ALL OF WHERE WE'VE BEENAs we journey through the many, of ife's different phases;
Not yet knowing what one day will be,
...
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Categories:
addiction, 1st grade, 9th grade,
Form: Rhyme
I Let **** In: The Secret That Almost Destroyed Me- Part 02I let lust lead.
So when I speak on this,
I’m not guessing.
I’m not judging.
I know what it does.
It rips your heart.
Messes up your mind.
Twists how you see people
how you see yourself.
It cages you.
Makes you smile in public
but cry in secret.
Makes you feel too dirty for grace.
Too broken for mercy.
Too far for forgiveness.
And the worst part?
It makes...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, america, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
I Let **** In: The Secret That Almost Destroyed Me - Part 01The day I let *********** in...
I didn’t even know what I was letting in.
I was just a curious boy 11, maybe 12
scrolling one evening.
One video.
One image.
One pop-up.
One “harmless” click.
Boom.
That was the beginning of the shadows.
They say curiosity killed the cat —
but they never said it could kill the conscience too.
It started small:
Late nights under blankets,
volume...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, america, anxiety,
Form: Free verse
Lust, A Dangerous Master -Part 02If you cannot overcome lust in the time of grace,
What makes you think you will stand in the days without it?
For the trumpet is close, the sky ready to split
And only the righteous shall be removed from the wrath to come.
Flee now while mercy still calls.
Run from the screen, the scene, the shadow, the scroll.
Run...
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Categories:
12th grade, addiction, conflict,
Form: Spoken Word
That's what I GetRight when i thought it was time to start (that's what I get)
Everything started falling apart (how could i forget?)
Broken heart
Finding out I was never a part...
As soon as I think I've found (that's what I get for thinking)
What I think is stable ground (how could i keep forgetting?)
I start to hear a familiar sound
My...
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Categories:
addiction, conflict, confusion, dark,
Form: Rhyme
The sinking shipI think I've found myself on the wrong side of love.
It's still love so it hurts to see it.
When I'm not with him,
I want to be.
When I am with him,
I want to run away.
I know I should have enough courage to just stay away,
And I know I shouldn't think I'll never have love...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, anger, break
Form: Free verse
SOON SHALL BE MINE ADORNING WIFE- ---There is a love, for which can't be explained;
I know that I have a need for her always;
I shall shower her with an arrangement of prayers;
Forward she's my adorned beloved darling dear;
She lives and breathes, Father has allowed such;
One day soon she shall be my adorning wife:
8/5/25
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr.2025©
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Categories:
addiction, appreciation, destiny, future,
Form: Rhyme
JUMPIN-ja understand ja ja ja ja ja ja eh eh e
b some slender
us b jum-pin
ain't it some slender
sum thing
us b juz jumbin
all those fellows
hand to be their in the air
praisin the muzic
i be able hardly listen to my heart beat
ahhh! tha muzic b so, so, so sweet
music to be jumpin
ja ja ja ja ja ja...
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Categories:
addiction, adventure, dance,
Form: Lyric
E B LIKE-~E B LIKE
E b like
No one cares
No one shares
Where is the love of man?
E B like
No one know the way
No one cares
Won’t even say, hey
But God’s love His grace is
God’s unmerited favor and love
Is more than man’s love?
His compassion and forgiveness
We deserve punishment
E B like
No one know the...
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Categories:
addiction, adventure, analogy, anxiety,
Form: Lyric
Why Should IWhy should I live my life according to the rules of man? Why should I continue this lie? Even if I advise you not to worry about your life, you might simply respond,
"Why should I?"
The soul of Jonathan was intertwined with the soul of David, and Jonathan loved him as his own. So, how...
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Categories:
addiction, america, appreciation, conflict,
Form: I do not know?
A Year Has PastNothing beats the summer breeze
The memories of the ones who leave
Lotus flowers smile at me
Saying this will pass, you’ll come to see
Walking in a forest with my shoes in my bag
Wishing I were leaving the town that I have
The year is almost over, and I’m still lying on the grass
The...
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Categories:
addiction, desire, goodbye, i
Form: Free verse
Games People PlaySoon the night will be coming
Neon lights will be humming
Las Vegas opens her eyes
The rich and their sifters
The dreamers and drifters
Will converge for the prize
Each night another born
Drawing cards till the morn
Nothing else will suffice
On a starry-eyed mission
Their misguided ambition
By the roll of the dice
Still, there's winners and losers
Tea-toters and boozers
For most...
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Categories:
addiction,
Form: Rhyme
Sleeping With a Plastic EnemyLooking back, it seems I've made a giant plastic nest.
Plastic cars -plastic totes- plastic toys
plastic guns- plastic utensils-plastic boats
plastic bags- plastic easter eggs-plastic remotes.
Plastic Jesus hanging from a plastic cross
a plastic grimace on his perfect plastic face.
I've fallen hard for plastics
so cheap and practical
no more slivers of glass in the soul
It's really God like
it's an...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction,
Form: Rhyme
A Man SnatcherShe takes what isn't hers like a burglar.
Her spouse wed his lover.
She shut her eyes and once more she lost him to that *witch*.
She views him as all-powerful.
Finally! She wears his ring.
Now it’s time to hold her tongue and demonstrate to the world that she...
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Categories:
abuse, addiction, anger,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Addiction Escape
[Verse]
Fear leaks out my pores
stinging as it rolls down
running on and on
I turn my head around
And I see
You’re still chasing me
So I run on
I run on
[Verse]
Dread crawls up my spine
claws reach down my throat
crushing me inside
until I choke
I try to hide
to turn aside
but I don’t
no I don’t
[Chorus]
I run away then back again
I can’t stay but...
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Categories:
addiction, dedication, feelings,
Form: Lyric
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