Old SchoolThey smile leniently don’t be silly
Nowadays you can’t be apolitical
‘But I don’t believe them initially’,
I smile back – hope it’s not hypercritical
Combinations of incongruous lines
Like the ones you remember from
The early cubist paintings, they shine
But not blindingly, this turns me on
Ambiguous light, dimmed hues
And those crazy lines, that’s my politics
No one’s deprived or abused...
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Categories:
color, endurance, mystery, political,
Form: Rhyme
What If He Says That to Our Daughter-In the dead of night, when the world is silent, her whispers haunt the shadows of my mind.
“Daddy, I’m so tired… I don’t want to be here anymore.”
Her small voice, trembling like a ghost, echoes in my heart — a chilling reminder of the fragile life we’re trying to hold together.
Late at night,
when silence drapes...
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Categories:
endurance, care, child, crush, desire,
Form: Free verse
A A R O H IArms like tiny windmills spin through morning air.
Aiming, she builds pathways?deep within her mind.
Another swing flows onward like waves upon the shore.
Awakening intention burns?as neural roads unwind.
Reaching past reflexes like butterflies from cocoons.
Rhythmic movements carve?the skills she'll always find.
Object permanence sparkles bright like diamonds in her sight.
Orchestrating muscles smooth,?her future self designed.
Hand-eye coordination weaves like...
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Categories:
baby, encouraging, endurance, environment,
Form: Free verse
While The Sky Still BurnsDrink deep the wine of the waking sun—
Its golden breath spills over trembling hills,
And morning, that fragile and flaring drum,
Beats wild against time’s shrinking quills.
The hour is ripe with unsung fire,
A tapestry woven from wind and flame.
Step out — no fear, no false desire —
The world does not wait, nor call your name.
The robin’s hymn...
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Categories:
12th grade, encouraging, endurance,
Form: Carpe Diem
Break FreeBreak free from the hell around you
And expel the darkness within you
Break free from the chords of time
And get in touch with your creative mind
empty the sorrows within you
and remove the clouds from around
ambition is the string that tied you
to the unrealistic dream, you just have
one more month to go before destiny
unveil them...
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Categories:
endurance, america, beautiful, betrayal, body,
Form: Spoken Word
CHOOSE LIFEIn lifestyle—I choose life.
In religious life—I choose life.
In social life—I choose life.
In fake life—I choose life.
Choice is ours to make,
But better a living ass than a dead emperor.
For all you know, this choice is preconditioned on life.
Choose life and the fullness thereof....
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Categories:
endurance, africa, allusion, analogy, care,
Form: Free verse
Names, dates, birthdaysThey don't know my name.
I keep it hidden between the folds of my skirt. They told me I had to wear it but they don't like that they can't see my legs anymore. I keep it hidden in the bows holding my pigtails together.
They don't know my name.
I'm my father's daughter, my brother's...
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Categories:
daughter, endurance, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Reply to 2020 from 2025So, in so many ways past and present mesh,
it's reminiscence of everything I have been through.
I thought, I thought I had bid adieu.
And then a poem from 2020.
A soft laughter fill with tears, a glance
A view from 2025
hello !! goodbye, hello ! again.
I feel like I've met my long lost friend (...
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Categories:
appreciation, change, endurance, farewell,
Form: Free verse
TogetherThere's a storm that we can't weather
There's a war that we can't win
But as long as we're together
We're together thick and thin
I know that you said things
I didn't like or understand
Then my reply would surely sting
Hot and dry like desert sand
So, I'll lay aside my pride, As you reach to hold my hand
Using love...
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Categories:
endurance, love, relationship,
Form: Lyric
Another Curtain CallStaring at the mirror’s image,
I see what others see;
but can they see the need for love
so deep inside of me?
I hear my laughter just as loudly
as those who see my smile;
but can they hear the tinge of sadness
that lingers for awhile?
My posture mocks a stately stance,
my gait is smooth and free;
but can they see the...
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Categories:
anxiety, endurance, life, today,
Form: Rhyme
Categories:
emotions, encouraging, endurance, feelings,
Form: Haiku
Enimies Of My BreathEnemies Of My Breath.
Like a purple dragon of doom, I breathe fire behind your knecks!
With the quake of the earth, I ensue your essence to the ends of the realms.
Like a volcano I erupt with the rage of gia the mother of storms,
As my wings flap upon your backs, I enact the four winds upon...
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Categories:
endurance, 10th grade, emotions, encouraging,
Form: Bio
deteriorationMy mind racing behind a cloud of smoke. The systematic deterioration of my life's work. yet most of the time I sit smiling, open minded to the possibility's, and to the actions that require an opposite and equal reaction to the options that lay dormant . Nothing came to mind. Rather id...
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Categories:
community, death, devotion, endurance,
Form: Free verse
a moving experienceI’ve moved out (of school),
I’m moving in (to school).
My joke is that I’m having a ‘moving experience.’
Graduating college (3 days ago) was a dream come true
I’m starting a master’s degree in 7 days.
You have to admire the efficiency.
Do I have your permission to bear my soul?
I might have imposter syndrome.
I’m a harsh critic—of everything—but mostly...
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Categories:
education, emo, endurance, school,
Form: Free verse
Run OnDear God,
Let me run on
Until my work is done
For every mountain in my path
Give me the strength to climb
Let me run on
Until my work is done
For every river that is before me
Give me the ability to swim and cross
Let me run on
Until my work is done
For every thunderstorm that may appear
Give me the wisdom to...
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Categories:
courage, encouraging, endurance, faith,
Form: Free verse
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