Inspired by and an interpretation of: "El poeta pide a su amor que le escriba" (He begs his love to write)
by Federico García Lorca
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Waiting in Agony - revised
Silence in time halts
turns people to phantoms
futureless without past
in twilight
Surprising how paper
comprises awareness
discredits
in bloodless ink
Your pen pierces surface
scratches dead stone
etches deep lines
in absence
Poison in my veins
I beg you release me
save me
kill me
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June 4, 2017
Copyright © Darren White
That dirty lil "N" word,
Oh how I hate it so, plagued with such
Destruction, in ways we will never know
That dirty lil "N" word,
Echos in the wind, teenagers using. It
Randomly, joking with there friends
That dirty lil "N" word,
It discredits "who we are" the values, love,
And beauty, beyound our skin colour thus far.
That dirty lil "N" word,
Used in hip hop songs, continuing its ignorance
For a next generation, to carry on.
That dirty lil "N" word,
Embarrsed by its content, breeds so much hatred,
From the mental turmoil, it despence.
That dirty lil "N" word
Little did I say!! How could a word so lil, impact
Others in such a big way.
That dirty lil " N" word.
Take it as you may, unfortunetly in this culture,
It is here to stay!!!
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