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"opression" poems
The Oppression of my people can not be summed up in one word A word that flies Flies like a hummingbird He eats soup As I cry he prays As I sigh You Do not KNOW ME You only know my struggle How Dare You come to me? In your time of Need. You need a fixin? God Bless Juan Dixon.
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Oct 21, 2014
Oct 21, 2014 at 11:25 AM UTC
The Glass Ceiling of Opression
Rue thy feeble fate. Fear the day when thine own eyes Fail to see beyond thy hand. Requiem for the rest-easies such as Thyself shall not come as welcome Praise, but as fire and brimstone, Blood from the grimy grindstones of The weary working, ready to rise And crush all unworthy opposition With their hilts of red-hot rage, Raising swords of liberty to the heavens and cutting down the opression that has stilted their air. Weep for this is thy fate: Thy death means justice for those who Have been defeated countless times, Under a blooming, burning sky defeats Pile up like stars, simmering, waiting to Become supernovas and take every puny Universe down in their own glorious Descent, like Icarus to the sun, a sweeter fall could not Exist on this lonely planet, Into the unforgiving waters of victory. Justice for those angry folk who by merit Have earned their own place, not by Some system that hands it to them, but By grit and toil alone, By the fierce madness that is Existing and not completely Giving in to the ruin of being human, Following the words that A wiser man than I spoke, that life is Struggle, that the only constant in this Life is the pain that all of us try to ignore In the futile attempt to block out the Tragedies that haunt us daily. Face thy fears, coward. Thou miserable wretch can't look thyself In the mirror, but can claim that we as a Species have hope for peace on Earth and Goodwill for all. What dost thou know of goodwill? When didst thou give a single moment of thought to the happiness of anyone but thyself and thine selfish  avaricious interests? Thou shan't claim to know what is holy and just, yet scourge the very pious people that thou imitates; thou shan't slaughter the devout on a temple whose bricks are molded from hypocrisy and deceit. Rue thy feeble fate, Because thou deserveth every blow, every cry of mockery, every disgusted eye and every hideous pitiful moan that thy gravestone will inspire, and even Dante himself could not have imagined the flaming of the hellish unredeeming pyre that will be thy afterlife; rue thy fate for no morals, no intercessions, no pleas or entreaties to be spared from the filth and maggotry that thou hast built thy very house upon canst save thee now.
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Oct 14, 2018
Oct 14, 2018 at 4:17 PM UTC
reckoning
Rue thy feeble fate. Fear the day when thine own eyes Fail to see beyond thy hand. Requiem for the rest-easies such as Thyself shall not come as welcome Praise, but as fire and brimstone, Blood from the grimy grindstones of The weary working, ready to rise And crush all unworthy opposition With their hilts of red-hot rage, Raising swords of liberty to the heavens and cutting down the opression that has stilted their air. Weep for this is thy fate: Thy death means justice for those who Have been defeated countless times, Under a blooming, burning sky defeats Pile up like stars, simmering, waiting to Become supernovas and take every puny Universe down in their own glorious Descent, like Icarus to the sun, a sweeter fall could not Exist on this lonely planet, Into the unforgiving waters of victory. Justice for those angry folk who by merit Have earned their own place, not by Some system that hands it to them, but By grit and toil alone, By the fierce madness that is Existing and not completely Giving in to the ruin of being human, Following the words that A wiser man than I spoke, that life is Struggle, that the only constant in this Life is the pain that all of us try to ignore In the futile attempt to block out the Tragedies that haunt us daily. Face thy fears, coward. Thou miserable wretch can't look thyself In the mirror, but can claim that we as a Species have hope for peace on Earth and Goodwill for all. What dost thou know of goodwill? When didst thou give a single moment of thought to the happiness of anyone but thyself and thine selfish  avaricious interests? Thou shan't claim to know what is holy and just, yet scourge the very pious people that thou imitates; thou shan't slaughter the devout on a temple whose bricks are molded from hypocrisy and deceit. Rue thy feeble fate, Because thou deserveth every blow, every cry of mockery, every disgusted eye and every hideous pitiful moan that thy gravestone will inspire, and even Dante himself could not have imagined the flaming of the hellish unredeeming pyre that will be thy afterlife; rue thy fate for no morals, no intercessions, no pleas or entreaties to be spared from the filth and maggotry that thou hast built thy very house upon canst save thee now.
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so sometimes I'm just right, cold, calculating and perceptive. and sometimes I can't make it through the night, policing my thoughts and perspective. But tonight is a night of freedom and purity, closing the doors to opression, spilling inpure and conformist thoughts, and avoiding resurrection. smoking and snorting and popping and coughing, breathing, decieving, and barely talking, focused now. never later. still breathing this atmosphere of pure hatred. can't see past my hands in this tomb, alone i lay and quietly consume, every last one of them. I've let them all go. the part time, doin time, ebb and flow of cold. growing old. when I finally outgrow this taste in my mouth, i'll be able to breathe. when she finally outgrows me maybe she'll leave. never looking back, always forward, never late. she quietly escapes the debate of our fate. never look back kid, cause your soul might turn blue, tied tight with saran wrap wrappers, duct tape and glue.
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Aug 17, 2010
Aug 17, 2010 at 8:29 PM UTC
Unfocused free Writing
she was the definition of not quite there yet there all the same she wore frills and colors when her mind was set on success she was unconventional beauty effortlessly wandering through his brainwaves and to his heartstrings she kissed and told him she loved him they filled eachother with promises kept forever and never did they harbour a secret in their hearts which were torn each in a unique way and each readily sought to mend the other she shook when she was nervous yet tremors hadnt bothered her like so many times before before he was there before she felt his arms around her before her heart skipped a beat when she felt his soul touch hers light eminated life luminated she gave herself to him mind and body readiness and wonder limited exploration with all greedy eyes and hands and lips touch proved fatal to the innocence a stare held more than three thousand words spoken with fluidity or meaning ever could a stare into eyes like stars like amethyst like rainfall a stare that stroked the heart that stormed the brain they who walked on planets hand in hand never blinded by opression or ignorance arrogance or falsehood but by love and love alone he who would give her infinity and she who would embrace it clarity can be found in the most tenebrous abyss
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Apr 25, 2013
Apr 25, 2013 at 10:31 PM UTC
and did neither of us falter
I was wondering if my pictures clear in heaven I see stairs visions impaired, living in fear Dark halls cancels light. Footsteps I wonder what might happened if they'll aproach me. Silently moving swiftly through avenues of depression. Maybe it wasn't heaven in disguise, it was all lies, let me sleep so these dark hours can pass by. As I sleep it follows me into a trans seeing nocturnal images, aggressively ******* my life away. Resiting things, not even of tongues but of possession my opression is my basic fear a player and contestant. Gravity Falls, Gravity Falls Paintings of disasters Maid Dolls, following eyes, Creepiness, Gravity Falls. A war within myself is like mental intoxication I can't think right can someone fly apon me, So I can even contest with such a spiritual fight but let me not say things because insight another demon might just take away what I think is righteous, Gravity Falls.
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Oct 3, 2013
Oct 3, 2013 at 8:47 AM UTC
Gravity Falls
Feel like i have fallen under the devil's trap, Under opression, And my soul is chained up in manacles. Trying my best to reach to the world, But that concrete wall bounces my words back, the louder i become its like my voice is being lowered. They say they want the best, But they never assist me in achieving it, Just like that novel Animal Farm, they are Squealer and Napoleon. Only caring much about the result but not me. It feels like i am back in the Aparthied era, And like Nelson Mandela, My 12 years of learning have just become a 27 years imprisonment. I feel like i am a murdurer being questioned in the court of law, I dont know anything about being a lawer nor a police, But am forced to write reports of why i failed. Looking at their barbaric faces, i know how much they will never suport me. They call a school a place of learning, but today i saw another story in the system.
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Jun 19, 2015
Jun 19, 2015 at 11:26 AM UTC
Opression
Moses o mighty moses, Shoes of god are naked, Holy is the ground, And holy is his chambers. Unholy are the sons of horace Who must pay up in death. And by the staff freedom Is sweet like milk & honey. God of prophets Tell the family Abraham loved Opression never goes unanswered. The waiting finally has ended.
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Nov 16, 2013
Nov 16, 2013 at 9:58 PM UTC
Moses
I miss you I miss the heart aches I miss the stomach aches I miss your absence I miss the way you'd dance Surely I miss you I miss the sickening dew I miss the crying on the bathroom floor I miss me hiding behind the doors I miss the anxiety I miss my text left unread I miss the "love" in my head The pain in your bed The empty throbbing afterwards The touched but not too far The left unsatisfied and scarred I loved the smiles you brought me I loved the child you saw me as I loved the women you'd rather pass I loved the tears that made you laugh I loved ever single unspoken desire Never brought me higher I deserved every manipulation I deserved every tear I deserved every touch I deserved you so much I deserved the confusion I deserved your advantages I deserved every bandage I apologize for my obsession I apologize for my opression I apologize for my misbehavior Obviously I knew better It's my fault it went too far It's my fault I'm forever scarred It's my fault I wanted you so bad It's my fault I ever made you sad It's my fault I told my dad It's my fault I got mad It's my fault It's my fault It's always my fault Thank you for using me Thank you for abusing me Thank you for accusing me Thank you so much for not leaving me untouched You gave me what I wanted You gave me everything I needed You gave me attention You gave me suppression You gave me pain You gave me deep stains I can never ******* clean I'm so sorry I spoke up I'm so sorry I woke up I'm so sorry I broke it up I'm so sorry I exist I'm so sorry I can't reminisce About anytime before today I'm sorry I'm this way I'm sorry I misbehave I'm sorry I tried to be brave I'm sorry I got in everyone way I miss before you I miss before I knew I miss my life Before you stabbed me And I apologized to you I miss you When I was close enough To be able to ****** you The way you murdered me I missed you.
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Aug 2, 2019
Aug 2, 2019 at 3:23 PM UTC
I miss you
I miss you I miss the heart aches I miss the stomach aches I miss your absence I miss the way you'd dance Surely I miss you I miss the sickening dew I miss the crying on the bathroom floor I miss me hiding behind the doors I miss the anxiety I miss my text left unread I miss the "love" in my head The pain in your bed The empty throbbing afterwards The touched but not too far The left unsatisfied and scarred I loved the smiles you brought me I loved the child you saw me as I loved the women you'd rather pass I loved the tears that made you laugh I loved ever single unspoken desire Never brought me higher I deserved every manipulation I deserved every tear I deserved every touch I deserved you so much I deserved the confusion I deserved your advantages I deserved every bandage I apologize for my obsession I apologize for my opression I apologize for my misbehavior Obviously I knew better It's my fault it went too far It's my fault I'm forever scarred It's my fault I wanted you so bad It's my fault I ever made you sad It's my fault I told my dad It's my fault I got mad It's my fault It's my fault It's always my fault Thank you for using me Thank you for abusing me Thank you for accusing me Thank you so much for not leaving me untouched You gave me what I wanted You gave me everything I needed You gave me attention You gave me suppression You gave me pain You gave me deep stains I can never ******* clean I'm so sorry I spoke up I'm so sorry I woke up I'm so sorry I broke it up I'm so sorry I exist I'm so sorry I can't reminisce About anytime before today I'm sorry I'm this way I'm sorry I misbehave I'm sorry I tried to be brave I'm sorry I got in everyone way I miss before you I miss before I knew I miss my life Before you stabbed me And I apologized to you I miss you When I was close enough To be able to ****** you The way you murdered me I missed you.
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broken hopes and broken hearts shudder in the shells of broken men. songs they sang of freedom are but whispers belonging to the wind cruelly gnawing at their ears and rattling the shackles that clutch their silent throats and defeated fists
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Mar 4, 2013
Mar 4, 2013 at 8:34 PM UTC
Opression
Love, trust the heart completely. So like hippies we drove a van into the sunset, sweet grass, aviator haze, straw hat chins to the sky, singing from our hearts, barefoot desert land, oncoming moon on the western horizen, crisp of an orange glow left on the desert mountains in the east, moon and stars, dream catcher dangling, quietly breathing, sleep calling me like a child, sorrow and love sinking in, warm cool air, sighs of release, goodbye. Life, simplified, always pursue the heart, surrender and release, deal with you{re stuff, cry, release, yoga, it becomes easier the more pain we release, tension is built up pain. Western medicine isn{t very neccasary, trust, visit death, lose attachment, the soul will never die. Lose fear, fear is opression, surrender to the luminous love light of the one. freedom.
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May 9, 2014
May 9, 2014 at 5:14 PM UTC
Amigos
My city's streets are in flames Because injustice and opression Are far more common in america Than libery and justice for all.
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Sep 22, 2016
Sep 22, 2016 at 4:33 PM UTC
Worried
Can the wind bring it back as it took it away? Nothing's floating around,the water's calm at the bay Then the moment it comes as a scream is overheard Flailing arms, desperation and heads start to turn All the patrons around follow him with their eyes Mistified, frowning foreheads, watching his demise As the emperor falls, darker clouds fill the sky Those who watched didn't act, those who fought didn't cry In the aftermath glory or tragedy as seen on theirs heads The quiet returned, nothing's been learned, they lay sleepless on their beds.
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May 19, 2013
May 19, 2013 at 9:07 AM UTC
Opression
Sitting at home writing writing WRITING and the words dont flow I sit while this muse doesn’t show. I want to be unique I want to be original. make this poem biblical. I think in iambic. And still the sirens in my skull stay silent of their sweet symphonies. Trying to use figurative language, Like a new born baby trying to use its new legs. Putting my brain under an incubater, Trying to force hatch ideas like eggs Sitting in my room listening to slam about to slam my head on the ground bam bam bam! Maybe write about corrupt uncle sam? Try to be a shooting star and break the mold But mold is gross So I stay inside and remain quiet And pretend that one day my slam might start a riot Could I start a rebellion And while fighting deppresion, Could fight this opression, of not being able to write this poem.
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Oct 7, 2014
Oct 7, 2014 at 1:27 PM UTC
My Untitled Poem
How sad is it when a writer cannot write, a singer cannot sing, a dancer cannot dance. words, melodies, rythms, are all in my head, then it comes along BAM! the music is dead, all of a sudden the fiercest dread, the strongest depression, weigh on my worn out chest; opression.
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Nov 15, 2012
Nov 15, 2012 at 11:08 AM UTC
Artist's Lament
The tears he shed are crawling out the eye, Make his planet seem as if the heart will somehow die. Smiling abroad for the hapiness that sits unreal, Each tear drop filled with dissapointment and disspair, How can he now live without his love in the air? The past he is reminded of with every step taken, Her smile he longs, her touch he desires, for she will never be forgotten. One more step and closer he becomes to the newest eternal bed she sleeps in. Eyes shut, she lays, with pale cold skin. He glimpses at her lips, which were once his, the flashback begins. Staring with eyes closed while re-living with remorse. Ice cold her skin lays, the sun's warmth from his light hand touched her. So close it seemed to be a nightmare. More than reality an attrocity. The heart stops, his soul falls. The room of opression, he's parished reviewong the obituary of his own, and the note left under her pillow the night she was taken. The words unspoken, the chances wasted. Her sweet sixteen never seen. Crouched on the ground heart in the basement, smiles taken hopelessly. Now gone, "Glory," her name remains, And "Defeat" his nickname. Suffering the depressive stage of knowing he'll remain a lonesome soul. Her smile only alive in his mind, dies with the knife's touch to the heart. -Kathia Mariana Landeros
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Aug 31, 2014
Aug 31, 2014 at 1:02 AM UTC
Her Name Remains "Glory"
Wisedom is to know the difference between your faith and religion. Stupidity is to not know either. They say war isn't an action but an emotion fueled by rage and anger.. I say war isn't part of what we do but who we are, Its in our nature. People now days have confused strength with confidence and how far one is willing to go... #Unwise We judge the people around us before we meet one another. We pick and choose people to hate an people to love without making choices. #NoLoyalty They say YOU can change but you have to change yourself... Better said than, The world is gonna change and your status will be determind by your wealth. Saying "money over everything" is like saying **** everyone else", But to put that in action is like admitting you'd rather live by yourself. #TheWholeπ Surrounded by galaxies and a forever reaching domain #Space We have a problem admitting we are all one in the same. #humans Weighted down by opression and smashed by our fears, We're doomed to work for an eternity beyond your childs years. #Government Shed tears for our future, Held back by the weak, We've been chasing dreams and against reality, dreams will never compete.. Its hardly a race when your starting in last but we look forward to the future, never questioning the past. #ClosedMinded
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Nov 20, 2014
Nov 20, 2014 at 10:50 PM UTC
Hashtag poetry
life has its loves and its sadnesses. What is known to others, other than what is shared is up to us. Love has its hopes so that we may dream and leave this moment unto one where we aspire to new happiness. Life has its laments, then they remember the found of such a deep love in a soul is a point of progression, to deny such an honour is a madness. I am not cold nor emotionless, nor am I seperate. I merely have a great sadness, that comes with a great love, its all micro and macrocosm. Like that ectasy pill of youth the moments of liberating freedom and flashing lights, the weightlessness the chains of opression leave as the kiss to their burn comsumes you for that time and makes you a new whole. So much greater is a large time in our lives, It grabs us, with the story of the past, the building of a character worthy of play wright, a love worthy of enternite life and a soul worthy of the purification of the realm from the desire of such a thing. All of a sudden desire is lost, the transient 'I' misplaced and a new place in which we are not just residing, but being awakens. We are in the whirlpool of all that this is and although may catch upon the rocks of fear, there is a knowing of the sacredness of this time. Yet just like that comedown, the depression and need to be help that accompany the sunday morning on that cold sofa of a warm stranger, the buzz ends, its part of the game, it will resurface in greater form with a greater name as all things do, but that moment for what it was taught us the golden rule. Nothing we could gain from it surpassed the moment its self. That all gifts are immediate and have to be seized with the immediacy of the instincual reaction that saves a man from falling. The moment that is and always was is our one true love, she wears decieving clothes so that we may to recognise her in a new way, but it is always her. Life has all of these things and none of them, the answer of this is dependant on what you choose to see as now and not later.
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Feb 10, 2015
Feb 10, 2015 at 5:09 PM UTC
Bridge
life has its loves and its sadnesses. What is known to others, other than what is shared is up to us. Love has its hopes so that we may dream and leave this moment unto one where we aspire to new happiness. Life has its laments, then they remember the found of such a deep love in a soul is a point of progression, to deny such an honour is a madness. I am not cold nor emotionless, nor am I seperate. I merely have a great sadness, that comes with a great love, its all micro and macrocosm. Like that ectasy pill of youth the moments of liberating freedom and flashing lights, the weightlessness the chains of opression leave as the kiss to their burn comsumes you for that time and makes you a new whole. So much greater is a large time in our lives, It grabs us, with the story of the past, the building of a character worthy of play wright, a love worthy of enternite life and a soul worthy of the purification of the realm from the desire of such a thing. All of a sudden desire is lost, the transient 'I' misplaced and a new place in which we are not just residing, but being awakens. We are in the whirlpool of all that this is and although may catch upon the rocks of fear, there is a knowing of the sacredness of this time. Yet just like that comedown, the depression and need to be help that accompany the sunday morning on that cold sofa of a warm stranger, the buzz ends, its part of the game, it will resurface in greater form with a greater name as all things do, but that moment for what it was taught us the golden rule. Nothing we could gain from it surpassed the moment its self. That all gifts are immediate and have to be seized with the immediacy of the instincual reaction that saves a man from falling. The moment that is and always was is our one true love, she wears decieving clothes so that we may to recognise her in a new way, but it is always her. Life has all of these things and none of them, the answer of this is dependant on what you choose to see as now and not later.
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I've got weeds They slipped through! My thick skin. **** I feel seeds And they're growing Sprouting Words of hate Growing In my chest Beating, screaming Ba da ba da ba da I've gotta tend to This garden of mine Your opression Will not Leave hate In my Sanctuary
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Oct 15, 2016
Oct 15, 2016 at 7:00 PM UTC
Weeds
Deep inside I am crying Everything around me is dieing Please excuse this mess I'm in Ripping myself to shreads again Eternity in this emptiness Sinking in this black abyss Shaking till I fall apart Isolation grips my heart Opression of my every joy Nothing left to destroy
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Sep 14, 2018
Sep 14, 2018 at 2:30 PM UTC
Depression