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Jan 2016 · 287
black dress
ZL Jan 2016
sometimes I imagine myself
in a gold casket
pretty as ever
dressed in black
eternally sleep
from a heart attack.
Jan 2016 · 213
Bloody love
ZL Jan 2016
Looks in mirror with eyes closed...

Love is not real.
Love is not real.
Love is not real!

Opens eyes slowly
******.

Why do I still feel?
Jan 2016 · 1.5k
mama
ZL Jan 2016
the sadness of her eyes
have become my sunshine

the loneliness is her voice
is a visit I welcome by choice

I can not offer her much,
besides my love and my time...

hoping it is enough to ease her weary *mind.
Jan 2016 · 271
relax
ZL Jan 2016
he told me to relax
and he spread my legs
and caressed my back.

he said chill
as he tasted my *******
and copped a feel.

with time it was over,
only then was relaxation real.
Jan 2016 · 1.1k
2015
ZL Jan 2016
2015 left me with some good advice...

life is not nice
life is not fair
life does not care
life does not share
life does not love
life is a ***** and she's tough!!!

I just pray 2016 has mercy on me,*

because I've had *enough
Dec 2015 · 490
lonley tree
ZL Dec 2015
I was born wild
looked after by one burdened cloud.

I grew alone,
strangers always came to vandalize my home.

The others died,
in a ****** open field they left me.

I am a bound tree.
Dying to be uprooted,

Waiting to be free
expectation has become my misery.

Day by day I decay,
I can't continue life this way.
Dec 2015 · 380
midnight madame
ZL Dec 2015
dark hair
dark eyes
dark skin

darkness within.

dark personality
dark humor
dark smile

dwell with me in darkness
for a longer while.


dark love
dark ***
dark heart

you said I was your light
and I can't see how,
when I was born BLACK!

*dark from the very start.
Dec 2015 · 458
undercovers
ZL Dec 2015
I didn't ask to be born into this world
there's too much pressure
being someones babygirl.

Delicate, with dignity
I once was
but I turn into a freak
as dawn transforms into dusk.

At night,
I close my wide eyes
and darkness consumes me entirely
no more light.

I defeat God's will,
there is no more fight
no more worries,
little to no care.

Atlas I transform

until a mothers worse
*nightmare
Dec 2015 · 649
love land
ZL Dec 2015
In the land of love
I will be your angel
and you could be my dove....

In another lifetime
I could be yours and
you would be mine....

If Earth became Heaven
we would get married
woman and man....

*Too bad it does not exist,
only lust and temptation
that I sometimes find hard to resist....
Dec 2015 · 323
no more sheets
ZL Dec 2015
Without love I'd die
even when it's bad
even when it makes me cry.

Without ***
I feel undesirable
my body seems useless.

This way of living has caused
my heart, soul, and spirit much pain.
Yet, love is never lost,

*only shame is gained.
Dec 2015 · 452
wheres the love?
ZL Dec 2015
I attach myself
to multiple hearts,

searching for my soul
through their many parts,

*** is a like completing that puzzle
only to realize, a piece was missing
from the very start.
Dec 2015 · 569
Love them all
ZL Dec 2015
I love you
and you too.

I need pink hearts
to color over my blue.

I love you,
and I love you them too...

I need you all,
I simply will not choose.
Spread the love
ZL Dec 2015
Dear God,
and stupid cupid
will you ever send me
someone that I love can back?

The boys hand me their hearts
and I hand it back,
later their bodies are found
from an apparent heart attack.
Dec 2015 · 299
yesterday
ZL Dec 2015
Don't listen to a word I say
because my feelings change day to day

Like when I want you to leave
but I really need you to stay....
Dec 2015 · 494
Pinocchio
ZL Dec 2015
I fell in love
with the way
another girl made me feel.
but I didn't want
a boy Pinocchio
I wanted a man,
something real.
Dec 2015 · 390
girls and boys
ZL Dec 2015
bright and beautiful, I expected butterflies
when we kissed.

No, just a vision of hairy caterpillars
rough and ugly,
but it was their form, that I missed.
Dec 2015 · 249
rock paper scissors
ZL Dec 2015
I kissed a girl.
and it was something I did not enjoy.
It felt off,
like playing with my brothers toy....
because I was a girl,
and she was no boy.
Dec 2015 · 201
purge
ZL Dec 2015
I wish I could purge my flesh
from all ungodliness.

leaving no sign of life,
death is a mess.
Dec 2015 · 378
detox
ZL Dec 2015
I've defiled my body
and my bed.
handcuffed my heart.
seduced my head.

I've commited acts
that have tainted me internally
but I clean up nice
my dirt you don't see.


I don't want this addiction any more
stopping is tough,
Detox, I must!!!
Ive had enough.
Dec 2015 · 258
bad girl
ZL Dec 2015
I've danced with the devil for far too long.
ive learned the lyrics to all his songs.
meanwhile my desire for good has gone.
and my debt to Jesus has grown.
How could I be so foolish?
Why must I be so wrong?
ZL Dec 2015
Do not cry
                  when I die.

Truth is I have been dead
the only life left was in my head

my heart tapped out a long time ago,
this world was not for me,  I had to go

Love, Life, and Happiness
is something I would never know

that black broken hearted baby from the ghetto
                     never could *grow
Dec 2015 · 944
numbness
ZL Dec 2015
sometimes......................
I take one too
many
pills

because I don't want to think.

I don't need to feel.
Nov 2015 · 841
he ill in (healing)
ZL Nov 2015
Rain are my tears
so many prayers
for so many years
Heavens water capacity
overfilled,
God sends them to me,
as a reminder and gift
in hopes that I heal.
Nov 2015 · 504
I hope like hell
ZL Nov 2015
That Heaven is for real
Nov 2015 · 256
stormy weather
ZL Nov 2015
I always fear you will one day die
little black bird unable to fly
paralyzed tears, unable to cry
so Instead I lie.
Because I know
you will return
maybe you got lost in the wind
fear has always been my sin.
Nov 2015 · 342
rain down on me
ZL Nov 2015
If only the rain
could cleanse
my pain.

Wash away
the tears from
my face and heart.

The bruises
and blood
that stained me from the start.
Nov 2015 · 221
bastard children
ZL Nov 2015
We were nothing more than two young black
*******. Old in soul, too soon we became grown. Belonging to nothing or no one.
Together and alone...

We talked of marriage,
but I questioned my ability to be a
A committed lover.
I could never see the wife in me,
and I could not be his *mother


Unsteady and troubled,
I needed stability and security
he was in over his head,
the young boy,
couldn't be my *daddy
Nov 2015 · 604
sen sual
ZL Nov 2015
I want to taste your soul
lick your intellect
smell your innocence

I pledge this allegiance
to make you beg for deliverance

pleasure inch by inch
sizzling with ecstasy
and deliciously drenched.
Nov 2015 · 271
self love
ZL Nov 2015
Sometimes I escape to a magical place.
A mirror of myself, a beautiful face
A high like a drug that has been laced
sensation out of this world,
into deeper space.
My eyes water as my heart pace.
A sigh of relief,
as my mind tells my body
"you're okay ...
I laugh and admit,
*I am a great lay!
Nov 2015 · 207
life & death
ZL Nov 2015
I want to drift far away
into an endless day.

escape tomorrow
and all its sorrow.

but instead i stay here
because death too,

is something i fear.
Nov 2015 · 1.5k
evolve
ZL Nov 2015
I invited this war,
was prepared from the start.
My mind turned grey,
steel became my heart.
I grew into
a cold piece of work,
a robot.
And even my warm human blood
could not make it stop.
Nov 2015 · 458
genetics
ZL Nov 2015
mothers say it kills them
when a child dies before them.

well....

my mothers' depressed,
and I can't seem to *help.
Nov 2015 · 350
in the womb
ZL Nov 2015
I've had the chance to be a mother
but, I passed.

Instead I gave birth to an emotion,
and named her sad.
Nov 2015 · 789
i hate love
ZL Nov 2015
Satan or cupid must hate me
they blind every lover that I see
beautiful eyes never notice me..

days and nights I remain lonely
I grow tired of trying
sleeves wet from crying..

accepting the fact that no one is mines

and may never be....
*yes, love hates me
Nov 2015 · 244
window shopper
ZL Nov 2015
they claim to want me,
but loneliness is all I see.

the last kitten in the box,
sad and afraid of getting picked last.

they admire me from the store glass,
still not chosen as tears fill in my eyes.
Nov 2015 · 594
good bye
ZL Nov 2015
woman: I'm tired

man: of what?

woman: loving you.
Nov 2015 · 381
love is you
ZL Nov 2015
I don't deserve you
this is true.
I change too often
every day I'm someone new.
But you still stick with me,
like Elmer's glue.
I remember making a wish,
and before I blew,
a white dove flew...
I closed my eyes and cried
because at the moment I knew...

that our friendship had grew...

and

I was in love with *you
Nov 2015 · 275
heart breaker
ZL Nov 2015
I've hurt you too many times before
I grow anxious waiting by the door
knowing one day you won't return
it kills me, worse than this cigarettes' burn
butterflies in my chest toss and turn
my mind asks my heart when will you learn?
You said you were alright, but
the pain I've caused you, I can discern...
Nov 2015 · 237
breakup
ZL Nov 2015
Love told me,
"I never did like you"

Embarrassed and heartbroken,

I yelled,
"Well, I'm starting to
hate your *** too!"
Nov 2015 · 801
drugz
ZL Nov 2015
you said you weren't greedy,
but you had your cake,
and ate it too.

You said I was a mystery,
it was a lie,
all alone you knew.

I was addicted to love,
and over time your power grew,
then, vulnerable I became to you.
Nov 2015 · 750
lure
ZL Nov 2015
like a dog chasing her tale,
since I've known you,
you've been under my spell.

like a child,
time did tell,
I grew to know you very well.

Then one day,
I grew clumsy and fell into your thrill
and you left me codependent and unable to feel.
Nov 2015 · 1.7k
cupcake
ZL Nov 2015
body sweeter than chocolate
I grew tired,
but I could not stop it.

body softer than butter
I've had many,
but you're a special kind of lover.

moist and hot
working your way to the middle,
to taste the spot.
Nov 2015 · 319
savoir
ZL Nov 2015
the more he saves me
      with his help
the more I feel
          indebted.
Nov 2015 · 470
humanitarian
ZL Nov 2015
Enough of the romance,
lets get back
to the bigger picture at hand.
Nov 2015 · 278
preach
ZL Nov 2015
I think
we are all
God's
test dummies,
here for his testimonies only.
Nov 2015 · 1.1k
million man march
ZL Nov 2015
I was so afraid,
my whole life passed by
like the million man parade.
Nov 2015 · 596
con artist
ZL Nov 2015
protecting myself became a art
my canvas was a blank heart
pure and innocent at first
but my gift became my blessing and curse
I became an abuser,
a user
I was the biggest loser!
because I too
caused harm
with superficial charm
and leading many men on.
Nov 2015 · 2.7k
mr. postman
ZL Nov 2015
I played a silly game with you
and you grew tired and quit.

Guess you never got the mixed messages
I sent.
Nov 2015 · 2.0k
freak like me
ZL Nov 2015
Goosebumps in the shower
visions of making love for hours
the heat makes my lonely bones weak
the steam chokes me, unable to speak
just as I begin to unleash my inner freak
I heard the bathroom door creep
behold it was you
ready for a sneak peek...
Nov 2015 · 1.1k
in see cure
ZL Nov 2015
I thought I was brave
I was not.
I was afraid,
to touch you,
to look into your dangerous eyes,
to call you mine.
Afraid you would see through my lies,
of getting my heart ripped apart.
I was insecure from the very start,
because I am just a diposable toy
to someone like you, a bad boy.
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