See I know you go home to him
When think you should be
Coming home to me
I try Lord knows
I try
Why am I asking myself
You deceive him when you say
You love him
Are you taking me for granted
You want me baby
But he won't have it
What you say is
Contradictive to me
What one
We gone do that one
But think you want some
attention
Might I mention
Aunt no use for me
Try'na
Cause you complicating things
It's my heart I'm protecting
In all this rejection
It's the kinda love
People you believe in
Categories:
complicating, allusion, boyfriend, devotion, humanity,
Form: Ballade
The other night
Visiting in a dream a foreign land
We waited in expectation
The arrival of a group of alien dignitaries
Somehow involved in guiding the culture.
When they approached across the sound
In a dark and rough hand-hewn canoe
I ran out to take pictures
Only to find a half dozen or so headless chickens
Standing patiently in their effortlessly gliding craft.
Superior alien advisors in the form
Of small dark brown headless chickens,
Baffling for sure,
And frustrating when I couldn’t get any pictures…
A sure sign of dreaming or just a block by aliens.
Yet the humor of the moment didn’t escape me
As I turned to tell another baffled guy
To look up Mike The Headless Chicken
A real thing that survived almost two years
With only a brainstem.
Which provides some clue I guess
To the symbol of superior beings without heads
And thus complicating brains
Dark and primitive in their dugout
And yet still, within the absurdity of it all, superior.
(11/20/24)
Categories:
complicating, allegory, dream, humorous, symbolism,
Form: Narrative
Words
pompous, overblown
complicating, decorating, fluffing
Read, Research, Culture, Modification
clarifying, stripping, owning
direct, succinct
Message
Categories:
complicating, emotions, feelings, words,
Form: Diamante
In the dance of love, man and woman unite,
Harmony sought, yet shadows invite.
The devil despises when two hearts align,
For wonders emerge when love intertwines.
Fierce battles waged, arguments endure,
Yet within the struggle, a love so pure.
Listen, and the ship sails smoother,
Faster towards dreams, goals to uncover.
Divorce rates soar, a disheartening trend,
Lost in the maze, souls fail to mend.
Reflection abandoned, a crucial quest,
To find oneself, love's ultimate test.
Love, meant to be gentle, an effortless flow,
Boundaries, labels, complicating the show.
In the simplicity, where love should reside,
Embrace the truth, let the heart be your guide.
Categories:
complicating, 10th grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Epic
In the dance of love, man and woman unite,
Harmony sought, yet shadows invite.
The devil despises when two hearts align,
For wonders emerge when love intertwines.
Fierce battles waged, arguments endure,
Yet within the struggle, a love so pure.
Listen, and the ship sails smoother,
Faster towards dreams, goals to uncover.
Divorce rates soar, a disheartening trend,
Lost in the maze, souls fail to mend.
Reflection abandoned, a crucial quest,
To find oneself, love's ultimate test.
Love, meant to be gentle, an effortless flow,
Boundaries, labels, complicating the show.
In the simplicity, where love should reside,
Embrace the truth, let the heart be your guide.
Categories:
complicating, 10th grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Epic
In the dance of love, man and woman unite,
Harmony sought, yet shadows invite.
The devil despises when two hearts align,
For wonders emerge when love intertwines.
Fierce battles waged, arguments endure,
Yet within the struggle, a love so pure.
Listen, and the ship sails smoother,
Faster towards dreams, goals to uncover.
Divorce rates soar, a disheartening trend,
Lost in the maze, souls fail to mend.
Reflection abandoned, a crucial quest,
To find oneself, love's ultimate test.
Love, meant to be gentle, an effortless flow,
Boundaries, labels, complicating the show.
In the simplicity, where love should reside,
Embrace the truth, let the heart be your guide.
Categories:
complicating, 10th grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Epic
In the dance of love, man and woman unite,
Harmony sought, yet shadows invite.
The devil despises when two hearts align,
For wonders emerge when love intertwines.
Fierce battles waged, arguments endure,
Yet within the struggle, a love so pure.
Listen, and the ship sails smoother,
Faster towards dreams, goals to uncover.
Divorce rates soar, a disheartening trend,
Lost in the maze, souls fail to mend.
Reflection abandoned, a crucial quest,
To find oneself, love's ultimate test.
Love, meant to be gentle, an effortless flow,
Boundaries, labels, complicating the show.
In the simplicity, where love should reside,
Embrace the truth, let the heart be your guide.
Categories:
complicating, 10th grade, 2nd grade,
Form: Epic
Echos in time
Keep calling my name
Talks back with such negativity
Bad memories play over and over
Good memories on pause
Or even forgotten
I can't remember back to a time I was happy inside
It doesn't even cross my mind
It's like I've lost that flame that burn so brightly before i turned 15 and moved on to now
It's all a blur
It's all a race for an end
There wasn't even a starting line
I just dropped out of sight of me
It's mind boggling to realize how much life I have wasted
I am sure I smiled I am sure I have laughed
But I have never found true joy
It's crazy It's not even normal
To focus on so much bad
And not see all this good
Blinded by insecurities
Reminiscing on regrets
I don't have any time left to look for the beauty in everyday things
Just to awake is a blessing
It's complicating to me
But yet should be so simple
To carry on each day like it may be my last
Why can I not recognize this
I am way to damn old to be this damn scared of living.
Categories:
complicating, beauty, fear, scary,
Form: Free verse
She knows when to say yes and when to say no
She gives you so much, you keep asking for more
She manages her own home, kids and money
Straight talk, her words are not dripped with honey
She knows when you lie and looks you in the eye
Nothing misses her sight not even a fly
She can bulldoze her way into anything complicating
Before you know it she’s got everyone clapping
She will sacrifice her life if she believes it’s worth the cause
When she puts her mind to something there is no press for pause
And so we have, Indira Gandhi, Indra Nooyi and Sudha Murthy
Michelle Obama, Angela Merkel and Jacinda Arden
All these lovely ladies who need a good applause and garland
Categories:
complicating, women,
Form: Couplet
I’m lost.
It’s nothing new, I just sit around and overthink, overcompensate, over complicate, overwork the brain but it has its limits.
I see now what I do, how I am, who I become when I’m lost. It’s crazy though, you see it, you feel it, you know it but still you dare to ask me what my thoughts were.
I can’t answer, I’ve been chasing the answers for years and still I have yet to see the light at the end of my tunnel, funneled from the beginning of being lost.
lost, is how I feel without you. It’s been 3 days now and still I feel as if we’re hanging on by a thread. I hate this feeling of being; being lost, being crossed yet again I pour another glass of champagne because for in this moment, I feel found and not lost.
Lost, is what I feel, and I know I’m not helping this feeling by overthinking, over complicating over working, but still I can’t help but needing the answers I’ve been yearning.
How I hate being lost sometimes, but how I love finding out more about my damn self.
Categories:
complicating, anxiety, lonely,
Form: Free verse
Tired.
So tired be she.
She wanted to flee the world.
But air got wind of it
and tornadoed the news
to friend and foe
Complicating all,
madly blowing shut windows,
loudly slamming doors.
Now was not the day
not the day
not today...
this storm will pass
whispered the breeze,
believe and know
This too shall pass.
Categories:
complicating, courage, faith,
Form: Free verse
Africa is very rich continent in the World
But many Africans die daily in Mediterranean sea
Sad to see how natural resources are robbing daily,
Evaluating the economy of African countries
None is closer to a poorest European Country
Complicating system which oparates to favour
EU Countries,their partners and wreck Africa.
February 25/2023
A forms and words challenge poetry contest
sponsored by Sotto Poet.
Chosen them: ABSENCE.
...First place win
In the Contest...
Categories:
complicating, 12th grade, africa, education,
Form: Acrostic
Oh!Dear
It looks like Masks are in vogue again
I fear
Another new virus has appeared
Complicating lives and causing more worry and pain,
Another strain, another strain.
Politics, I do not understand
We can no longer make plans.
For tomorrow or beyond
Where has common sense gone?
The world is an awful mess,
Everywhere looks sad and depressed
Grey skies in Spring that should be blue
What are we all going to do?
Oh! Dear
Christmas should be full of cheer,
Lightening hearts at the end of the year
That has been very tough
For too many folks,
Who has tolerated more than enough?
If these new variants of the viruses take hold;
The politicians should have told
We must be aware,
Of the health issues lurking in the air
Everywhere.
Distances and wearing masks
It is an inconvenient little task,
It is much better than the alternative
If more people want to live
Through this awful epidemic
It helps avoid a pandemic.
The mask will alleviate some of the fear,
Oh! dear
Categories:
complicating, 10th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Every time I try to remember-
A new memory is formed from the old one.
As if the past is made up of possibilities.
But the past is stable.
It is me that is not.
Or so they say.
Sometimes, I feel like I am being floored by revelations.
Revelations so simple-
But everyone else is trying to trick me!
By asking their questions.
By complicating things…
The rumors are all connected!
I can see it now.
They are trying to distract me with rumors now…
They are trying to make me forget the revelations!
I guess it is night again.
Or so they say.
Or maybe they are trying to trick me into sleeping.
Because sleeping is destruction.
Categories:
complicating, mental illness,
Form: Free verse
Stop analysing
No need to dissect
Stop labelling
No names just accept
Stop obsessing
No need to overreact
Stop complicating
Keep simple and intact
Categories:
complicating, change, life, simple,
Form: Free verse
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