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 Feb 2019 Robert Marshall
eileen
ᴡʜʏ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ᴄʀʏɪɴɢ
ᴡʜʏ ᴀʀᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴏʙʙɪɴɢ
ʟᴇᴛ ᴍᴇ ʀᴇꜱᴛ

ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ ꜰᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ꜰʟᴏᴡᴇʀꜱ
ᴀɴᴅ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛɪᴍᴇ

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ʏᴏᴜ'ʀᴇ ɴᴏᴛ ᴍɪɴᴇ
ʏᴏᴜ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ʙᴇʟᴏɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴜꜱ
ᴡʜʏ ᴅɪᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ ᴀʟʟ ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ
ʟᴇᴛ ᴍᴇ ɢᴏ
ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜɴ ᴡᴀꜱ ᴏᴜᴛ
ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ꜰᴇʟᴛ ꜱᴏ ᴄᴏʟᴅ

ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ᴄʀʏ
ʙᴜᴛ ɪ ᴅᴏɴ'ᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʟᴇᴛ ɢᴏ
ꜱʜᴇ ᴅᴏᴇꜱɴ'ᴛ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛᴏ ɢᴏ

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ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ꜱʟᴇᴇᴘɪɴɢ
ꜱʜᴇ'ꜱ ʀᴇꜱᴛɪɴɢ

ɪ ᴘʟᴀᴄᴇᴅ ᴅᴀɪꜱɪᴇꜱ
ɪ ʜᴏᴘᴇ ʏᴏᴜ ꜱᴇᴇ ᴛʜᴇᴍ
ꜰᴏʀ ᴀ ᴡʜɪʟᴇ
rip marie
we miss you
i accept you for you
accept what you do
i accept holding you
i don't want to lose you
but do you know
sad
mad
sad
mad
sad
miss talking to you
trusting isn't so easily to do
wondering why you changed your mind
i think you are perfect all the time
i think your fine
i think .....
Desperately kicking
Trying to stay afloat
It went from calm, still waters
To thundering white caps
Within a matter of seconds
The pain was dull, serene
Hiding behind ripples and bubbles
But now it’s pounding
Tearing apart flesh and bones
What I wouldn’t give to go back
To the easy, gentle flow
Rocking slowly with a smile
Please just take me back
 Feb 2019 Robert Marshall
Yuki
My fragility is a shared space
in which anyone feels free
to stay for a while
make a mess
and leave.
two
sometimes I make you smile
and the grin stays
for a little while
and then I think
“It makes sense
for me to be with you”
there is purpose
your world is better
I am too
ever need a reason to stay?
I’m not black
I think about that
What it must be like
Not being white
I’ll never have a clue
How black can make one blue
A stigma to be worn
From the day that you are born
I’m not black
I’m thankful for that
White’s a lifetime bonus
Black... a burden that’s bogus
No one white wish’s to be black
That says it all...
Think about that

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