toilet was a nightmare, I would hold my *** and poo for hours, For fear of sitting on the low toilet seat, It was pain and toil getting up. Now, a raised toilet over  two bricks, And a grab bar, Has made my life Shangrila, No more fear, No more anxiety, Just slip on the seat and RELAX, And do what you have to do.
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Jul 2, 2018
Jul 2, 2018 at 6:44 AM UTC
Relax
my mother taught me how to work the dirt, grub it between palms, savor the smells of chickenshit, and raw flesh. she knows that crops are grown fifty-fifty, a little coddling, a little resentment. look at the thing crawling out of your leaking womb, purpled with lacking. she taught me how to heal, let my body mend itself with time. when i was born, the salt of my mother clouded around my eyes. they broke me to let me live, and so forth. but i have never stopped with the needing. i became a **** in the dirt i worked. empty, glad with unwanting. i wanted to spread my branches and show my mother the world she forgot. i remember. i remember. but my chants fell upon deaf ears. my prose too purpled to read. if you can bring nothing to this dirt but another dead body, this is not a garden for you.
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May 18, 2018
May 18, 2018 at 3:37 PM UTC
biography
Dead... The nightmare from hell A ****** at heart The shadow that fell... Dark... The ash against the snow The black sheep of the family tree What Labels do I not know?... Doomed... The fault line in the ground The corner of the darkest hall Where no life is found... *Time has passed and your Labels mean nothing to me now!!! For where sin abounds... Grace all the more abounds!!!* Redeemed... Temple of the Holy Ghost A branch of the True vine! Holy and Blameless before God and the Heavenly Host... Righteous... Seated in the heavenly places with Christ God’s workmanship Partaker of His promise, through the ****** price... Raised... From my death grappling grave of sin Was once dark but now filled with light One of the many unworthy who were chosen *It's been so recently those Labels have been eating me alive...* But Lord you always remind me who I am in Christ! *The Labels make me crumble up... have I failed to be a guide?* Your word and church, they bring me strength to survive!...                       Shut Up Labels! For I have Been Revived!
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Dec 14, 2017
Dec 14, 2017 at 7:05 AM UTC
Labels...
Raised by Kurt Cobain anger, low grunge in earbuds make it easier to ignore the mass of loud kids in the halls, Hope they stay away. For me? Socializing will drain you. Raised by Amy Winehouse. Big winged eyes but, her voice was bigger. Showed me how to close doors, and what hides behind them. For love is a losing game, yet we end up addicted anyways. Raised by The Beatles. 60s pop and rock, Oh! Darlin’ they are good! Taught me to think for myself and let some things be. Raised by Cage The Elephant. Showed me the world is cold, cold, cold. Cause there ain’t no rest for the wicked! I’ll always find trouble on my left and to my right. Raised by Earl St. Clair I might not have what I want, but I got what I need. And some don’t have a three story home to feel alone in. You just gotta deal with the pain, before it deals with you.
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Dec 8, 2017
Dec 8, 2017 at 11:11 AM UTC
Raised by
You never made me feel as special as others make me feel now. You never treated me that well as much as others do now. I know you told me you never loved me truly But my friends do.. they are more than what I ever hoped. Its all about people, its how they are raised to be.. that's the difference between you, me and others. The way you treated me doesn't let me believe that I could be treated well. But yes, they are treating me well. How I wish I could make them feel as special as they make me feel too. How I wish I could forget everything and start with a new slate! How I wish..but wishes are not for me anymore!
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Mar 28, 2017
Mar 28, 2017 at 4:31 PM UTC
How I wish
We struggle with what our parents taught us That it was wrong to love the same gender That we need to stay away from the colored folk That thin people were beautiful and thick was unhealthy and to stay away from the weird ones. Even that if you have *** before you're married, you're a ***** and if they aren't Jesus lovers then they were raised poorly. They taught us money and looks over love and that an animal is just an animal. They taught you wrong. Love is love no matter the gender A person is a person no matter the color No matter the weight No matter the appearance No matter the personality No matter the ****** activity No matter the religion and an animal is not just an animal.. It's a life. Your parents taught you wrong So I will teach you right.
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Jul 12, 2016
Jul 12, 2016 at 4:25 AM UTC
Taught Wrong
It’s important to remember that Death, has been conquered by Christ’s victory; though our mortal flesh is perishable, our spirits will rise and we will see Him in His exalted radiance, as The Son. Like Him, we too will be raised in glory; we will be completely reconciled unto God, with Christ having no sense of animosity towards us, regarding His experiences as our propitiation on Calvary’s Cross. After all, He submitted to The Father’s plan, for redeeming the World’s lost. Out of dust, the first Adam was raised; from Heaven, came last Adam: The Christ; the first brought upon us sin and Death, while the latter… bestowed eternal Life. . . . Author notes Inspired by: 1 Cor 15:42-54 Learn more about me and my poetry at: http://amzn.to/1ffo9YZ By Joseph J. Breunig 3rd, © 2016, All rights reserved.
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Jun 4, 2016
Jun 4, 2016 at 7:25 PM UTC
Poem: Raised in Glory
I hate the way my voice sounds, because sometimes it comes off loud and sometimes I give an attitude when I honestly do not mean to. But no one believes me. I was raised in loudness. Constant yelling, screaming , shouting , and rudeness. I am coated with hatred. Nothing calm, sweet and nice to be found, not even in the corners of my home. I'm sorry. I'm truly kind and caring, only somewhat broken, I promise.
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Apr 26, 2016
Apr 26, 2016 at 11:08 AM UTC
Untitled
Taught  through criticism Thoughts were fuelled with cynicism Feeling love was conditioned According to our submission We were imprisoned In our minds where we envisioned Better lives it became a mission Tears, sweat and blood were always a given But we've risen Above these constrictions Freed from our prisons To make acquisitions To make decisions Based on valid reason We were raised to be different A generation of deliverance That would be of great significance
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Apr 21, 2016
Apr 21, 2016 at 4:59 AM UTC
~ how we were raised ~
When the little individual ego is gradually erased the small self to the True Self is eventually raised. With the enlightenment of a person's false nature ignorance is removed to reveal their real stature. _________________________
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Apr 15, 2016
Apr 15, 2016 at 7:37 PM UTC
Quatrain #261 - When the little individual ego......
The superstitious, all and about But who, that gullible? Come forth ye, and lend me your ears! I tell of a superstitious being! Born and raised she was, with the superstitious act, was it external? Or internal? She told once her superstitions, one out of numerous times, what doubt I was in! The superstition dumbfound itself, hearken her superstitions! The pride she carries within them!
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Jan 14, 2016
Jan 14, 2016 at 3:29 PM UTC
Superstitious
Crippled by sin of a second nature Nurture, heaven and home Move with the motion of tongues and tide Born beside kings Silver and gold Silicone sweet Plastered with empathy Healed by loyalty Reflect of steel and stone Since the dawn of the age of the innocent ones The indigo children The indigo children
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Jan 1, 2016
Jan 1, 2016 at 11:57 AM UTC
of Mice and Men
“I raised my daughter as a son.” “I raised my daughter as a son.” “I raised my daughter as a son.” “I raised my daughter as a son.” Over and over these words leave their lips. Smiling as if they have done a great deed. Yet they will never say, “I raised my son as a daughter.”
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Nov 30, 2015
Nov 30, 2015 at 4:42 PM UTC
Raised
Decide about the present in the present moment of time Decide all that is present in the present moment of time. Experience proves to be an asset when expectations are raised Now is the moment in time when something substantial needs to be achieved within a stipulated period of time. Substantial efforts need to be made when expectations from prior need to be surpassed Hence priority comes first, better to do one thing at a time. Decide doing one thing at a time Be firm in your mind about the same, then proceed towards doing the same. All the time there is some sort of a thing that always goes on in the mind Ascertaining the future in the present Think of the past in the present The mind does everything, everything related to past, present and also with regards to the future. It’s important to decide upon something definite before taking the first step towards doing the same. Better decide first and be sure about the same No point in deciding later with regards to what you want to do, since time has always remained important. When you decide upon doing something in advance, it’s planning. When you decide upon doing something at the spur of moment, then it’s because of an experience that you have on your side. In any case it’s always better to decide first and then proceed towards doing what has been decided. Crucial moments are part of everyone’s life, if not a part of everyday life, however, in the end these crucial moments enrich the experience of an individual. So it’s always better to be a part of the game, always participate, learn from your own mistakes rather than doing the same routine thing daily, the same mundane thing over and over again. Better decide first, be firm on the same and then proceed towards doing the same. Definitely a moment in time will come when you will know exactly what needs to be done in order to achieve your aim.
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Nov 23, 2015
Nov 23, 2015 at 6:46 AM UTC
At First Decide Upon Something Definite
Decide about the present in the present moment of time Decide all that is present in the present moment of time. Experience proves to be an asset when expectations are raised Now is the moment in time when something substantial needs to be achieved within a stipulated period of time. Substantial efforts need to be made when expectations from prior need to be surpassed Hence priority comes first, better to do one thing at a time. Decide doing one thing at a time Be firm in your mind about the same, then proceed towards doing the same. All the time there is some sort of a thing that always goes on in the mind Ascertaining the future in the present Think of the past in the present The mind does everything, everything related to past, present and also with regards to the future. It’s important to decide upon something definite before taking the first step towards doing the same. Better decide first and be sure about the same No point in deciding later with regards to what you want to do, since time has always remained important. When you decide upon doing something in advance, it’s planning. When you decide upon doing something at the spur of moment, then it’s because of an experience that you have on your side. In any case it’s always better to decide first and then proceed towards doing what has been decided. Crucial moments are part of everyone’s life, if not a part of everyday life, however, in the end these crucial moments enrich the experience of an individual. So it’s always better to be a part of the game, always participate, learn from your own mistakes rather than doing the same routine thing daily, the same mundane thing over and over again. Better decide first, be firm on the same and then proceed towards doing the same. Definitely a moment in time will come when you will know exactly what needs to be done in order to achieve your aim.
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"I'm so tired of the burnt up planet and its lack of luster!", says my son... I'm spent!, writing socially conscience wit for years I've been asking Why the ******* Sheep will Live and Lie for radioactive Die I see nothing great in the Powers That Be Even my Colored Brethren can't cure the virus Woe is me for passing on the burdens to my future seed But today am I ready to Bleed. Are we ready to change no matter the cost? I think on that Vote we've Lost, Lost our Focus, Lost Our Souls, Lost the Will to fight or, to give or, to hold back anything for our kids Too Hum and Be in Father and Mother And Holy Son makes Trinity but here on this Earth there is no Euphony It's so beautiful how we travel through this galaxy Yet insist We persist to Catastrophe The next time you are ****** or, Confused or, Drunk or, Abused Just look beyond this Earth and enjoy the view Every light in the sky is a life form All its own if we Hum the Ohm while Alone the Vibe-Ration will lead Us home I feel bliss when the Breeze and Ocean cover me even though I'm stuck on this Rock scared to Just Hum and Be in So when I'm tired soles worn and weary please Just let me Hum an Be In A forgotten song sung in Piece One I verse to calm the Beast when all the Battles have been lost When all this money has lost its cost As the Caps melt into Waves and Life Giving Sun beams death rays Sing a Song in Peace and let us Humanbeingraised
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Oct 21, 2015
Oct 21, 2015 at 7:09 PM UTC
Hum and Be in
We go down to hell to play with the devil for we cannot be raised to heaven and sing with an angel
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Jul 28, 2015
Jul 28, 2015 at 12:16 PM UTC
Angel we sing
"Grow up tall, little kid," said grandpa Joe. And so I did. The watermelon grow tall too. The sunflowers look to the sky, keeping their chins up, raised real high. So maybe it's silly, watching grass grow, but if you never try, how could you ever know? So maybe it's crazy, chanting for the rain, but if it never comes, how could I grow the grain? I'd prefer to stare at clouds, than sleep forever like a rock, skidding by life. Why, that would just **** So, if you ask me to leave this here place, you better shove it, before you wake up in an unknown space, tied up with lace, with a disfigured face, completely full of mace, and a strange case of something poisonous.
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May 3, 2014
May 3, 2014 at 1:06 PM UTC
The Farmers Granddaughter
the racist lesbian who once called me an uppity ****** who forgot where I came from just had a baby in West Virginia who will grow up without a father or any mother to support his escape from a hick-ass town if he even wanted so I can't laugh too hard and I say God Bless 'cause that's what they say where I was raised and if I walk around college calling that white trash it would only mean that she was right
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Apr 17, 2014
Apr 17, 2014 at 2:34 AM UTC
Intersectionality