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Now you have to understand that the greatest gift a child can receive is a sibling. Wrapped up in that hospital delivery is limitless potential. They can be your partner in crime, or the key witness in your conviction. A sibling fights the same battles you do just with different tactics. Some prefer to pit mom against dad others dad against mom. No one will ever walk the earth as close to you. Part of the DNA that makes you unique flows in their veins. Even if circumstances change that bond can’t be broken. They will annoy you, steal from you, drive you crazy, and if you’re lucky enough hate you. And yet they are your best friend, confidant, and the person who if you’re unfortunate enough will go to hell and back as fast for you as you would do for them. So to all the siblings out there. May you be playmates in adversity and friendly rivals in joy
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Apr 10, 2015
Apr 10, 2015 at 10:35 PM UTC
Siblings
why do you act like hamlet, all depressed and grieved, for your own heart shuts me out, and it's you who's deceived? when did you think like othello, murderous and violent, irrational with decisions, making me suffer with guilty silence? how did you turn into macbeth, from the silky words that grace your lips, to the venomous fangs you bit back at me, stinging like burning, sharp whips? because i thought you were romeo, with your adventurous soul and romantic antics. now you've faded away, with all your heroic tactics. wherefore art thou, romeo? don't call me juliet, if i'm just another rosaline.
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Nov 11, 2014
Nov 11, 2014 at 9:16 AM UTC
a Shakespearean tragedy
Young people can you feel the suffering? roca wear, gucci, apple, facebook, mcdonalds, apple bee's, honda, lamborghini, harvard, Community College american express, pnc bank, walmart Wage Slaves, ceos, owners, lenders, renters, indebtedness Structural dehumanization, systematic mechanization Exploited labor feeding blood to your hungering consumerism Young people you are embracing MISANTHROPY! Embracing the hate of your own humanity! Why the hypocrisy? Wealthy children, poor children Trying for enlightenment through education Parents garnering wealth through the oppression of their victims Parents garnering debt through the oppression from economic inequality Still you invest and promote the only legitimization of your being: CAPITALIST UTILITY Capitalism engineering unrelenting misanthropy Vicious economic system discarding humanity Perfecting the concentration and accumulation of wealth With the expansion of human alienation and murderous competition Prostituting your body to labor exploitation and consumerism Where does your wealth end up? multinational companies? financial corporations? military arms contractors? Loyalty lies in their pockets, backstabbing everyday tactics Killing you through the exploitation of your body Because they know the birth of another proletariat or bourgeoisie can replace you   Entities, not human, how much have they bought you for so that you cannot see!!! Beware of these misanthropic missionaries granting your body power and agency When your body can no longer be plundered for profit you will taste tears and blood Young people will you deliver your forefathers and fathers From worshiping capitalist misanthropy?
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Mar 9, 2013
Mar 9, 2013 at 12:56 PM UTC
Your Faith in Capitalist Misanthropy
Young people can you feel the suffering? roca wear, gucci, apple, facebook, mcdonalds, apple bee's, honda, lamborghini, harvard, Community College american express, pnc bank, walmart Wage Slaves, ceos, owners, lenders, renters, indebtedness Structural dehumanization, systematic mechanization Exploited labor feeding blood to your hungering consumerism Young people you are embracing MISANTHROPY! Embracing the hate of your own humanity! Why the hypocrisy? Wealthy children, poor children Trying for enlightenment through education Parents garnering wealth through the oppression of their victims Parents garnering debt through the oppression from economic inequality Still you invest and promote the only legitimization of your being: CAPITALIST UTILITY Capitalism engineering unrelenting misanthropy Vicious economic system discarding humanity Perfecting the concentration and accumulation of wealth With the expansion of human alienation and murderous competition Prostituting your body to labor exploitation and consumerism Where does your wealth end up? multinational companies? financial corporations? military arms contractors? Loyalty lies in their pockets, backstabbing everyday tactics Killing you through the exploitation of your body Because they know the birth of another proletariat or bourgeoisie can replace you   Entities, not human, how much have they bought you for so that you cannot see!!! Beware of these misanthropic missionaries granting your body power and agency When your body can no longer be plundered for profit you will taste tears and blood Young people will you deliver your forefathers and fathers From worshiping capitalist misanthropy?
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Coming from unknown shores, arrived these Western boats, with disastrous as well as deceitful tactics they took our gold, jump to the modern era, they are the ones' promoting *** they bare minimum death rates due to *** and Aids, while African's lives in bitter ruins as the notion of "safe *** seems perplex. *** promotion misconstrued as our kids continue ****** the old, Such consequences were never told, when they sold us back our own gold. Systematical control is now the definer of societies Africans not taught of Qamatha but tested on Socrates, African souls enticed into materialism by paper and cheese, while Western supremacists economically ****** African Identities. African child, fight back please!
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Apr 25, 2014
Apr 25, 2014 at 10:14 AM UTC
Western Boats
Men and women are equal None are above the other In rights and respect Equal Men have strength yes Yet it's women who endure Men and women Both are intelligent As their brains made of the same matter Biologically here equality stands firm Differences of course are there Yet minuscule Appearances cast aside Only  few can be observed Women and men Both are sensitive and feel Yet where women show it; display Men conceal; pretend not to feel Society kills In tactics and ideas Is where our message ends For  too often  it's said to Disregard the thoughts of women Too  dumb and feeble minded to be  Of Value and interest Yet where there's Winston Churchill The mastermind of Britain There's  also Elizabeth the 1st The queen who beat the Spanish Armada Hence with logics like this Any notion of ****** inferiority** Can be easily dismissed As utterly ridiculous.
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Jul 28, 2015
Jul 28, 2015 at 12:28 PM UTC
Equality
Crafty, they say, He's getting crafty crafty with my lies and my made-up meals crafty with my sound-blocking tactics crafty with hiding the burning lines of white and red. Baking, they say, He's getting into baking baking my binges baking my restriction baking my omad baking my sad-looking low-cal low-fat low-sugar low-carb high-protein 'meal'. Crochet, they say, He's getting into crochet crocheting ankle warmers to make my legs look skinny half-finger gloves in an attempt to curb the permafrost that has begun to knit itself around my bones. Healthy, they say, He's getting healthy as i workout until i faint and do sit-ups until i have bruises on my spine. fruit and veg and vitamins take priority and suddenly i have taken an interest in running.
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Sep 18, 2022
Sep 18, 2022 at 12:40 PM UTC
DIY
Has anyone else been fighting a war they keep losing? Fighting and fighting, with little difference? Change of tactics, change of mind, change of though.   That changes the mind to a unknown prison you can't escape? That in the end, causes a change of person that you don't recognise when you look on the mirror and repeatedly asked; "What am I?" to no avale? Or am I just a forgotten soldier, sent to die, in this war?
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Jul 20, 2018
Jul 20, 2018 at 4:40 AM UTC
Wars...
It is difficult to be a man, For I am not a typical one. It is hard for me to go on, There’s a secret that pulls me. I loathe when my memories strike, They hit emotionally with might. I struggle so much to survive, In a world so deaf towards my cries. I look at a He and my heart convulses, For I recall a He who gave me kisses. I was young, forced and naïve, I fought but He was much stronger. Society might tell that I’m gay, For I let a man violated me in a way. But I’m not a ***** and I’m sure, I play a role for which others envy. When I was a teen I met her, I admired her even if she’s older. I was then shy and very timid, With mental and emotional scars. I thought of her as a dear friend, Then she turned to be my worst fiend. One instance she forced herself on me, And used things that hurt me so. A girl’s tactics differ from the stronger *** Tears she used first and blackmail next. She was cunning, sly and very clever, She stole my pride and my dignity. My fears now mixed with anger, My determinations got bolder. I still cry and sometimes get lonely, Like any other victim I want to fight. I can not shout to the whole nations, For societies will scorn at my declamation. Both sexes forgot that I have feelings too, I am also made of flesh, bones and spirit. I am not proud of what I become, Within me clouding reasons try to calm. My desire is to win this battle to the end, I am capable of vulnerability like any human. But where does my right begin? This universe has compassion for women. The likes of me are expected to be steel made, Yet I have feelings too for I am just a man.
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Oct 30, 2015
Oct 30, 2015 at 9:42 PM UTC
I HAVE FEELINGS TOO
It is difficult to be a man, For I am not a typical one. It is hard for me to go on, There’s a secret that pulls me. I loathe when my memories strike, They hit emotionally with might. I struggle so much to survive, In a world so deaf towards my cries. I look at a He and my heart convulses, For I recall a He who gave me kisses. I was young, forced and naïve, I fought but He was much stronger. Society might tell that I’m gay, For I let a man violated me in a way. But I’m not a ***** and I’m sure, I play a role for which others envy. When I was a teen I met her, I admired her even if she’s older. I was then shy and very timid, With mental and emotional scars. I thought of her as a dear friend, Then she turned to be my worst fiend. One instance she forced herself on me, And used things that hurt me so. A girl’s tactics differ from the stronger *** Tears she used first and blackmail next. She was cunning, sly and very clever, She stole my pride and my dignity. My fears now mixed with anger, My determinations got bolder. I still cry and sometimes get lonely, Like any other victim I want to fight. I can not shout to the whole nations, For societies will scorn at my declamation. Both sexes forgot that I have feelings too, I am also made of flesh, bones and spirit. I am not proud of what I become, Within me clouding reasons try to calm. My desire is to win this battle to the end, I am capable of vulnerability like any human. But where does my right begin? This universe has compassion for women. The likes of me are expected to be steel made, Yet I have feelings too for I am just a man.
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Wake Up Wretched World, I assert my Indigenous heritage I self identify With the ancestors of my continent Identity afraid to articulate Culture, unknowingly belonging to me Cycle of shame now shattered Product of love, hatred, lust, and desire europeans plundering my mother Latin America In chaos and violence, my skin's pigment Has been engineered through the mestizaje Of my Indigenous forefathers How could I not forget my lineage When the historical legacy of modernization Has been to massacre the consciousness Of where my people really come from Erasing indigenous pride Making Paisano and Indio Synonymous with poverty and alienation Insulting the humbleness State of hunger you've left us in Original lineage within me disturbed So you push me to ambiguity and embarrassment Not white, not indigenous? Pure indigenous brothers and sisters silenced Not an exploitable consumerist market, not in your campaigns Not benefactors of your philanthropic development tactics Bodies too costly to abuse, no reason to bring them Into the neoliberal multinational corporate circuit Constantly driving them off productive land Because they choose to assert their identity Live in collective communes, not owing you nothing Waiting for them to make barren lands productive So you can take those lands too Not capturing an obscure history, these are not colonial times This is the legacy of the european presence entering mother Latin America 21st century still defiling Indigenous cultures to civilize and modernize
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Mar 14, 2013
Mar 14, 2013 at 10:26 PM UTC
Indigenous (Abducted Consciousness)
Wake Up Wretched World, I assert my Indigenous heritage I self identify With the ancestors of my continent Identity afraid to articulate Culture, unknowingly belonging to me Cycle of shame now shattered Product of love, hatred, lust, and desire europeans plundering my mother Latin America In chaos and violence, my skin's pigment Has been engineered through the mestizaje Of my Indigenous forefathers How could I not forget my lineage When the historical legacy of modernization Has been to massacre the consciousness Of where my people really come from Erasing indigenous pride Making Paisano and Indio Synonymous with poverty and alienation Insulting the humbleness State of hunger you've left us in Original lineage within me disturbed So you push me to ambiguity and embarrassment Not white, not indigenous? Pure indigenous brothers and sisters silenced Not an exploitable consumerist market, not in your campaigns Not benefactors of your philanthropic development tactics Bodies too costly to abuse, no reason to bring them Into the neoliberal multinational corporate circuit Constantly driving them off productive land Because they choose to assert their identity Live in collective communes, not owing you nothing Waiting for them to make barren lands productive So you can take those lands too Not capturing an obscure history, these are not colonial times This is the legacy of the european presence entering mother Latin America 21st century still defiling Indigenous cultures to civilize and modernize
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She has dated boys before. Boys who beat her Boys who ***** her Boys who did nothing wrong at all But still did not feel "right." One of them made fun of her Told her she must be some kind of lesbian (As if that was an insult) If she did not want to have *** with him. She smiled something sad on the outside To deflect To forget To hide behind. She thought And what if I am? What does that make me? It's a question that wanders into the unexplored ruins Of an unkempt mind. A boy meets boy love story is next on the list. They both play football And think that means they must both be "players." Really, they're falling for each other With one swift and concise movement. Boy A cannot tell his parents As he comes from a rowdy and traditional Italian line. Boy B is getting fed up And yet waits, patiently For his one and only to express this flaring emotion A love, unexpressed. Their families, churches and culture Thinks they can change who they are. They use different, cruel tactics. Beat the gay out of him Excommunication *Force her to have *** and she will turn straight* You tell the world that they are an Abomination Atrocity Mutation And yet, I ask this. If the Bible was a Holy deity's, a God's message of eternal love As any good Christian, as I am supposed to be, would proclaim Then how can it be used to justify Acts of such hate and genocide? "I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak" (Matthew 12:36) I hope you are prepared for your Judgment Day.
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Jan 30, 2014
Jan 30, 2014 at 7:27 PM UTC
Love, Unexpressed
She has dated boys before. Boys who beat her Boys who ***** her Boys who did nothing wrong at all But still did not feel "right." One of them made fun of her Told her she must be some kind of lesbian (As if that was an insult) If she did not want to have *** with him. She smiled something sad on the outside To deflect To forget To hide behind. She thought And what if I am? What does that make me? It's a question that wanders into the unexplored ruins Of an unkempt mind. A boy meets boy love story is next on the list. They both play football And think that means they must both be "players." Really, they're falling for each other With one swift and concise movement. Boy A cannot tell his parents As he comes from a rowdy and traditional Italian line. Boy B is getting fed up And yet waits, patiently For his one and only to express this flaring emotion A love, unexpressed. Their families, churches and culture Thinks they can change who they are. They use different, cruel tactics. Beat the gay out of him Excommunication *Force her to have *** and she will turn straight* You tell the world that they are an Abomination Atrocity Mutation And yet, I ask this. If the Bible was a Holy deity's, a God's message of eternal love As any good Christian, as I am supposed to be, would proclaim Then how can it be used to justify Acts of such hate and genocide? "I tell you, on the day of judgment people will give account for every careless word they speak" (Matthew 12:36) I hope you are prepared for your Judgment Day.
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The pockets of our greatcoats full of barley... No kitchens on the run, no striking camp... We moved quick and sudden in our own country. The priest lay behind ditches with the ***** A people hardly marching... on the hike... We found new tactics happening each day: We'd cut through reins and rider with the pike And stampede cattle into infantry, Then retreat through hedges where cavalry must be thrown. Until... on Vinegar Hill... the final conclave. Terraced thousands died, shaking scythes at cannon. The hillside blushed, soaked in our broken wave. They buried us without shroud or coffin And in August... the barley grew up out of our grave.
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Requiem for the Croppies
Tuesday night and it’s Baked Beans AGAIN! Does she ever stop talking. I used to fool myself that her snore was musical like a sweet sounding flute, Now it’s just a snore. Too loud, all too familiar. What would happen I wonder if I took that tin of Baked Beans on the table And battered her to death with it. They found the ****** weapon in the cupboard on the top shelf, Next to a quivering can of rice pudding. It didn’t look overly angry or guilty, it looked (for what it’s worth) Like any other tin of beans. However it had blood and hair around the rim. “BAKED BEANS **** the front page of The Sun would say, Amnesty on all tinned goods called for, as the masses Started taking ‘tin(g)s” into their own hands. All over the country, partners dying at the hands of Heinz, Or possibly cans of spam or pear slices. The Army may catch on, a major new part of SAS training, Close quarter baked bean tactics. The wail of sirens as Police arrive at an incident “Put down the weapon or we shall be forced to fire… tinned pineapple”. A can of alphabetti spaghetti could spell death. “Let’s not have Baked Beans tonight my love… Chinese?”
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Oct 17, 2012
Oct 17, 2012 at 5:09 AM UTC
BAKED BEANS ****
564 My period had come for Prayer— No other Art—would do— My Tactics missed a rudiment— Creator—Was it you? God grows above—so those who pray Horizons—must ascend— And so I stepped upon the North To see this Curious Friend— His House was not—no sign had He— By Chimney—nor by Door Could I infer his Residence— Vast Prairies of Air Unbroken by a Settler— Were all that I could see— Infinitude—Had’st Thou no Face That I might look on Thee? The Silence condescended— Creation stopped—for Me— But awed beyond my errand— I worshipped—did not “pray”—
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My period had come for Prayer
If i could, I would, Carefully take you apart, And put you back together, Piece, by fragile piece, And i would not cease, Until the job was done. Until the sun once again, shone from those lost, wondering eyes, Until the cries that had chained you down, Had been removed from the ground. And if i could, i would, Take my tools And attentively drill out Your insecurities, All those flaws, you believe to be Impurities And ***** in self acceptance so tight, So that never again at night, Would you be reluctant, to hold yourself, As you sparkle in the moonlight. And if i could, i would, Clamp together, Your hopes and dreams, Your self belief, And tie them together at the seams With double knots, So that you never forgot, how Capable you are. I'd take each glittering star, and plant them in the pupils of your eyes, So that each time you cry You'd be reminded of the beauty inside, Of you. And if i could, i would, Paint over your frame work, And tentatively cover up those scars, So you'd never again see the hurt, And never doubt Just how perfectly imperfect you are. And if i could, i would, Saw away your sorrows So when you thought of your tomorrows, You weren't filled with dread, You were filled with joy and hope And optimism instead, So that before you went to bed, You were not filled with self defeating thoughts, Ruminating inside, that pretty little head. And if i could, i would, Weld securely into place, A genuinely happy smile, Across your dainty face, And a hand in yours, So you'd never have to brace Anything alone. And if i could, i would, Disassemble your malfunctioning thought processes And rewire them back together again, With a spanner, in the manner, That meant you were not Classed as insane. I'd unfold and rearrange, The chemical imbalances Within your brain So that the years of disdain, And self blame, Where a thing of the past, I'd put you back together, In a way, that showed you, You were meant to last. And if i could, i would, Attach wings to your spine, So there'd never be a time, That you'd stumble and fall You'd stand tall, You'd rise above it all. And if i could, i would, Take the lonely shadows of your heart, Rip them apart And blaze them, In a light so bright It'd never die out, You would never again doubt All that you are, And all that you can be. And if i could, i would, I'd set you free.
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May 26, 2014
May 26, 2014 at 5:16 AM UTC
toolbox and tactics for the mentally ill
If i could, I would, Carefully take you apart, And put you back together, Piece, by fragile piece, And i would not cease, Until the job was done. Until the sun once again, shone from those lost, wondering eyes, Until the cries that had chained you down, Had been removed from the ground. And if i could, i would, Take my tools And attentively drill out Your insecurities, All those flaws, you believe to be Impurities And ***** in self acceptance so tight, So that never again at night, Would you be reluctant, to hold yourself, As you sparkle in the moonlight. And if i could, i would, Clamp together, Your hopes and dreams, Your self belief, And tie them together at the seams With double knots, So that you never forgot, how Capable you are. I'd take each glittering star, and plant them in the pupils of your eyes, So that each time you cry You'd be reminded of the beauty inside, Of you. And if i could, i would, Paint over your frame work, And tentatively cover up those scars, So you'd never again see the hurt, And never doubt Just how perfectly imperfect you are. And if i could, i would, Saw away your sorrows So when you thought of your tomorrows, You weren't filled with dread, You were filled with joy and hope And optimism instead, So that before you went to bed, You were not filled with self defeating thoughts, Ruminating inside, that pretty little head. And if i could, i would, Weld securely into place, A genuinely happy smile, Across your dainty face, And a hand in yours, So you'd never have to brace Anything alone. And if i could, i would, Disassemble your malfunctioning thought processes And rewire them back together again, With a spanner, in the manner, That meant you were not Classed as insane. I'd unfold and rearrange, The chemical imbalances Within your brain So that the years of disdain, And self blame, Where a thing of the past, I'd put you back together, In a way, that showed you, You were meant to last. And if i could, i would, Attach wings to your spine, So there'd never be a time, That you'd stumble and fall You'd stand tall, You'd rise above it all. And if i could, i would, Take the lonely shadows of your heart, Rip them apart And blaze them, In a light so bright It'd never die out, You would never again doubt All that you are, And all that you can be. And if i could, i would, I'd set you free.
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Through grain fields with bayonets fixed, from Belleau Woods the Germans came. The sixth Marines in shallow pits unleashed a deadly metal rain. The French collapsed upon the left Their flank exposed by craven fear The Marines held fast when urged to flee: "Retreat?, Monsieur? We just got here." By June the sixth, it fell to them to take a Hill to save the French. A German company with machine guns waited for them, well entrenched. Their tactics from another war, Audacious yes, but not too clever "Come on, you ******** Dan Daly roared, "Do you really want to live forever?" With casualties high, so many dead The Marine Corps held the hill by night. Counter attacks were fended off some times with fists and K bar knife. Now the cannon of both sides rained steel where the combatants stood: A once beautiful preserve of princes was turned into a shattered wood. Through mustard gas and cannon fire The Marines advanced into the Wood. Silenced machine guns and cut bared wire till the enemy fled, this time for good. Before the flag at Iwo flew, Before the Canal's jungle squalor Marines were nicknamed "Devil Dogs" by the Germans who admired valor.
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Jan 14, 2012
Jan 14, 2012 at 3:37 PM UTC
belleau woods
My Nan just took away my nose, she's got it in her pocket. She did it 'cos she saw me put my fingers in the socket. I said "not me!" so she decided to teach me quite a lesson. And though her tactics I derided soon I'll be confessing. I cannot breathe without a nose, cannot smell dad's awful toes. Cannot sneeze, only cough and my glasses will fall off! So put it back, oh Nana dear, and from the socket I'll keep clear. And for a spare nose I'll be wishing, in case the one you take goes missing!
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Jan 13, 2011
Jan 13, 2011 at 3:58 PM UTC
Not My Noooooose!
So much for superheroes saving the day; Every good guy's epilogue is a cliche. Tedious compulsory celebrations For all their mundane actions. A villain's portrayal is what excites me. Ever since a kid I could already see; Creativity in all those gimmicks, Geniuses of ***** tactics. It is never easy to become the antagonist. The object of all hate and blacklist; The one that is destined to fail, To fulfill a comic's holy grail. Yet the bad guys do most of the heavy work, Perfecting their schemes with an evil smirk; But every time they're about to win, The plot will smash their plan to ruins. They say some people are destined to be heroes; It's a fate preordained a long time ago. But the truth is that everyone needs a villain, To finally uncover their life's meaning. What the world generally calls as criminals, In reality are just misunderstood equals. They taught me more about the cruel life, Better than any superhero's strife.
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Aug 31, 2016
Aug 31, 2016 at 7:54 PM UTC
I Grew Up Rooting for the Bad Guys
I'm not a person of color I'm not gay I'm not rich I'm not homeless I'm not religious I'm not an atheist I am a whisper I'm not old I'm not young I'm not famous I'm unknown I am a whisper I may be helpless But I am not numb I may be shackled But I will not lie still I am a whisper I have an opinion I have thoughts I have feelings I have a voice I am a whisper I have a memory I have hope I have a fantasy I have a dream I am a whisper I give freedom I will not judge I will not control I will not hurt I am a whisper I don't believe you Why must I listen? Why do you want my mind? Why do you want control? I am a whisper I see what happens I know who is suppressed I know you are buying time for yourself I know you need to fool me I am a whisper I am in your way I am an impediment I am a risk I am to be mitigated I am a whisper It needs to be shouted It needs to be aggressive It needs to shock It needs to awaken I am a whisper I see the fear tactics I see the power I see the judgements I see the ridicule I am a whisper I know you are a liar I know you are evil I know you will **** I know you will destroy I am a whisper I know these things What can I do? I can only write I can only feel the anger I am a whisper "Who is lying?" They are "Who would **** They would "Who would send your child off to war?" They would "Who are they?" The one's who want your vote I am a whisper "What about your children?" There is still time "What about my children?" There is still time I am a whisper Would a man **** for God? What do you think? Would a man **** for his flag? What do you think? Would a man **** for his party? What do you think? Would a man **** who has been fooled? What do you think? Would a man let you die in his place? What do you think? I am a whisper "Why do you whisper?" I'm not "You say you are" Can anyone hear me? "I can" Can anyone else? "No" I am a whisper "Why won't you shout? " I am afraid Afraid of what? Of losing my job Of losing my children Of losing my life I am a whisper "Who are you afraid of?" A person A book True believers Non-believers The enemies are all around I am a whisper "Why are they enemies?" They do not want me They want me to be them They want my mind They want my actions They want my life I am a whisper So I work So I pray So I smile So I agree So I submit So I bend So I die I am a whisper Is existence on the other side of a laugh? Is existence in the void of silence? Is existence in the breath of a whisper? Is existence in the quiet of God's spirit? I am a whisper When God is silent Even a whisper can be too loud Silence is the empty room No color No artifact No sound I am a whisper Listen to the whisper Then listen to God Then you will know Because you dared to speak You forgot to think I am a whisper Blessed are the peacemakers Did you remember this? Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone Did you remember this? Turn the other cheek Did you remember this? Love thy neighbor Did you remember this? Judge not lest you be judged Did you remember this? I am a whisper Copyright 2010. All Rights Reserved. Mark Lecuona
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Jan 28, 2012
Jan 28, 2012 at 2:06 PM UTC
I Am A Whisper
I'm not a person of color I'm not gay I'm not rich I'm not homeless I'm not religious I'm not an atheist I am a whisper I'm not old I'm not young I'm not famous I'm unknown I am a whisper I may be helpless But I am not numb I may be shackled But I will not lie still I am a whisper I have an opinion I have thoughts I have feelings I have a voice I am a whisper I have a memory I have hope I have a fantasy I have a dream I am a whisper I give freedom I will not judge I will not control I will not hurt I am a whisper I don't believe you Why must I listen? Why do you want my mind? Why do you want control? I am a whisper I see what happens I know who is suppressed I know you are buying time for yourself I know you need to fool me I am a whisper I am in your way I am an impediment I am a risk I am to be mitigated I am a whisper It needs to be shouted It needs to be aggressive It needs to shock It needs to awaken I am a whisper I see the fear tactics I see the power I see the judgements I see the ridicule I am a whisper I know you are a liar I know you are evil I know you will **** I know you will destroy I am a whisper I know these things What can I do? I can only write I can only feel the anger I am a whisper "Who is lying?" They are "Who would **** They would "Who would send your child off to war?" They would "Who are they?" The one's who want your vote I am a whisper "What about your children?" There is still time "What about my children?" There is still time I am a whisper Would a man **** for God? What do you think? Would a man **** for his flag? What do you think? Would a man **** for his party? What do you think? Would a man **** who has been fooled? What do you think? Would a man let you die in his place? What do you think? I am a whisper "Why do you whisper?" I'm not "You say you are" Can anyone hear me? "I can" Can anyone else? "No" I am a whisper "Why won't you shout? " I am afraid Afraid of what? Of losing my job Of losing my children Of losing my life I am a whisper "Who are you afraid of?" A person A book True believers Non-believers The enemies are all around I am a whisper "Why are they enemies?" They do not want me They want me to be them They want my mind They want my actions They want my life I am a whisper So I work So I pray So I smile So I agree So I submit So I bend So I die I am a whisper Is existence on the other side of a laugh? Is existence in the void of silence? Is existence in the breath of a whisper? Is existence in the quiet of God's spirit? I am a whisper When God is silent Even a whisper can be too loud Silence is the empty room No color No artifact No sound I am a whisper Listen to the whisper Then listen to God Then you will know Because you dared to speak You forgot to think I am a whisper Blessed are the peacemakers Did you remember this? Let he who has not sinned cast the first stone Did you remember this? Turn the other cheek Did you remember this? Love thy neighbor Did you remember this? Judge not lest you be judged Did you remember this? I am a whisper Copyright 2010. All Rights Reserved. Mark Lecuona
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If i could, I would, Carefully take you apart, And put you back together, Piece, by fragile piece, And i would not cease, Until the job was done. Until the sun once again, shone from those lost, wondering eyes, Until the cries that had chained you down, Had been removed from the ground. And if i could, i would, Take my tools And attentively drill out Your insecurities, All those flaws, you believe to be Impurities And ***** in self acceptance so tight, So that never again at night, Would you be reluctant, to hold yourself, As you sparkle in the moonlight. And if i could, i would, Clamp together, Your hopes and dreams, Your self belief, And tie them together at the seams With double knots, So that you never forgot, how Capable you are. I'd take each glittering star, and plant them in the pupils of your eyes, So that each time you cry You'd be reminded of the beauty inside, Of you. And if i could, i would, Paint over your frame work, And tentatively cover up those scars, So you'd never again see the hurt, And never doubt Just how perfectly imperfect you are. And if i could, i would, Saw away your sorrows So when you thought of your tomorrows, You weren't filled with dread, You were filled with joy and hope And optimism instead, So that before you went to bed, You were not filled with self defeating thoughts, Ruminating inside, that pretty little head. And if i could, i would, Weld securely into place, A genuinely happy smile, Across your dainty face, And a hand in yours, So you'd never have to brace Anything alone. And if i could, i would, Disassemble your malfunctioning thought processes And rewire them back together again, With a spanner, in the manner, That meant you were not Classed as insane. I'd unfold and rearrange, The chemical imbalances Within your brain So that the years of disdain, And self blame, Where a thing of the past, I'd put you back together, In a way, that showed you, You were meant to last. And if i could, i would, Attach wings to your spine, So there'd never be a time, That you'd stumble and fall You'd stand tall. And if i could, i would, Take the lonely shadows of your heart, Rip them apart And blaze them, In a light so bright It'd never die out, You would never again doubt All that you are, And all that you can be. And if i could, i would, I'd set you free.
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Jan 9, 2015
Jan 9, 2015 at 11:44 AM UTC
Toolbox and tactics for the mentally ill
If i could, I would, Carefully take you apart, And put you back together, Piece, by fragile piece, And i would not cease, Until the job was done. Until the sun once again, shone from those lost, wondering eyes, Until the cries that had chained you down, Had been removed from the ground. And if i could, i would, Take my tools And attentively drill out Your insecurities, All those flaws, you believe to be Impurities And ***** in self acceptance so tight, So that never again at night, Would you be reluctant, to hold yourself, As you sparkle in the moonlight. And if i could, i would, Clamp together, Your hopes and dreams, Your self belief, And tie them together at the seams With double knots, So that you never forgot, how Capable you are. I'd take each glittering star, and plant them in the pupils of your eyes, So that each time you cry You'd be reminded of the beauty inside, Of you. And if i could, i would, Paint over your frame work, And tentatively cover up those scars, So you'd never again see the hurt, And never doubt Just how perfectly imperfect you are. And if i could, i would, Saw away your sorrows So when you thought of your tomorrows, You weren't filled with dread, You were filled with joy and hope And optimism instead, So that before you went to bed, You were not filled with self defeating thoughts, Ruminating inside, that pretty little head. And if i could, i would, Weld securely into place, A genuinely happy smile, Across your dainty face, And a hand in yours, So you'd never have to brace Anything alone. And if i could, i would, Disassemble your malfunctioning thought processes And rewire them back together again, With a spanner, in the manner, That meant you were not Classed as insane. I'd unfold and rearrange, The chemical imbalances Within your brain So that the years of disdain, And self blame, Where a thing of the past, I'd put you back together, In a way, that showed you, You were meant to last. And if i could, i would, Attach wings to your spine, So there'd never be a time, That you'd stumble and fall You'd stand tall. And if i could, i would, Take the lonely shadows of your heart, Rip them apart And blaze them, In a light so bright It'd never die out, You would never again doubt All that you are, And all that you can be. And if i could, i would, I'd set you free.
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For all the time I've know you You've worn a mask upon your face It appeared beautiful, perfect, and friendly But now I realize that wasn't the case For hiding underneath that mask Was a soldier bent on destruction Posing as a comrade fighting for good But following the other side's instruction You wormed your way into our ranks And we accepted you as one of our own But all of us were unaware Your true intentions had not yet been shown When an opportunity presented itself You struck without any hesitation Our troops started dropping left and right Without any sign of infiltration You knew you only had so long though Before your actions got you caught So you moved to abolish your final target A tougher task than you had thought That night, when you attacked me You allowed your mask to fall And as you fled, I caught a glance Of the real person beneath it all Well, "What doesn't **** you makes you stronger" And you make me tougher every day Which is why no matter what you do I refuse to let you stand in my way I learned some valuable lessons About how you fight this war And now those same old boring tactics Won't work here any more So thank you for the knife That you embedded in my back For you just gave me the tool I need To defend against any future attack.
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Oct 23, 2014
Oct 23, 2014 at 4:42 AM UTC
Betrayal
~ i am a preamble, seeking to evolve ~ ~ my every emotion, thought and deed, cascades, consequence ~ ~ your every touch forever impacts, in cascading consequence ~ ~ we are all sacred, equal in our worth, may we each, behave so ~ ~ paradoxically ~ ~ our security is rooted in our acceptance, of insecurity ~ ~ our cyclical attractions, and repulsions ~ ~ are the forces which bind us ~ ~ while i don’t understand all the motivations ~ ~ or all the machinations ~ ~ of the forces applied, to divide, conquer and control ~ ~ i deem they are parasitic, and thus ~ ~ reliant upon our cooperation, to survive ~ ~ when i haven’t worked myself out in perfect coherence ~ ~ i’m in no position to pass judgments upon any other ~ ~ in absence of fraud, deception or manipulation ~ ~ embracing sovereignty and free will ~ ~ i vow ~ ~ to wage peace, cooperation, creativity and love ~ ~ to seize opportunity to nurture ~ ~ our garden planet ~ ~ as a humbled gardener ~ ~ there is no spoon ~ ~ it was only an illusion ~ ~ there are no sheep ~ ~ just tactics to divide, and distract ~ ~ we are only ~ ~ children and parents ~ ~ friends and lovers ~ ~ sisters and brothers ~ ~ cosmic conscious explorers ~ ~ shaping our reality ~ ~ nurturing OUR Garden ~ ~ namaste ~
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Nov 13, 2010
Nov 13, 2010 at 2:15 PM UTC
~ declaration, of interdependence ~
I'm a Kool g rockin' coogis poppin' coochies Haters get murked like Colhese my rap lease Debutin' numero uno the heavy weight sumo   Born on Jupiter raised on Earth my heart's colder than Pluto Mic judo flows stickin' of ya corticals Check me in the articles I be the broken particle Of the universal ya need rehearsal **** goin' commerical I lay raps like a hearse flow for rappers funeral I a criminal none keep gats by the abdominal rhymin' phenomenal the mighty Apollo Blazin' my cocoa flippin' crime like Bardellino One luv to my nino got it locked like a Vegas casino We checkin' ya dough at the front door so stop ya show Fronting and stunting once my nines get the hunting Bullets spikin' like kickers punting raw taunting Game hungriest similiar to the lochness Mon-star far from subpar rhymes ride bizzare A pharcyde takin' ya into a spiritual homicide converged to the angelic hide Still a crime shame all of 'em say the same Thing flexin' diamonds on they pinky rings yet another sad soul that sings sub siblings To the underworld debators contract initiator so you can create a Pace between the stage and the audience face **** that rather keep a gat tucked in the front or the back With wisdom to rack Imagine that fools breakin' for stats? see where my heart at? Diggin' reachin' into the minds of the youth with the brutal truths Chippin' my tooth From killin' booths once I plot ya will ya loose bringin' the ghetto blues and cruising ***** Still a sober jealous God am I call me Jehovah Tactics of a Cobra one strike it's over Venomous ridiculous hataz so conspicuous Hatin' us only to anger my artillery surplus and who bust? More rounds than Matt Dillion coatin' ya brains With my lyrical penicillin stealin' Back the spotlight Catch the bright sunshine that stares into my mind A Pharoah prophecy laid in the back of me Head til I touch my final resting bed I'll embed The realist **** ya ever heard shooting a bird To all my enemies I blast at 'em with as the bullets herd
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Aug 29, 2018
Aug 29, 2018 at 12:40 PM UTC
Crime Shame Fools Act the Same
I'm a Kool g rockin' coogis poppin' coochies Haters get murked like Colhese my rap lease Debutin' numero uno the heavy weight sumo   Born on Jupiter raised on Earth my heart's colder than Pluto Mic judo flows stickin' of ya corticals Check me in the articles I be the broken particle Of the universal ya need rehearsal **** goin' commerical I lay raps like a hearse flow for rappers funeral I a criminal none keep gats by the abdominal rhymin' phenomenal the mighty Apollo Blazin' my cocoa flippin' crime like Bardellino One luv to my nino got it locked like a Vegas casino We checkin' ya dough at the front door so stop ya show Fronting and stunting once my nines get the hunting Bullets spikin' like kickers punting raw taunting Game hungriest similiar to the lochness Mon-star far from subpar rhymes ride bizzare A pharcyde takin' ya into a spiritual homicide converged to the angelic hide Still a crime shame all of 'em say the same Thing flexin' diamonds on they pinky rings yet another sad soul that sings sub siblings To the underworld debators contract initiator so you can create a Pace between the stage and the audience face **** that rather keep a gat tucked in the front or the back With wisdom to rack Imagine that fools breakin' for stats? see where my heart at? Diggin' reachin' into the minds of the youth with the brutal truths Chippin' my tooth From killin' booths once I plot ya will ya loose bringin' the ghetto blues and cruising ***** Still a sober jealous God am I call me Jehovah Tactics of a Cobra one strike it's over Venomous ridiculous hataz so conspicuous Hatin' us only to anger my artillery surplus and who bust? More rounds than Matt Dillion coatin' ya brains With my lyrical penicillin stealin' Back the spotlight Catch the bright sunshine that stares into my mind A Pharoah prophecy laid in the back of me Head til I touch my final resting bed I'll embed The realist **** ya ever heard shooting a bird To all my enemies I blast at 'em with as the bullets herd
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They say that just because someone doesn't show affection in the same way you do doesn't mean that they don't care or love you. I believe it. We can't all be silent lovers, we can't all be screaming it from rooftops either. I understand it. We're all different people, with differing tactics and ideas of what it means to love and care. But **** if I don't know any better way to love than to tell someone what they mean to me, to always kiss before I leave and kiss hard, nothing soft and forgetable. I don't know anything better than drunk calls confessing how much I like you, or loud laughs at your stupid puns. I don't see love in quiet embraces and glances and iridescent, see-through compliments. I don't see it in tolerance. I don't see love in those things. I see it in 2 am talks when you're tired but hell, maybe I like you more when you're half-asleep in my bed. I see it in scratch marks down my back and hands grabbing at my hips. I see it in consistent, small efforts. What you do every day says a lot more than what you do every once in awhile to me. I see it in the little reminders and notions that I'm on your mind, that I'm someone in your tangled, messy brain. I need something tangible. I can't love someone with my lips closed unless they're closed by yours in a kiss. I can't love anyone who can't shout it back to me. I can't feel for someone who only feels my skin with his finger tips, and can't make me feel any other way. I can't do that kind of love. So, everyone shows affection differently. I'll paint it in the sky for you, shout it from rooftops and proclaim it for everyone to hear. I'll write you and kiss you in the rain and make you breakfast and whisper "I love you" when we watch movies and tickle your feet and admire you naked and press you against a wall. I'll tell you you're beautiful. I'll love you with all I have. If anyone out there loves with all they have, then maybe we could disregard what they say, that everyone shows affection differently, and show it how we know best- Loudly, openly, compulsively, whole-heartedly.
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Dec 31, 2013
Dec 31, 2013 at 1:22 AM UTC
Affection
They say that just because someone doesn't show affection in the same way you do doesn't mean that they don't care or love you. I believe it. We can't all be silent lovers, we can't all be screaming it from rooftops either. I understand it. We're all different people, with differing tactics and ideas of what it means to love and care. But **** if I don't know any better way to love than to tell someone what they mean to me, to always kiss before I leave and kiss hard, nothing soft and forgetable. I don't know anything better than drunk calls confessing how much I like you, or loud laughs at your stupid puns. I don't see love in quiet embraces and glances and iridescent, see-through compliments. I don't see it in tolerance. I don't see love in those things. I see it in 2 am talks when you're tired but hell, maybe I like you more when you're half-asleep in my bed. I see it in scratch marks down my back and hands grabbing at my hips. I see it in consistent, small efforts. What you do every day says a lot more than what you do every once in awhile to me. I see it in the little reminders and notions that I'm on your mind, that I'm someone in your tangled, messy brain. I need something tangible. I can't love someone with my lips closed unless they're closed by yours in a kiss. I can't love anyone who can't shout it back to me. I can't feel for someone who only feels my skin with his finger tips, and can't make me feel any other way. I can't do that kind of love. So, everyone shows affection differently. I'll paint it in the sky for you, shout it from rooftops and proclaim it for everyone to hear. I'll write you and kiss you in the rain and make you breakfast and whisper "I love you" when we watch movies and tickle your feet and admire you naked and press you against a wall. I'll tell you you're beautiful. I'll love you with all I have. If anyone out there loves with all they have, then maybe we could disregard what they say, that everyone shows affection differently, and show it how we know best- Loudly, openly, compulsively, whole-heartedly.
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Someone’s got it in for me Cause I’m not symmetrical Tried to tell them what I think Cause what it is I’ll never know Spotlight makes my skin crawl Just like their flawless tactics Never meant anyone harm, but Chemicals unwrapped my lips of plastic What a strange sensation When the devil really makes you do it What am I paying for I swear, the devil made me do it Someone’s got it in for me Cause I’m not balanced Tried to tell them what I think Amid shredded calendars Wish my heart had a radar So maybe I could make them see If faced with such evidence What would you think if you were me To top off the weird union Was a glimpse of a picture You bet your life he showed you off As a conquered freak in the tincture Spent years crawling under rocks Paranoid and spastic Then one horrid night Chemicals unwrapped my lips of plastic What a strange sensation When the devil really makes you do it What am I paying for I swear, the devil made me do it I went out of my body Then I went out of my mind
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Sep 19, 2012
Sep 19, 2012 at 4:50 PM UTC
Surgery
When a loved one leaves our earthly plain, They may not make it back again, But clever tactics have been learned, To show us we have not been spurned, They drop a feather in our path, It flutters down, though not by draft, And judging by their pretty colour, They don't belong, they're sent from others, I always pick my feathers up, They fill my heart with lots of love, Proves those who've passed, are still around, These gifted feathers on the ground.
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Apr 7, 2014
Apr 7, 2014 at 6:41 PM UTC
Feathers from heaven