Long Bite your tongue Poems

She stood with her back turned to me
Leaning slightly towards where the light tapered off into darkness
Her faced buried deep inside her cupped hands 
Her own shadow towered over her seemingly at odds with her...

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King Cephissus lured Liriope
.  To bathe and frolic in his stream
   Entrapping her she lost all hope
   His favours now she must redeem 
   Her ardent struggles came...

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I should go				            I’ll go			If I knew what was right
I should just go				 I’d go			    If I could do that too
Just...

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Listen! Clam up your mouth and be silent like an oyster shell, 
Your tongue is the enemy of your soul 
Death and life are in the control of the tongue
Your tongue can be sharp, ugly...

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"Louis!",she calls out.
Yes,ironically I am the namesake.
A signboard-Please don't hurt me.I'm blind.

"Are you lost in thought again?
You and your stupid world!"
My stupid world.
I see her bite her tongue in my mind.
A smile on my lips.

"I...

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I will not let you go

My love do you think I will afford to let you go away?
Just like that! 
Without questions and interrogations
without knowing the reason why you choose to walk away
you am not...

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I'm not wearing underwear
I can’t afford to clean my clothes
I shower every day
and sensitive skin from soap and psoriasis makes me itch
But I have bills to pay
I know you understand
Raising my little half brother and...

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“We scream and shout like it’s a war, you punch, and I kick, both spitting blood into the sink” “I look into the mirror, not recognizing myself, can’t remember when this began, I’d rather end...

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(Written in 1970 when I was a junior in high school)

Kyle’s only three and quite the tyke
And he wants to ride a two wheel bike
But his mom and dad say he’s too small
And they’re afraid...

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In the passage of 12 full moon, Princess Layla traveled along the forest hidden from sight, her only companion Lucy, the Great Black Steed. But as much as she loved her steed, she felt quite...

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Nowadays self-sabotage is glorified
Mothers wide-eyed and terrified 
Of their little babies becoming demonised 
Getting help is horrified
But bottling it up is normalised 
As a society we lead by false priorities that demoralise the youth
Self-help, wealth...

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I am going to get a little nasty without ever stepping in the mud

So, pay attention to my diction and you will have the map to your own destination

She is the single most important woman...

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I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU
OR ANYONE ELSE SAYS.

I AM A POET

			AND I'M PROUD.

TRUTH SHALL ALWAYS LEAK FROM MY PEN,
AND I'LL HOLD MY CHIN HIGH;
BECAUSE GOD WILLING

		...I'LL LET NOT A DROP OF WISDOM PASS ME BYE.

BECAUSE...

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Useless

Keeping what I have inside to hide my true self for others to benefit without throwing a fit 'cause I'm useless and getting sick of it....
useless is a new feeling like an empty thought revealing...

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Redo
Can you see it down the line?
Did you know it was mine?
Did you for see it all?
Did you stumble or did you fall?

Don't lie to me.
Don't pretend so I'll believe.
I thought you were better than...

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In shadows deep, where truth resides,
Do you dance with lies, where darkness hides?
Oh, you, the keeper of deceit,
Does my honesty make your heart beat?

Do you clutch the shroud of ignorance tight,
As my words pierce through...

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Adam, his moves are like no other,
thank you for taking the knife out of my back
a dagger I ignored,
until the odor of hate kept pushing the blade deeper than before
Adam, Dear, don't think less of...

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When winter months become morose
And everything around is blue and froze
Gets disheartening even for the eskimos
Their morale starts to dwindle and decompose

They tread most lightly on cautious tippytoes
For fear their neighbors will become bellicose
They bite...

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For better or for worst; For good or for bad.
In sickness or in health; In riches or poverty.

In good days and bad,
When he has made you sad.        ...

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Arrgh
ooohh Yea
ooohh... haaa
oh yea
pop, pop, pop...
Grrrra,
trembling again
baa...
more like (don't)
      convulsing
haarah
      like pistons
pumping my legs
           ...

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cant believe the make believe 
and speak as it was spoken
forced to bite my tongue 
and break into the ocean
slipped off ledges filled with glass
and entangled in frustration
the water left its mark, and passed
and stole...

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They say, “Young girl, please don’t cry.
It will be ok if you just dry your eyes.
Write it down. Just let it out.
Tell the world what your tears are about.”

I say, “No thanks. You won’t listen...

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My pain and sorrow from yesterday has subsided,
gone is the anger and frustration that that boiled my blood and poisoned my 
mind,
I`m to old to let them know how I fill so I hold it...

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My dear old friend

You haven’t realized how you’re heart has been faltering to the bitter black sweetness controlling your intransigent tongue.

To whom it craves another loving credulous tongue that you wish to twist yourself

But sad...

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Every time i see you i want to take off my clothes
Its like a bad habit picked up from not seeing you enough
I would strip bare and set myself up in your favorite pose
You know...

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