Back Against The Wall Poems - Poems about Back Against The Wall

Here’s what I should have done

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I should have heard all the indications that the level of danger was low; no shots fired, no weapons, no anger or injuries, and no screaming, just a possible exchange of counterfeit currency.

I ...

The world doesn't want me

...The world doesn’t want me—
I feel it in the spaces between words,
in the rooms that fall silent when I enter,
in the way their eyes cut through me, sharp and indifferent.
I exist like an echo no ...

Ghetto Pitbull

...I walk a lonely road as a ghetto pitbull/
With pride and honor, I'll always have a fistfull/
I don't take no bull from anyone or any spirit/
I never had no one to feed me, I eat off the land/
Bac...

Doing Time

...Doing Time is not easy but it's something that I gotta do/
Survival of the fittest so this how I gotta move/
I'm not the strongest so I got a lot to lose/
Pound for pound round for round I got a l...

Jack Frosdt and the Ice Queen

...It freezes
	my breath back against my face
		     back against the wall;
stiff as cardboard
	like frozen washing dragging on the line
		     my skin ignores my bones;
icy slush
	slithers round...

Sinking Ships In Lost Metaphors

...Redefining what you think is courtesy 
This sinking ship we've found
Remains the perfect metaphor 
In all the worst ways 

You're already in my head
You're the antithesis of life advice I give ...

Back Against the Wall

...I hide behind the walls that I built 
Made from failure and pride 
And sorrow 
And guilt 

Just leave your name and number 
On the back of my wall
And when I climb over
I’ll give ‘ya a call
...

Fellowships

...I’ve only been at my fellowship gig a week, but It’s official, I’m a candy-striper. Sort of, I wear a blue vest, not the old, red-striped dress, but it’s the same job. I shadow my surgeon (Rebecca) m...

Mama Told Me

...Mama told my first role was to reflect my beauty
Not covering it up
It’s my role to stand pretty and not show sad emotions 
And whenever I mis-step or stoop to low
I just say “Thank you kind sir”...

Delight

...Sorry if I offend
With the words I bend
I wont pretend
To be bothered by your hate
Not my fate
Go ahead and walk right on by ....I won't cry.....
Though I cant denie
Thoughts in my head 
Fill...

Dead Man's Hand

...Facing life the best I can , standing tall
Got my back against the wall
But here I stand
Holding the dead man's hand
Dancing to the devils band
Six guns blazing 
Bullets grazing
Maybe my last ...

The Pepperman and the Quantum Dot Program

...I OPENED A DOOR TO THE QUANTUM DOT WORLD 
OF INORGANIC ORGANIC MATERIALS.
ALSO KNOWN AS SYNTHETIC BEINGS. PART HUMAN 
PART MACHINE. ONE MIGHT EVEN SAY CYBORG.

CONTROLLED BY FREQUENCIES RADIATIN...

Twin

...Questions
All of these questions
Said with a smile
a pat on the back
While lying besides 
It's bright light
And stress 
Stress

I'm fighting for my freedom
Back against the wall 
Stutterin...

Back Against the Wall

...a figment of my imagination
trapped in a cage of my own making

forging a path
through the cobwebs of my mind

drowning in the clutter of neglect
impaled by the bitterness of the unknown

I ...

Echoes of Fear

...ECHOES OF FEAR
Dreams of greatness awakens you
waking up from the old wooden chair
seeing a future, brighter than light
present situations bring you to a reality
a reality that discourages your ...

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