On scarred walls, memory torn apart,
Stones bleed the wear of harsh surrender,
Blood flows where echoes turn violent,
While disgrace suffocates all humankind.
Iron bites, the smell of lead commands,
Terrorist — the pain charged with disbelief,
In law’s name, peace is murdered outright,
Ashes speak, indifference is alliance.
Devouring colonialism, mask of innocence,
Justice bends beneath the shadow of pacts,
A martyr land, handed to its killers.
Behind every barricade, rage stands clear,
Survival refuses to become patience,
And souls ignite in the refusal of fate.
Categories:
barricade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Below zero temperature
wind howls at my cheek
I ponder braving the cold
No, I shan’t even take a peek
For it’s warm here by the fire
with you at my side
The hearth crackles and roars ~
barricades our shores
Categories:
barricade, fire, mystery, romantic,
Form: Rhyme
The world is a cave full of thorns
Categories:
barricade, anger, hate, imagery, life,
Form: Monoku
Barricade the hills against the sun.
It is coming,
to break down the doors of night
with a battary ram of fire and light.
It will break through the hills and towering trees
golden arrows ripping through the leaves
sending the panicked birds into the air.
It has come to kill the moon
to put an end to dreaming
to dry the dust
and banish the jewels scattered on the blades of grass.
Rise early.
Go the fields
and try to barricade the sky.
Try to barricade the sky.
Categories:
barricade, bird,
Form: I do not know?
I built my shrine ...
My brittle heart, sheltered to hide
Choked so often by trust's entangled vine
Strong stones, placed side-by-side ...
I raised each wall sound and tall for my castle keep
The parapets high, the foundations sure and deep
Yet ... it all crumbled to a heap ...
With but a single soft press of your lips ... to mine.
~ 3rd Place ~ in the "Writing Challenge 1, June 2019, Crumbling Rhyme" Poetry Contest, Dear Heart, Judge & Sponsor.
* This is a form called Crumbling Rhyme, created by the sponsor *
(Syllables = 4, 8, 10, 6, 12, 12, 8, 12, counted at HowManySyllables.com)
Categories:
barricade, analogy, kiss, love, metaphor,
Form: Rhyme
On the community blog
I met this spaniad
Hello
Hi! Was the reply I got
Her profile captivating
My desire sprouted
What a beauty you are
An unspeakable clusters of letters displayed on my screen
What do you mean?
Hoping it was a mistake
But after repetition
I realised the boundary
We understood not ourselves
How I hope for a new lingua tongue
My heart wept
I couldn't express my love
To the one my heart draws to
I was left angered
Why not a universal language for lovelove?
Poem written by me; Olorunsogo David
Categories:
barricade, confusion, funny, heart,
Form: Free verse
Barricade
The reason I build this impregnable wall not for comfort or safety
I’m just sick of it all
The lies so transparent tears all planned and staged
Turns this man of joy and benevolence into a caldron of rage
My thoughts you effect with such disregard spinning webs of lies
Like a spider with ease
At one time I saw you as so much more
But in truth you’re a social disease
Not caring who you hurt as you sate your worldly desire
Pushing buttons at random, silly girl you’re playing with fire
These words I write are merely a warning; it’s your choice to heed
And some good advice take
This barricade I’m now imposing, you may call it a wall,
But it’s simply for your sake
Categories:
barricade, girlfriend-boyfriend
Form: Prose Poetry
Obstruction of emotions
No one can see
This person i crawl into
Hidden inside, it is me
A mental paralysis
Locked behind something carefree
See a true emotion
Invisible is the key
A psychological blockage
Shutting everyone out i please
To feel the pain, unheard of
A midnight summer breeze
To barricade all sensations
Good and bad aside
I resort to secrets
Holding in these tears i cried
An obstruction of all emotions
No one dares to see
This person i crawl into
Hidden inside, it is me
Categories:
barricade, depression, health,
Form: Quintain (English)
each burdan that falls upon me i brush away
hoping like hell
that it will be diminished from my gaze
each burden that falls upon me builds up every time
i brush it away not being diminished
just moved out of sight
each burden that falls upon me
i want to run from
yet it still hovers above me
mesmerizing my mentality
each burden that falls upon me
makes it difficult for me to establish
the barricade that i lodge around me
so as to block away the burdans that impose me
each burdan that falls upon me taunts my mind
entangling throughout my body
causing pain to flow and flourish
outside my torso
till it destroys me
causing me to surrender
Categories:
barricade, angst, sad, teen, me,
Form: Blank verse
Only at the barricade
Shall our scores be settled
Only at the barricade
Shall they hearken to our cry
Only at the barricade
Shall our strength be more strengthened
Only at the barricade
Shall they be forced to shiver and quiver
Only at the barricade
Shall they handover our hangover
Only at the barricade
Shall the slaves look straight into the eyes of their masters
Only at the barricade
Shall their quest for dialogue be meaningful
Only at the barricade
Shall we be able to swim in freedom
Only at the barricade
Shall we take over and possess our possession.
Alayande Stephen Tolulope
31st,October, 2005
7.05pm
Categories:
barricade, inspirational, passion, people,
Form: I do not know?