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Teressa Sambo99 Feb 2016
I was treated like
a pearl cause I was
the only girl
As time passed
I started to blend
in with the boys
lost my softness
and threw away all
my toys

I was seven when I
held the fine wood bat
for the first time
I was eleven when
I played my first
match and took
a catch that made my
mates proud

My love for cricket
grew even deeper
when I got my wicket

Started to bowl
bat and field  
took the role as
captain and went
with the lead

It is engraved in my
veins and forever
it'll stay remain
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Teressa Sambo99 Feb 2016
I'm tired of the girls
who keep teasin'
They look at me
with shame
They use my name in
their silly games

Please hear me
cause the pain goes
straight to the brain
and my days are invaded
with rain
I don't know who to
blame for this

They told me you left us
when I was just a little kid
Daddy wherever you are
I hope you are thinking
of us cause me and mommy
are trying to cope with hole
you left in our hearts

Daddy if you can hear me
If you can see us
please come near
so I can be free
knowing that I have a
hero
who will play a big role
in my life
All I'm asking is
for you to listen
Teressa Sambo99 Feb 2016
Before the last chapter
ends
Let us make amends to
the people we've
wronged
To those we love
let us cherish each
moment we share
with them

Before the last chapter
closes
Roses will still be
red
The sky will still be
blue
Our five senses will
still be true

After the chapter we'll
depature
we'll leave earth
before the rapture
We will live a new
life
startin' on a new
lane
not from money
or fame
We will get everything
in his name
As he will forever
reign

The last chapter is near
Do not fear
The Lord is here
Teressa Sambo99 Feb 2016
The trumpet is blowing
the dead are rising
the living are transfigured
you don't even know where
you're going

The trumpet is blowing
people are rejoicing
you're still roaming
on the streets not
knowing

The king is here
fear endures
who's staying
and who's leaving?
Stars are fallin'
the moon turns red
the weather gets bad
satan's getting mad
doom is all that'll be left
guess what'll be next?

A new chapter will
be opened
The trumpet is blowing
where are you going?
Teressa Sambo99 Feb 2016
Tired of being hurt
tired of crying herself
to sleep
she wants to be heard
cause death isn't
sweet

She's tired of being
the same
tired of all the noise
tired of being
put to shame
tired of all the
boys who always
try to have their
way in

She's tired of being blamed
tired of being abused
tired of being the aim
she's tired of being used

she decided to
take a leap and
fall asleep forever
because she got
tired of the game
that always caused
her pain
she got tired because
she never gained the
love she needed and
pleaded for.
  Feb 2016 Teressa Sambo99
Coop Lee
she’s out there on the ice again.
holy night &
positioning the gas-tanks just right.

joseph is her father, and his father,
even if not by blood,
raised flame.

foot to throat, brother remains
in the city working.
he is building a rocketship
in the basement of his apartment
complex.

back to town and dying houses.
foreclosures and fences.
lake of fire.

lights: she lingers in lights.
something so true and alive about the revelatory
of color,
of the world when lit and hit by sun
or our artifice.

her lovers: one dead by heavy
lumber, the other rewinding videotapes
in chasms of the library.
she thinks on his lips.

her dog tracks wet prints
across the carpet and floors.

wish list:
        mittens
        huckleberry jam
        iphone solar charger
        explosives
previously published in Midwestern Gothic, Literary Journal
http://midwestgothic.com/2011/01/issue-18-summer-2015/
Teressa Sambo99 Feb 2016
You Never Know
you never know when the
trumpet is going to blow
when the moon and stars
will stop glowing
when the sun will
stop shining
when the river will stop flowing
when the birds will stop
flying.
What you do know is
that it's morning
you do know the
fired ones
you do know where
you're going
you even know the tired ones
rich one,poor ones,fake and real Gs
you know all that...
What you don't know is
whose turn it is to shine,to
lead the line and blow your mind
Do you know???

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