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"represents" poems
I fall in love with everyone, I'm falling hard for you. You aren't something easily found, you're rare, and real, it's true. You've traveled such a rugged path, but through the trials you grew. This isn't all just simple math, it's souls and spirits too. The future holds what you can't grasp, but you can see it through.  And when I place it on a graph, it all adds up to you. Scatter plot the present and past, you'll end up with the new. But isn't music, secretly math, that follows certain que's? No! Music represents our love, for all that may ensue. It's symbolic of our emotion, either happy or blue. It's what I feel, that prompts my life, with what I need to do. The sounds i hear, release my fear, and in my heart imbue. A fire, I could never start, without some help from you.
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May 28, 2015
May 28, 2015 at 11:12 PM UTC
Inspired Fire
Who Am I? Well, I must be that ****** the one in the black hoodie ***** sweatpants and an uncombed eye, that's always wooly scratchy, bloodshot with searching for my stash spot, that ****** in your peripherals that you keep your eye on because he's not in a polo looking nice, talking "well-spoken" and not a threat to your beautiful lily-white daughter. Because I grew up fixing myself ramen noodles and lifting the welcome mat after school, I must also be that ****** whose father wasn't in the same house until he was age 13, and when I tell you that, you weren't expecting it because "you're not a racist." but you weren't surprised. You see, I must be that ****** a stand-in for all other ******* I must be that ****** who represents all ******* not because you are racist, but because I'm the only ****** you've met who doesn't talk like dis, y'know whatmsayin, and i talk like this, do you know what I'm saying? I must be that ****** In order for you to feel okay being around me I must be that ****** who goes to college does the right thing the white thing and gets a job a nice little house, a nice black wife with a nice new england clear dialect, (what I was trying to get at earlier is that ****** dialects, by their mere intonation, denote stupidity, right?) and doesn't say a word when his white friends make ****** jokes or talk in a ****** dialect mocking some Aunt Jemima they heard at Walmart. But, I also must be that ****** who doesn't step out of line and say "WHY IS IT THAT IN EVERY SINGLE ENGLISH CLASS WE READ ONLY TWO BLACK AUTHORS A SEMESTER, AND THAT'S ENOUGH, JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP THE ****** PARENTS HAPPY." And If I happen to be a ****** I, by all means, must not be that ****** who had a white girlfriend, and this girlfriend after dating a ****** tried to date a white guy she liked, and when she told him that she had dated, loved, and yes, ****** a ****** he had said back: "I can't believe you ****** a ****** Then again, I must be that ****** with the big swinging **** able to destroy a white girl's ****** with its pulverizing power. And, please, If I am going to be a ****** don't be the one who writes a poem about having to be that ****** because those kinds of ******* are being over-sensitive, those dashiki-wearing-motherfuckers who think "Da white man dis." and "Da white man dat." Because I am not one of those ******* descended from the first people on earth, your brother, not in the ****** way, but the familial, species way. Why am I even writing this, ****** isn't a main operative word anymore. Search and find ****** and replace with "Black Guy." That way it becomes a joke.
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Nov 30, 2011
Nov 30, 2011 at 7:22 AM UTC
That ******
Who Am I? Well, I must be that ****** the one in the black hoodie ***** sweatpants and an uncombed eye, that's always wooly scratchy, bloodshot with searching for my stash spot, that ****** in your peripherals that you keep your eye on because he's not in a polo looking nice, talking "well-spoken" and not a threat to your beautiful lily-white daughter. Because I grew up fixing myself ramen noodles and lifting the welcome mat after school, I must also be that ****** whose father wasn't in the same house until he was age 13, and when I tell you that, you weren't expecting it because "you're not a racist." but you weren't surprised. You see, I must be that ****** a stand-in for all other ******* I must be that ****** who represents all ******* not because you are racist, but because I'm the only ****** you've met who doesn't talk like dis, y'know whatmsayin, and i talk like this, do you know what I'm saying? I must be that ****** In order for you to feel okay being around me I must be that ****** who goes to college does the right thing the white thing and gets a job a nice little house, a nice black wife with a nice new england clear dialect, (what I was trying to get at earlier is that ****** dialects, by their mere intonation, denote stupidity, right?) and doesn't say a word when his white friends make ****** jokes or talk in a ****** dialect mocking some Aunt Jemima they heard at Walmart. But, I also must be that ****** who doesn't step out of line and say "WHY IS IT THAT IN EVERY SINGLE ENGLISH CLASS WE READ ONLY TWO BLACK AUTHORS A SEMESTER, AND THAT'S ENOUGH, JUST ENOUGH TO KEEP THE ****** PARENTS HAPPY." And If I happen to be a ****** I, by all means, must not be that ****** who had a white girlfriend, and this girlfriend after dating a ****** tried to date a white guy she liked, and when she told him that she had dated, loved, and yes, ****** a ****** he had said back: "I can't believe you ****** a ****** Then again, I must be that ****** with the big swinging **** able to destroy a white girl's ****** with its pulverizing power. And, please, If I am going to be a ****** don't be the one who writes a poem about having to be that ****** because those kinds of ******* are being over-sensitive, those dashiki-wearing-motherfuckers who think "Da white man dis." and "Da white man dat." Because I am not one of those ******* descended from the first people on earth, your brother, not in the ****** way, but the familial, species way. Why am I even writing this, ****** isn't a main operative word anymore. Search and find ****** and replace with "Black Guy." That way it becomes a joke.
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You lose your mind, You lose all function of your body To the point where A little bit of *** Escapes, Your mind is well and truly ****** Like, hard. You're shaking, Quivering, Practically electrified, The world seems meaningless Until you experience The one thing you have Been waiting for For so long. I am fangirling like a school kid right now, And the mess of a poem you have just read? Yeah, That mess represents the state I am in right now.
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Jul 12, 2013
Jul 12, 2013 at 1:21 PM UTC
Perks of Being A Fangirl
This is solace, so let's let the glass go down. This is solace, no less than living life unbound. This is solace, caress your fingers in my palm. this is solace. solace represents no harm.
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Mar 7, 2015
Mar 7, 2015 at 1:03 PM UTC
Solace
This little man that I know with money in his sockets and routine in his pockets has self proclaimed that he is a tight *** When I envision a *** such as this, I imagine a bundle -- of securely aggregated, perfectly sharpened number two pencils. The businessman just shy of adulthood and too tired to remember –even the beginning of his of disclosure, denied his struggle to acclimate a multifarious lifestyle, appropriately suggested in the form of a triangle, and a circle, both of which embody polar opposing adaptations of humanistic routine. The two shapes: The circle, denies the break in motion by imposing a constant cycle of diligent compression, there is no room for pause only steady flow and relentless drive. This influence of life impression slows down the heart, body, and soul while speeding up time. This particular commitment accommodates the dry colorless beings that embrace and accept boxed imprisonment. Traditionally, the triangle denotes rhythmic patterns that elevate and drop to a point in which imposes a healthy reflective pause: progression, reflection, balance. As stated, as a provincial approach, a regular triangle flat on its base, peaking at the top represents a healthy, solid life routine. In contrast, the triangle can be flipped upside-down introducing an entirely new dynamic, composed of flat-lined monotony, tapered off to a regressed realm of destruction, regret and disorder. Despite the uniqueness of the standard triangle model to the man in question, it is important to compare the negative reflection, for it applies to the entirety of this investigation. We used to be lovers, he and I. We shared my giant pillow-top that I bought on the black market for a meager two-hundred fifty. -- A mere steal at that rate. We occasionally exchanged ideas, mainly about ethical concerns related to globalization and the environment. I attempted to give him a cooking lesson once, but that failed, indefinitely. The bust was not my doing, but simply, a great disinterest on his part; or better yet an inability of not being better than me at something. Everything has gotten so crowded.
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Jan 18, 2010
Jan 18, 2010 at 1:17 AM UTC
something that happens.
This little man that I know with money in his sockets and routine in his pockets has self proclaimed that he is a tight *** When I envision a *** such as this, I imagine a bundle -- of securely aggregated, perfectly sharpened number two pencils. The businessman just shy of adulthood and too tired to remember –even the beginning of his of disclosure, denied his struggle to acclimate a multifarious lifestyle, appropriately suggested in the form of a triangle, and a circle, both of which embody polar opposing adaptations of humanistic routine. The two shapes: The circle, denies the break in motion by imposing a constant cycle of diligent compression, there is no room for pause only steady flow and relentless drive. This influence of life impression slows down the heart, body, and soul while speeding up time. This particular commitment accommodates the dry colorless beings that embrace and accept boxed imprisonment. Traditionally, the triangle denotes rhythmic patterns that elevate and drop to a point in which imposes a healthy reflective pause: progression, reflection, balance. As stated, as a provincial approach, a regular triangle flat on its base, peaking at the top represents a healthy, solid life routine. In contrast, the triangle can be flipped upside-down introducing an entirely new dynamic, composed of flat-lined monotony, tapered off to a regressed realm of destruction, regret and disorder. Despite the uniqueness of the standard triangle model to the man in question, it is important to compare the negative reflection, for it applies to the entirety of this investigation. We used to be lovers, he and I. We shared my giant pillow-top that I bought on the black market for a meager two-hundred fifty. -- A mere steal at that rate. We occasionally exchanged ideas, mainly about ethical concerns related to globalization and the environment. I attempted to give him a cooking lesson once, but that failed, indefinitely. The bust was not my doing, but simply, a great disinterest on his part; or better yet an inability of not being better than me at something. Everything has gotten so crowded.
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I am but a nation, Torn to pieces My poor broken heart left to scatter apart Like a flag, Abandoned to the breeze And the mercy of whichever way The winds may take me. My colours are faded And split apart Representing the many different parts Of my life. Red is my passion And love in my heart, White is where my thoughts and feelings Are at their most pure, Green is for growth And my love of nature, Yellow is my cowardice Of which I am ashamed, And black Contains all possibilities. In singularity each only represents Part of me Only when colours unite together To unify my soul Will you ever Get to see me whole.
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Mar 31, 2016
Mar 31, 2016 at 12:23 PM UTC
Rainbow Nation
Everyone is so colorful so full of life, so vibrant Kind green hues yellow smiles red thoughts of love pink cheeks from embarrassment But I am grey, a colorless hue that represents the lack of self yet I shine as if I am the only light for darkness always contradicts the light
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Feb 27, 2015
Feb 27, 2015 at 7:33 PM UTC
Colors
Seemingly small and insignificant, It sits atop my finger, like a bird perched on a branch. A symbol of great power, Yet shrunken and frail as paper. Its hidden beauty rivals those of Aphrodite. My love for it swells Like a well after a heavy rain. Oh, this paper crown, Its simple beauty Is a gold as pure as any other. Its paleness is greater than snow, Its weight light, but heavier than the empire it represents. This paper crown, worthy of a Queen.
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Feb 1, 2017
Feb 1, 2017 at 8:04 PM UTC
Paper Crown
Please Don't Touch My Hair. It's amazing, It's beautiful, Maybe its the first time you'll see; Hair so dark and 'puffy' As the hair God gave to me. But my hair is not a commodity; A thing for you to gather round and see. It is not something I pull out once a while Just so you can take a peek. Please Don't Touch My Hair. Don't run your hands through it, Don't ask me why it act's like that, Don't ask me if you can pull it, Don't pet me like I'm your cat. Don't touch it without asking, And worst of all ask and not wait, Are your manners really that lacking? Please Don't Touch My Hair. Don't stare like I am some exhibit Brought for you from far away, Don't mock the way it looks on me Don't say 'I don't like the way it looks today'. It's My hair On MY head, So don't you even dare. You're not the one that spends hours Looking after my luscious hair. Please Don't Touch My Hair. Because many years ago My ancestors were put in zoos So people like you could know How our hair felt, and our skin looked Instead of just seeing old photos. As if we were not human beings With minds, and hearts and souls. So my hair is not on display For your viewing pleasure, My hair is on my head for ME And it has worth that you can never measure. It represents Who I Am My Tribe, My Land, My Culture. So don't hover around with oily hands Like a flock of curious vultures. So for the love of all that I know Please DO NOT TOUCH MY HAIR. And don't ask me why you can't, Don't say it isn't fair. Because would I walk up to a stranger And ask, only to receive a no Then go on and touch it anyway? ...I didn't think so. Please Don't Touch My Hair. This is the last time I'll say it, I cannot be silent any longer I will not tolerate it. I've given it all I can I have been very patient But I will not let this continue This I will not permit. If you say you are my friend You will respect this Its My Hair, on My Head And that's all there is to it.
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Nov 4, 2016
Nov 4, 2016 at 5:24 AM UTC
Please Don't Touch My Hair
Please Don't Touch My Hair. It's amazing, It's beautiful, Maybe its the first time you'll see; Hair so dark and 'puffy' As the hair God gave to me. But my hair is not a commodity; A thing for you to gather round and see. It is not something I pull out once a while Just so you can take a peek. Please Don't Touch My Hair. Don't run your hands through it, Don't ask me why it act's like that, Don't ask me if you can pull it, Don't pet me like I'm your cat. Don't touch it without asking, And worst of all ask and not wait, Are your manners really that lacking? Please Don't Touch My Hair. Don't stare like I am some exhibit Brought for you from far away, Don't mock the way it looks on me Don't say 'I don't like the way it looks today'. It's My hair On MY head, So don't you even dare. You're not the one that spends hours Looking after my luscious hair. Please Don't Touch My Hair. Because many years ago My ancestors were put in zoos So people like you could know How our hair felt, and our skin looked Instead of just seeing old photos. As if we were not human beings With minds, and hearts and souls. So my hair is not on display For your viewing pleasure, My hair is on my head for ME And it has worth that you can never measure. It represents Who I Am My Tribe, My Land, My Culture. So don't hover around with oily hands Like a flock of curious vultures. So for the love of all that I know Please DO NOT TOUCH MY HAIR. And don't ask me why you can't, Don't say it isn't fair. Because would I walk up to a stranger And ask, only to receive a no Then go on and touch it anyway? ...I didn't think so. Please Don't Touch My Hair. This is the last time I'll say it, I cannot be silent any longer I will not tolerate it. I've given it all I can I have been very patient But I will not let this continue This I will not permit. If you say you are my friend You will respect this Its My Hair, on My Head And that's all there is to it.
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Why is hellopoetry.com black and white? I've always wondered about this... why my colorful photographs are required to travel back in time. How does this effect the poetry in any way, shape, or form? But I understand the wisdom of this design now. And it sets a great metaphor for all of the people of the pen involved in this truly noble motion, this secret society for people with passion, talent, and troubled minds and souls. Hello Poetry is black and white not because it has to be monochromatic and modern, but because us poets fill these pages with enough inovativeness and color already with our words, ideas, thoughts, songs, senryus, ballads, heartbreaks, insecurities, that adding literal color to this website would be overwhelming. These soft undertones of gray, black, and white may be considered drab and depressing to some, but to us poets it represents timelessness. And this is probably why we are all here. Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or even yearly publishing poems. Because we all know we are not going to live forever, and we are so entirely insignificant in the broad scheme of things and of the universe itself, that it is a bit comforting and helpful to have this coping mechanism or soft blankie to calm our fears, that this literature we write, however insignificant it may be, is absolutley permanent. And that maybe someday it will be remembered so a small bit of us may live on. Tom Riddle knew the needs and wants of man kind before anybody else realized it. Maybe he was just trying to cope with the fact that he is insignificant. These poems are all our Horcruxes so viveamus per camenam nostram.
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Apr 5, 2014
Apr 5, 2014 at 5:19 PM UTC
The Tom Riddle Theory
Why is hellopoetry.com black and white? I've always wondered about this... why my colorful photographs are required to travel back in time. How does this effect the poetry in any way, shape, or form? But I understand the wisdom of this design now. And it sets a great metaphor for all of the people of the pen involved in this truly noble motion, this secret society for people with passion, talent, and troubled minds and souls. Hello Poetry is black and white not because it has to be monochromatic and modern, but because us poets fill these pages with enough inovativeness and color already with our words, ideas, thoughts, songs, senryus, ballads, heartbreaks, insecurities, that adding literal color to this website would be overwhelming. These soft undertones of gray, black, and white may be considered drab and depressing to some, but to us poets it represents timelessness. And this is probably why we are all here. Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, or even yearly publishing poems. Because we all know we are not going to live forever, and we are so entirely insignificant in the broad scheme of things and of the universe itself, that it is a bit comforting and helpful to have this coping mechanism or soft blankie to calm our fears, that this literature we write, however insignificant it may be, is absolutley permanent. And that maybe someday it will be remembered so a small bit of us may live on. Tom Riddle knew the needs and wants of man kind before anybody else realized it. Maybe he was just trying to cope with the fact that he is insignificant. These poems are all our Horcruxes so viveamus per camenam nostram.
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"The Druids taught their disciples many things about nature and the perfections of God, and that, there was only one God, the Creator of heaven and earth. One name, under which they worshiped him, was Esus or Hesus (“He," in Celtic meaning, "Lord," ) or Harits which is their name for Horus..." ~Julius Caesar from [Signs and Symbols of Primordial Man, by Albert Churchward circa 1912] [Page 186] "He,"  -meaning, "Lord," and "Sus," being the most ancient Minoan form of, "Zeus," therefore, "Jesus," means in Celtic and Greek; "Lord Zeus." The word "Harits," being Sanskrit identical to, "Charits," and "Marits, Maruts," a mythical epithet for Aryas, or Aryans so the usage of it for his name means it represents him as being Aryan.   Jesus as an Aryan. *If You can prove it, prove it wrong, then do so here or do so in song. If you can also, do it in verse, then truly you'll deserve a purse. I do not believe there will ever be, on this point, ...a mortal man to challenge me!* Good Luck
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Dec 24, 2016
Dec 24, 2016 at 5:08 PM UTC
Caesar's Curious Quote;
#teamara As in the nub of the remains of crayola crayon that’s been used to color in so many smiling cartoon suns on a piece of paper- Her favorite color is yellow. And I don’t mean a wimpy *** pastel yellow or sometimes a pale yellow I mean her favorite color is bright *** yellow. Like Pikachu yellow. Like she’s almost nineteen but she’s still willing to play Gameboy Pokemon yellow. There’s something innocent yet corny kind of yellow about her. She’s beautiful like yellow jirasol petals She’s intricate as yellow thread woven in a Rasta Dom She’s yellow like gold and Africa She’s sweet like pineapples and delicate like daffodils I still don’t know why her favorite color is yellow Maybe it has to do with her fascination of Asian men… I mean! ...with the continent of Asia She thinks she’s more like pink Japanese cherry blossom trees in the summer But I know she’s truly yellow petals on Paolo Verde trees blowing in the wind spreading around Tucson A metaphor for her love She’s yellow like the color in the middle of my pride rainbow- She supports me She’s yellow like the big painted sun at the hospital with a big grin I wonder why nobody smiles at hospitals The place where life is easily given as taken Where we are reminded that our health is sometimes taken for granted Other than that great big yellow sun She is the only that radiates yellow and smiles In waiting rooms, she seems like she’s the calmest Even though she’s the only one going through surgery She’s so beautiful on the inside her body can’t even take it She doesn’t deserve scions or scalpels to even be considered touching her bronze skin I wish instead they would strip down the color yellow from my life And give it to her to make her smile so bright that even word “cancer” would cease to exist But still. Even through pain and hardships She still smiles. Not only is she yellow when she’s happy She tends to radiate yellow even when she’s gloomy When I’m upset, her aura has way of rubbing off on mine And I get insight to why her favorite color is yellow *** she’s the kind of yellow that represents strength She’s yellow like tall forts made from gold bars She’s yellow like flames that roll of her tongue when she spits fire She’s yellow like a crayola-crayon… except she can’t be broken From her, I’m learning That even when you’re hurting You can still shine bright like your favorite color.
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Dec 3, 2012
Dec 3, 2012 at 3:55 PM UTC
yellow.
#teamara As in the nub of the remains of crayola crayon that’s been used to color in so many smiling cartoon suns on a piece of paper- Her favorite color is yellow. And I don’t mean a wimpy *** pastel yellow or sometimes a pale yellow I mean her favorite color is bright *** yellow. Like Pikachu yellow. Like she’s almost nineteen but she’s still willing to play Gameboy Pokemon yellow. There’s something innocent yet corny kind of yellow about her. She’s beautiful like yellow jirasol petals She’s intricate as yellow thread woven in a Rasta Dom She’s yellow like gold and Africa She’s sweet like pineapples and delicate like daffodils I still don’t know why her favorite color is yellow Maybe it has to do with her fascination of Asian men… I mean! ...with the continent of Asia She thinks she’s more like pink Japanese cherry blossom trees in the summer But I know she’s truly yellow petals on Paolo Verde trees blowing in the wind spreading around Tucson A metaphor for her love She’s yellow like the color in the middle of my pride rainbow- She supports me She’s yellow like the big painted sun at the hospital with a big grin I wonder why nobody smiles at hospitals The place where life is easily given as taken Where we are reminded that our health is sometimes taken for granted Other than that great big yellow sun She is the only that radiates yellow and smiles In waiting rooms, she seems like she’s the calmest Even though she’s the only one going through surgery She’s so beautiful on the inside her body can’t even take it She doesn’t deserve scions or scalpels to even be considered touching her bronze skin I wish instead they would strip down the color yellow from my life And give it to her to make her smile so bright that even word “cancer” would cease to exist But still. Even through pain and hardships She still smiles. Not only is she yellow when she’s happy She tends to radiate yellow even when she’s gloomy When I’m upset, her aura has way of rubbing off on mine And I get insight to why her favorite color is yellow *** she’s the kind of yellow that represents strength She’s yellow like tall forts made from gold bars She’s yellow like flames that roll of her tongue when she spits fire She’s yellow like a crayola-crayon… except she can’t be broken From her, I’m learning That even when you’re hurting You can still shine bright like your favorite color.
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400 years America , For 400 years America, we've been playing this game of cat and mouse, and for 400 years America, you refuse to give us the keys to the house. For 400 years America , we've been asking to be free, and for 400 years America , you sat there and you promised me, all the freedom I could ask for , for just a small fee For 400 years America , we've been paying that small fee in sweat, tears and blood For over 400 years America, we have witnessed the flood, from the storm clouds that burst in a black mother's eyes. The Storm that rages in her heart as she cries. The Lightening that strikes her heart as she watches her son bleed as he dies. For over  400 years America , we've had to watch our people bleed , for over 400 years America , you've literally scorched and scathered and destroyed our seed. For over 400 years America our sons, daughters, fathers , mothers have bled and for over 400 years tear after tear was shed The flags that represent you, makes you free . But the same flags that represent you, doesn't represent me. The flag that represents words that say"all men are created equal" considered me an animal and there seemed to never be a sequel. 400 years later and still "no refuge can save, the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave" I am not blind, don't need a stick or a stave, I am not foolish, I see the road that you have paved America! For over 400 years, America, My brothers and sisters have fought for your pride We carried your rifles, we lifted your flag and still you were snide For over 400 years America, for you battles we've won 400 year later you still point your gun It's been 400 years America, Gotdammit I am not a slave I want my rights and you will not tell me how to behave! You've always had freedom white man, and you don't know how bad I crave! that my kids grow up in freedom and for that I'll be brave to the grave. Even if it kills me, I will not let the color of my skin decide whether or not I win. I will not you let, America, and your adulterous, heinous sin control me and the condition I am in 400 years later America, and you act like you still don't know their names 400 years later America and you still plea ignorance, you don't feel their pains Emmit Till, Trayvon Martin, Freddie Gray These are some of the lives from us you took away 400 years later and you still make us pay and that's not okay.... To you slavery was yesterday and we should shout free at last? To you the last police shooting was last week, we shouldn't riot,  it's in the past, You want us white washed but we can't shake the scars from centuries in a caste Freedom isn't free, but I still believe, I still believe that someday my eyes will see, all nations, all skin colors under one tree, connected to one vine, to the divine
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Dec 28, 2016
Dec 28, 2016 at 8:13 AM UTC
400 Years
400 years America , For 400 years America, we've been playing this game of cat and mouse, and for 400 years America, you refuse to give us the keys to the house. For 400 years America , we've been asking to be free, and for 400 years America , you sat there and you promised me, all the freedom I could ask for , for just a small fee For 400 years America , we've been paying that small fee in sweat, tears and blood For over 400 years America, we have witnessed the flood, from the storm clouds that burst in a black mother's eyes. The Storm that rages in her heart as she cries. The Lightening that strikes her heart as she watches her son bleed as he dies. For over  400 years America , we've had to watch our people bleed , for over 400 years America , you've literally scorched and scathered and destroyed our seed. For over 400 years America our sons, daughters, fathers , mothers have bled and for over 400 years tear after tear was shed The flags that represent you, makes you free . But the same flags that represent you, doesn't represent me. The flag that represents words that say"all men are created equal" considered me an animal and there seemed to never be a sequel. 400 years later and still "no refuge can save, the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave" I am not blind, don't need a stick or a stave, I am not foolish, I see the road that you have paved America! For over 400 years, America, My brothers and sisters have fought for your pride We carried your rifles, we lifted your flag and still you were snide For over 400 years America, for you battles we've won 400 year later you still point your gun It's been 400 years America, Gotdammit I am not a slave I want my rights and you will not tell me how to behave! You've always had freedom white man, and you don't know how bad I crave! that my kids grow up in freedom and for that I'll be brave to the grave. Even if it kills me, I will not let the color of my skin decide whether or not I win. I will not you let, America, and your adulterous, heinous sin control me and the condition I am in 400 years later America, and you act like you still don't know their names 400 years later America and you still plea ignorance, you don't feel their pains Emmit Till, Trayvon Martin, Freddie Gray These are some of the lives from us you took away 400 years later and you still make us pay and that's not okay.... To you slavery was yesterday and we should shout free at last? To you the last police shooting was last week, we shouldn't riot,  it's in the past, You want us white washed but we can't shake the scars from centuries in a caste Freedom isn't free, but I still believe, I still believe that someday my eyes will see, all nations, all skin colors under one tree, connected to one vine, to the divine
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Why is it that we are always wanting time to pass quickly? We're constantly watching the clock, waiting for the minutes to fly by But we never look at what it really represents At how every minute that passes Is a minute of your life that won't ever come back Can't ever be recovered As it is lost in the hands of a clock that is forever ticking Counting down every second Every minute Every hour of the rest of our lives. Each time we look at a clock Watching the hands slowly tick by We never do realise the meaning of what it is actually counting down to. For it isn't really counting that one meeting you don't want to go to Or that single maths period that feels like it will never end. No. That clock is actually counting down towards the final moments of the best times of our lives The ones that we take advantage of without even realising it Whether it's our years in school, Or the last few years of our childhood. The final few days you have left to spend with a loved one, Or the true bliss of your first real relationship. You see, through the good times and the bad The smiles, the tears and the laughs The times that you never really want to end, And the ones you wish were over in a heartbeat; This clock will be forever in the back of your mind Counting down the hours, minutes, seconds Towards the end. And it's only then that you realise That you wish to turn it back and start again. But you don't know how And those last few hours that you have left Won't be spent looking at a clock. But instead will be used to look over every single moment of your life From the beginning to the end. And it's only then, that the clock will finally stop ticking.
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Jan 2, 2015
Jan 2, 2015 at 7:13 AM UTC
The Clock
Why is it that we are always wanting time to pass quickly? We're constantly watching the clock, waiting for the minutes to fly by But we never look at what it really represents At how every minute that passes Is a minute of your life that won't ever come back Can't ever be recovered As it is lost in the hands of a clock that is forever ticking Counting down every second Every minute Every hour of the rest of our lives. Each time we look at a clock Watching the hands slowly tick by We never do realise the meaning of what it is actually counting down to. For it isn't really counting that one meeting you don't want to go to Or that single maths period that feels like it will never end. No. That clock is actually counting down towards the final moments of the best times of our lives The ones that we take advantage of without even realising it Whether it's our years in school, Or the last few years of our childhood. The final few days you have left to spend with a loved one, Or the true bliss of your first real relationship. You see, through the good times and the bad The smiles, the tears and the laughs The times that you never really want to end, And the ones you wish were over in a heartbeat; This clock will be forever in the back of your mind Counting down the hours, minutes, seconds Towards the end. And it's only then that you realise That you wish to turn it back and start again. But you don't know how And those last few hours that you have left Won't be spent looking at a clock. But instead will be used to look over every single moment of your life From the beginning to the end. And it's only then, that the clock will finally stop ticking.
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Crying is not a sign of weakness. It’s a sign of strength. It’s a sign of letting yourself go and not holding yourself back. It’s a form of expression a silent expression an emotional expression a vulnerable expression a brave and strong expression letting everyone know that you can’t take it anymore. Small drops of water coming from your visual peripherals come tumbling down the sides of your face like an overflowing waterfall From eye to chin each watery teardrop represents and symbolizes you breaking free from the pain you experienced in the past. No matter what pain you’ve gone through, every time you cry you let your past stay in the past. You don’t let it go to the present nor to the future. You let it stay in the past. What I’m trying to say that it’s OK to let it go. It’s OK to break free and be free. It’s OK to come alive. It’s OK to create your own personal overflowing waterfall all over your beautiful face. It’s OK to cry. Don’t listen to other people that tell you that you’re weak, a baby, or a crybaby for that matter. Don’t listen to other people that tell you that you’re hopeless, worthless, or that you are not good enough for them. Don’t listen to other people that tell you that you’re never going to make it through life no matter how hard or how many times you try. Instead, show them. Show them that you’re just a regular human being and prove to them that regular human beings have real emotional feelings. Show them that you’re never afraid to show off and let go of your vulnerable feelings that you’re hiding inside. Show them that they too can let go of their own emotional and vulnerable feelings that they’re hiding inside. If they can’t let go of their powerful and moving feelings, they will have cold, frozen hearts. Bottom line, we all need to shed some beautiful and powerful tears every so often in our lifetime. We all need to create our own rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, ponds, seas, and oceans full of one of the most moving and powerful human senses that we shed throughout our lifetime. And it all starts with a overflowing waterfall coming from the most important visionary living organs. Our eyes are the window to our emotional and vulnerable soul. That soul is willing to come out from the visual window and it will do whatever it takes to do just that. But it needs your permission. It’s time to let it go. It’s OK to cry.
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Jan 20, 2015
Jan 20, 2015 at 1:15 AM UTC
It's OK To Cry
Crying is not a sign of weakness. It’s a sign of strength. It’s a sign of letting yourself go and not holding yourself back. It’s a form of expression a silent expression an emotional expression a vulnerable expression a brave and strong expression letting everyone know that you can’t take it anymore. Small drops of water coming from your visual peripherals come tumbling down the sides of your face like an overflowing waterfall From eye to chin each watery teardrop represents and symbolizes you breaking free from the pain you experienced in the past. No matter what pain you’ve gone through, every time you cry you let your past stay in the past. You don’t let it go to the present nor to the future. You let it stay in the past. What I’m trying to say that it’s OK to let it go. It’s OK to break free and be free. It’s OK to come alive. It’s OK to create your own personal overflowing waterfall all over your beautiful face. It’s OK to cry. Don’t listen to other people that tell you that you’re weak, a baby, or a crybaby for that matter. Don’t listen to other people that tell you that you’re hopeless, worthless, or that you are not good enough for them. Don’t listen to other people that tell you that you’re never going to make it through life no matter how hard or how many times you try. Instead, show them. Show them that you’re just a regular human being and prove to them that regular human beings have real emotional feelings. Show them that you’re never afraid to show off and let go of your vulnerable feelings that you’re hiding inside. Show them that they too can let go of their own emotional and vulnerable feelings that they’re hiding inside. If they can’t let go of their powerful and moving feelings, they will have cold, frozen hearts. Bottom line, we all need to shed some beautiful and powerful tears every so often in our lifetime. We all need to create our own rivers, lakes, streams, creeks, ponds, seas, and oceans full of one of the most moving and powerful human senses that we shed throughout our lifetime. And it all starts with a overflowing waterfall coming from the most important visionary living organs. Our eyes are the window to our emotional and vulnerable soul. That soul is willing to come out from the visual window and it will do whatever it takes to do just that. But it needs your permission. It’s time to let it go. It’s OK to cry.
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Q: Why i wear a heart necklace ? A: Because it's an extra heart, I can keep On top Of the one I already have! It reminds me Of Love That exists in the world! And Of Love That this world still needs ! It also reminds me Of Kindness That surrounds this world. It also reminds me Of The cruelty too. It reminds me Of equality that has filled the world. It also reminds me Of The prejudice too. It reminds me Of Hope That lightens the paths of many! It also reminds me Of The people Whom need reminding That its just baby steps away ! That heart shaped object Represents many things, lying beautifully dead on my chest. But the real live one Is buried deep in my chest , And a life (long or short) Its looking ahead to. And i should introduce myself With Love, Kindness , Equality, And never ever Lose HOPE!!
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Oct 14, 2014
Oct 14, 2014 at 11:26 PM UTC
Heart Necklace
A stadium filled with thousands of bodies all pressed together knowingly aware but not caring about the abundance of sweat coating their bodies, which isn't their's or the amount of limbs pressed against them, which isn't their's. A stadium filled with thousands of people chanting screaming the words which fuel them give them life and a purpose to keep going . A stadium filled with thousands of people all wearing the same shirt which represents their love for simple humans just like them which give their life purpose.
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Jun 27, 2014
Jun 27, 2014 at 12:38 AM UTC
Purpose
I love everything about you. I love your smell, from the way your cologne and deodorant sticks to your freshly washed skin to the way your natural musk smells when you sweat through a hot summer night stuck to me. I love how your skin is always soft, it brushes up against my thighs and cheeks like a blanket of the highest quality. Your voice is deep, but comforting and I adore all the sounds your body makes, especially the little grunts and sighs. When you speak soft words in my ear, I just melt into soft butter and I even love the way your silly words tease me, even when I get upset. Your bone structure is manly, but in a way that your body wraps around mine ideally when we hug. The way your eyes sparkle in the sunshine is like fairy dust and I could get lost in your gaze forever. Your hand fits into mine perfectly and your tongue twists perfectly with mine when our lips collide. The movement of your hips with mine is like a metronome to my heart. All you could do is sleep and eat and I would never get tired of watching you. If you were a colour, you would be your favourite, purple, because it represents devotion, pride, mystery, magic and nobility. If you were a smell, it would be freshly cut grass on an early summer morning. Most people would say love feels like a sunny summer day, but ours is like one of those spring days where the temperature is fit for flowy dresses, but the sky is filled with some dark clouds that pass in the evening and there is a slight warm wind breezing through everyone's hair. Every single evening when you tell me you love me over the phone my stomach flutters with butterflies. As an item, you would be my favourite comfy old sweater. I love every single imperfection on your skin and in your soul. If I were to describe hanging out and having fun with you, the closest thing I could compare it to is the first bite of a freshly baked warm cinnamon pastry. I used to hate the idea of life, but if we were to create a family I would actually want to grow old with you. If there exists a heaven, it would be us sharing a fresh lemonade and chuckling next to a lake where tiny birds chirp and eat the crumbs of the bread we baked together. If you were a drink, you would be high quality whiskey and lastly, if you were a person, you would be mine.
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Aug 15, 2023
Aug 15, 2023 at 6:49 PM UTC
For him
I love everything about you. I love your smell, from the way your cologne and deodorant sticks to your freshly washed skin to the way your natural musk smells when you sweat through a hot summer night stuck to me. I love how your skin is always soft, it brushes up against my thighs and cheeks like a blanket of the highest quality. Your voice is deep, but comforting and I adore all the sounds your body makes, especially the little grunts and sighs. When you speak soft words in my ear, I just melt into soft butter and I even love the way your silly words tease me, even when I get upset. Your bone structure is manly, but in a way that your body wraps around mine ideally when we hug. The way your eyes sparkle in the sunshine is like fairy dust and I could get lost in your gaze forever. Your hand fits into mine perfectly and your tongue twists perfectly with mine when our lips collide. The movement of your hips with mine is like a metronome to my heart. All you could do is sleep and eat and I would never get tired of watching you. If you were a colour, you would be your favourite, purple, because it represents devotion, pride, mystery, magic and nobility. If you were a smell, it would be freshly cut grass on an early summer morning. Most people would say love feels like a sunny summer day, but ours is like one of those spring days where the temperature is fit for flowy dresses, but the sky is filled with some dark clouds that pass in the evening and there is a slight warm wind breezing through everyone's hair. Every single evening when you tell me you love me over the phone my stomach flutters with butterflies. As an item, you would be my favourite comfy old sweater. I love every single imperfection on your skin and in your soul. If I were to describe hanging out and having fun with you, the closest thing I could compare it to is the first bite of a freshly baked warm cinnamon pastry. I used to hate the idea of life, but if we were to create a family I would actually want to grow old with you. If there exists a heaven, it would be us sharing a fresh lemonade and chuckling next to a lake where tiny birds chirp and eat the crumbs of the bread we baked together. If you were a drink, you would be high quality whiskey and lastly, if you were a person, you would be mine.
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I can write of Manila at night like the greats do of Paris. Not Manila in the morning, for it matters then, but Manila at night where it doesn't matter if it is new or old or if you are rich or poor, because it all blends into the moonlit darkness and that is when Manila becomes like a love letter. It may be Cebu that I love, but it is Manila that captivates me. To the farmer, who left Manila for America to escape the war, and returned to see only a burned down church. To the young boy, a hundred years later, who does not see the church, but sees the romance of a concrete city. And to the ill man sitting on the corner of a street in Ermita, who has seen more of life and Manila than any of us ever will or ever can or ever want to. To the jazz bars tucked deep in Quezon where the music is sweetest, and to the congregation of poets who meet at their secret place in Makati on sacred nights to talk of the country they write for. Manila does not end. But Manila is no moveable feast- it is a grand mystery that is far too heavy to take with you. Paris was loved because it was easy to love. The same way Florence was loved because it was easy to. Manila is far too rough to make for easy loving, but the beauty is there for everyone but the blind to see, and even then it is there for the blind to feel. One just has to try hard enough. It is what Manila represents, for it represents not the American dream, but the Filipino ambition to create their own. It does not become a question of how can you. It never will. It is a question of how can you not be romantic of Manila?
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Sep 21, 2018
Sep 21, 2018 at 11:24 PM UTC
How can you not be romantic of Manila?
I can write of Manila at night like the greats do of Paris. Not Manila in the morning, for it matters then, but Manila at night where it doesn't matter if it is new or old or if you are rich or poor, because it all blends into the moonlit darkness and that is when Manila becomes like a love letter. It may be Cebu that I love, but it is Manila that captivates me. To the farmer, who left Manila for America to escape the war, and returned to see only a burned down church. To the young boy, a hundred years later, who does not see the church, but sees the romance of a concrete city. And to the ill man sitting on the corner of a street in Ermita, who has seen more of life and Manila than any of us ever will or ever can or ever want to. To the jazz bars tucked deep in Quezon where the music is sweetest, and to the congregation of poets who meet at their secret place in Makati on sacred nights to talk of the country they write for. Manila does not end. But Manila is no moveable feast- it is a grand mystery that is far too heavy to take with you. Paris was loved because it was easy to love. The same way Florence was loved because it was easy to. Manila is far too rough to make for easy loving, but the beauty is there for everyone but the blind to see, and even then it is there for the blind to feel. One just has to try hard enough. It is what Manila represents, for it represents not the American dream, but the Filipino ambition to create their own. It does not become a question of how can you. It never will. It is a question of how can you not be romantic of Manila?
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we always want to re-invent ourselves when we feel rejected, unwanted, left to the side. we dye our hair or cut our hair or style our hair so differently, so drastically, so unrecognizable. we pack on make-up or strip our make-up or pierce our faces, belly buttons, get tattoos, choose a permanent mark to remind us of something solid; something that represents self-sufficiency or this too shall pass, because we know we are gonna feel rejected, unwanted, left to the side again (and again, and again). we buy new clothes, give away old ones to our friends, new shoes, new bags, new look. and we’re always picking up new vices, new habits, new addictions. cigarettes, alcohol, razors, all the late night reckless binges on wine, narcotics, food, cutting ourselves. sometimes we pick up healthy ones too, like running, swimming, dancing, yoga, meditating, resetting sleep patterns, taking vitamins, treating ourselves to the spa, eating regularly, getting out of the house to see friends. we either avoid intimacy at all costs because we can’t fathom the concept of trust anymore or we dive into it with practically anyone, just to feel something real because we are so ******* lonely, but we never really feel anything real at all. we make resolutions, goals, plans for our next relationships so that they won’t follow the same patterns as our last crumbling ones (they usually still do). some of us change what we like, what we want, what we need to impress people so that they fall in love with us and will never leave us. we begin disregarding ourselves for another person, or disregarding everyone else for ourselves, both because we don’t want to get hurt again. and then somewhere, somehow after weeks, months, maybe even years of the full fledged wavering of destruction meeting recovering meeting ignorance meeting shyness meeting loneliness meeting accepting meeting fear, we start to see the intricacies of the pattern much clearer - we make all of these sudden changes because we just want to feel better, we just want to be better; that’s all. it’s taking charge, which is healthy. it’s also making fact and point that we need to change to deserve love, which is unhealthy. all of it is like learning algebra for the first time, some of us take a bit longer to understand it all; the formulas, the variables, the balance. and once we understand the formula, the variables and the balance, then we can welcome back the beautiful, real version of ourselves we’ve been trying to cover up.
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Sep 21, 2012
Sep 21, 2012 at 5:22 PM UTC
girls
we always want to re-invent ourselves when we feel rejected, unwanted, left to the side. we dye our hair or cut our hair or style our hair so differently, so drastically, so unrecognizable. we pack on make-up or strip our make-up or pierce our faces, belly buttons, get tattoos, choose a permanent mark to remind us of something solid; something that represents self-sufficiency or this too shall pass, because we know we are gonna feel rejected, unwanted, left to the side again (and again, and again). we buy new clothes, give away old ones to our friends, new shoes, new bags, new look. and we’re always picking up new vices, new habits, new addictions. cigarettes, alcohol, razors, all the late night reckless binges on wine, narcotics, food, cutting ourselves. sometimes we pick up healthy ones too, like running, swimming, dancing, yoga, meditating, resetting sleep patterns, taking vitamins, treating ourselves to the spa, eating regularly, getting out of the house to see friends. we either avoid intimacy at all costs because we can’t fathom the concept of trust anymore or we dive into it with practically anyone, just to feel something real because we are so ******* lonely, but we never really feel anything real at all. we make resolutions, goals, plans for our next relationships so that they won’t follow the same patterns as our last crumbling ones (they usually still do). some of us change what we like, what we want, what we need to impress people so that they fall in love with us and will never leave us. we begin disregarding ourselves for another person, or disregarding everyone else for ourselves, both because we don’t want to get hurt again. and then somewhere, somehow after weeks, months, maybe even years of the full fledged wavering of destruction meeting recovering meeting ignorance meeting shyness meeting loneliness meeting accepting meeting fear, we start to see the intricacies of the pattern much clearer - we make all of these sudden changes because we just want to feel better, we just want to be better; that’s all. it’s taking charge, which is healthy. it’s also making fact and point that we need to change to deserve love, which is unhealthy. all of it is like learning algebra for the first time, some of us take a bit longer to understand it all; the formulas, the variables, the balance. and once we understand the formula, the variables and the balance, then we can welcome back the beautiful, real version of ourselves we’ve been trying to cover up.
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Whatever your devil whispered to you About me that night Doesn't represents me Come and talk to my devil When you have the guts to No baby, you're not a **** Just a coward The handsome one Still my favorite
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Oct 22, 2020
Oct 22, 2020 at 7:17 PM UTC
Handsome one
Today I stared at The Scream And am proud to say, I understand what it means. Seconds, Days, Minutes, Nights. The Scream represents Immortal life. And who really wants to live To be one hundred years old? To see the world they know, slowly go? I've seen Death, on multiple occasions... He tells me it's okay To feel this sort of pain. Deep down it burns, but it cools my skin. Your words... Unable to keep me in. And who really wants to live To be one hundred years old? When there's nothing to do, but grow cold? Gently pour your tears on my eyes. The feeling is great. It reminds me of the sky, Like your hair reminded me of being naive. These feelings are mine, As you stab me in my side. And who really wants to live To be one hundred years old? Memories still in mind; What torment for every burning soul.
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Nov 14, 2012
Nov 14, 2012 at 8:11 PM UTC
100 Years
i want to take cocktail after cocktail of pills until my body represents the mess that is my mind.
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Apr 24, 2014
Apr 24, 2014 at 1:54 AM UTC
ruined
Life can bring great challenges, disappointment and despair. At times we want to just give up, from pressures hard to bear. Life on earth can be beautiful. We must never give up hope. Tie a knot, and hang on for dear life, when you’re at the end of your rope. The rope represents our earth life, whether happy, sad, or fraught. Our Savior’s great atoning love, represents the saving knot. If we will but have faith in Him when our rope is at it’s end, He’ll be the knot that stops our fall, and helps our lives to mend..
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Nov 27, 2011
Nov 27, 2011 at 9:58 AM UTC
Tie A Knot. Hang On