Add It Up

one beat break
is all it takes
two heart beats prone to mistakes
three days no sure sleep
no wonder we both got shakes
so back and forth is the games 
when you're in this deep
so gimme the fifth
when she portraying the sixth
of the deadliest sins
in a seven eleven
since i was twelve 
feels like years 
is what ive bin skipping
what you get out
Is what you pitch in
taught us well 
but the head of the class 
Is whats bin missing
and we've spent eight years
Stuck inside defeat
and if its four more years a slave
im tryna clear it in a week
head to greener pastures
somewhere styling with my chin
in line with mountain peaks
climbing so one day the two other persona eyes
see me and not each leap
from year to year 
while you was asleep
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artlyy Avatar
September 15, 2026 at 6:32 AM
I've really been enjoying your poem and the emotions and imagery were so vivid that i could easily picture them as beautiful illustration. I'm a commission-based manga/webtoon artist, and I'd love to help bring your story to life if you're ever interested. Feel free to reach out at gm@il : akiracomicart2@ or on inst@ akiraa_artly
Agustin Avatar
March 8, 2024 at 3:58 AM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
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