My faith tells me I will see you again
Though every step forward leaves you behind
You are finally free of heartbreak and pain
But I measure mine in everything I find
I must abandon you, to keep the comfort of my grief
On the road ahead, I will greet my ghosts
Keep watching over me, such is our belief
Although you are far away, please keep me close
Following a summit with President Xi Jinping in Beijing, President Trump declined to explicitly state if U.S. troops would defend Taiwan, telling reporters that he wants both Taiwan and China to "cool it a little bit" and questioning the necessity of fighting a war 9,500 miles away. A proposed $14 billion US arms package for Taiwan remains on hold.
Wheeler-dealer Donald Trump
All's for sale, what a champ
Friends are change worth a dime
He don't care, piece of slime
Sell Taiwan, Iran, Ukraine
Send no arms gets people slain
Talks are cheap, deceitful talks
Promise something and then walks
China suddenly a friend
Pile of contracts to no end
Mr. Pres, you lose your face
Every move is a disgrace
May 16, 2026
The vestiges of slavery methodically remain.
Blacks are being killed in broad daylight daily.
Blacks are discriminating against systematically.
Systemic racism is a cancer with a behemothic pain.
The symbols of slavery refuse to evanesce like
A shameful cloud lazily hovering over our head.
There is too much hypocrisy around the sad bed,
And too many racist tail-waggers are ready to attack.
Too many unwell uncle toms are not emancipated.
This is still a highly peculiar world. People don't mean
What they mean and many impostors can't be trusted.
The struggle must continue. Fights are never clean.
Backstabbing is prevalent. The injustice is unbearable.
Life is precious and priceless and yet hope is inevitable.
Copyright © June 2020, Hébert Logerie, all rights reserved.
Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.
your hurt, my hurt
they echo one another~
betrayal spares
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The serpent hissed,
on the first day of school,
looking around to find a group to poison
a group to fool.
It's slitted eyes wandered around
searching and searching.
at last the serpent found,
the fools laughing and smiling.
The serpent went,
its black heart beating with eagerness
the smell of innocence. it was addicting.
The fools invited the serpent with open arms
unknowing of the doom that awaited.
Thus, the damage begun,
gossip spread like wildfire
'did you hear? the fools did... how ridiculous!'
The serpent drank it all in. like ambrosia
The fools had been fooled.
The serpent went home, delighted by the turns of event.
It was night,when the fools came
painted red with revenge
for the first time ever, the serpent felt...scared
the serpent backed away, all while hissing
The fools smiles turned haunting
The serpent went missing
and the fools waited,
for another serpent to come hissing
Betrayals
Like Judah iscariot, so as their missions are wrapped in kisses,
they smile at you with shining faces,
but their mind stamps devilish,
yet they eat with you at your dinner table,
Betrayals
will take a trip with you to your destiny,
Paint happiness like a billboard on your skin,
give you a dream full of success
and later hug you with brokenness
Betrayals
envy, jealousy and hatred are their blueprints, they cloud themselves with fake smiles and shinning gums,
dance to the beat of your downfall,
and later listen to the lyrics of your demotion.
Dear Friends,
Look at those friends standing with you,
are they drawing happiness in your chest,
or are they standing on your dreams like what happened to George Floyd of the US?
Money,
is not as powerful as revenge
The Dollar,
can never buy back a vendetta
Fury,
cuts sharp into a monetary corpse
Bleeding red,
the green trails of betrayals past
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2016)
What is this word, betrayals?
How did it come to be?
Is it simply something less
Than you expected?
Did your hopes and your desires
Fall short of your aspires?
Perhaps others failed their duty
To protect you?
Did the trust you put in
Someone fail you?
Have you suffered grave
Abuse?
Did someone close
Back-stab you?
Was your loyalty
Unrequited?
Was contract breached or
Just misunderstanding?
Did a lover’s indiscretion
Distress you to the core?
Does your object of affection
Now love you less or more?
Did secrets kept
Destroy you? Or
Surprise with
Joy and excitation?
Was concealment
Worse than truth?
What cost to hide
Even from yourself?
Speak your truth, but speak with care
The truth can set you free!
But there is
No guarantee!
"Three things cannot long stay hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth."
Gautama Siddhartha, the Buddha
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