Home » Poems » Best » Jasmine Cameron » Best Jasmine Cameron Poems

Best Poems Written by Jasmine Cameron

Below are the all-time best Jasmine Cameron poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

Details | Jasmine Cameron Poem

19

I'm 19.
That may not mean much to you but it means everything to me.
It means I've already out lived most of my friends and family.
It means I'm smarter than most in my situation.
It means with out hesitation I've given myself the modes and the means
To get what I want and do what I need.
It means I have more hope than most to leave.
I'm not the concrete rose.
I'm the dandelion seed
Ready to leave, waiting on a Gail or a child to come blow me free
So I can land in a better place to take root and take lead.
I'm only 19.
But I've seen enough black on black crime and self-destructive hate
To ever forgive the streets
For turning me against the mirror image I see,
Or for blinding my brothers so that they could not see that they're killing their own
brothers sons of their own sisters and mothers
Or for tainting my sisters with hate, replacing they're hearts with that of a snake, and
leaving them with no self-esteem,covering there eyes so all they see is green
For pimping our children making them turn tricks for treats, closing their minds making
them think "you better start rapping, better get them feet tappin or pick up a ball if you
ever want to get from me get from me" turning them into dancing, singing fools instead of
the future educated black enterprising leaders they need to be
I'm only 19
And already I've been to far to many wakes too ever sleep
Seen far too many mothers grieve and cry
To ever permit myself pity
Seen far too many holes dug six feet deep for those who have falling around me to sit idly
by and wait for mine
the one assigned to me by some stray bullet or how ever death sees' fit to take me
I'm only 19
I've seen enough
I'm done

Details | Jasmine Cameron Poem

Fear

I don’t fear rage, wrath, or consequence
I travel on unbothered my failures and disappointments
I go on untouched by opinion
Living in my own dominion
I love the noise
The chaos
The earth braking intensity I’ve been blessed to see the world in
I don’t fear pain or injury whether it be emotional or physically
I fear no man, no malicious plan, no wicked destiny
I don’t even fear hate…in fact I love that too
I love it when they try and tear me down, after all haters need love too
I don’t fear my end, my demise
For every triumph and failure, every pat on the back and every slap in the face lets me
know I’m awake and living another day
No monster, lion, tiger, no bear, no demon, no devil, could ever cause me fear!
But I am not fearless…I am no heroine
My fear comes when the wind stops
When whispers can no longer be heard seeping throw thin walls
When the yelling, the yelps, and the laughter seems to cease
I fear somber silent days and nights filled with the living but lacking life.
I fear the day I cease to live while still living
Were I can offer no more to the chaos, the noise, the catastrophe that makes us all WANT
to move and breathe
I just fear the silence

Details | Jasmine Cameron Poem

Far From Grace

Ancient Goddess
Ghetto voodoo mystic
Creole blood flows like Styx
Hair napped up and twisted
She’s different; so beautiful
But just another statistic
Once so smart and wild
now just another young mother to another doomed child
Just another baby momma now
Who hasn’t seen her baby daddy in a while
Once straight laced and on her way now deterred by faith
She’s 17 but looks twice her age
So young with worry lines on her face
Feels the world on her back
So heavy it weighs
Her spine…
It cracks
It breaks

Details | Jasmine Cameron Poem

Rest In Peace (Both of Us)

So brokenhearted 
Lost of body and of mind
Since the numbness of love's wounds have faded 
I have begun to die
Oh dearly departed lover rest in peace the strength of your arms 
Around me 
Firmly 
Shielding me from the desert storms
And now you have begun to fade
Oh how hard it was to watch you grow weary and wan 
Now you
Just a body I try to grasp with demand
A body I once followed subordinately to its command
Has now gone on and dissipated like the mist of the land
Now a widow i stand
And inside i die

Details | Jasmine Cameron Poem

Too Far Gone

Too far gone
His minds so lifted
A soul so gifted ,but dragged beneath the ground
6 feet deep lies his intentions
He not doing much, just living
Not trying much ,but what he’s given
He doesn’t read and has no needs other than looking flying and gettin some b!&*^es
But with his momma is where he's living, with no ambition
this sits heavy on her heart
Single mom working so hard
do it all alone, all on her own
18 years all for a failure
18 years giving him what she was failed to her
for her son,
she lead a life marked with good intentions, but still missed the mark
She can't breathe at night thinking about her son, the black tar cancer marking her lungs
Out being a fool; slick by the tongue but dull by the brain
In her world the clouds are always low, theirs always rain
falling heavy on her conscience
The mother of a failure...feel her pain
Like a mother cradling a still born son
He’ll never grow; he'll never change
All her love in vain
Words of wisdom wasted on her bastard son
More like his father every day, soon he'll just run away
And honestly deep inside she cannot wait
She’s bitter
Cause she's fighting tooth and nail in a battle that's already won
The world vs. a mother
The world has her son

Details | Jasmine Cameron Poem

Another Unnamed

It sits in silence
On his lips a story best keep untold
In his heart locked away lies scripture
His conscience goes unknown
On his young face, a painting of trouble and struggle and pain
In his eyes...the devils cold disguised
He fights the demons beating on the house of his soul
He so young...but at the same time so old
Little boy so African and bold with no faith and a fleeting soul
As much as I try and save you
Deep down I know all I can do is pray for you
That you see the days of old
That these streets don't turn your young black heart completely cold