Long Turmoils Poems

 I am a Son of an African American
I run
my turmoils taints the history books
yet people give me evil looks
I run
I choose
Yet I am 
Black and blue, this is my physical hurt

Been given a name...

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Please don’t pretend that I’m not around
I know you hear me, calling out to you 
You ignore me as if I was a muted sound 
I know you hear my echoes I do so true

Your...

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When the mirror of 
               life is a gossamer film,       
 veiling v i n...

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The walls were white, the doors crystal clear entries,
Which had eyes and mouths,
To answer the queries of the Queen, when, she wanted 
To know what was happening in other worlds!
The land was one of stability,
With...

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Sleep O’Sleep we all must be,
Tucked ourselves between pillows comfy,
While Rough men fought and sacrificed bled,
That’s what the Great Winston Churchill said,

All is talk and talk with words,
None does deeds, all flightless birds,
For those who...

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After a meal of;
'Lamb steaks and Baccaroni,
Embroided with sweet potatoes'.
Life tossed him around and
Dazed him with threatening pleasures.
Then did he take up a tag to himself,
Proclaiming; 'JESUS WILL COME TOMORROW'.

The deceived that perceived
The air the...

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In the world of deep shadows and lights torn by time,
where every thought and inspiration twirls in the silence of the abyss,
the creative being, a unique entity from the fragile weave of humanity,
detaches from the...

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At dusk, a brilliant western panorama
displayed off our seventh floor balcony.
Fluorescent colors, clouds of fuchsia, amber,
yummy yellow golden glazes across the sky.
So spectacularly spanning sentient space
a show of shows of unearthly grace.
Looming large clouds block...

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Foreign Travel- Portugal

It is all that is unspoken that gives a  place its atmosphere.....the endless turmoils that come from living....peaceful Celts conquered by Romans 
after centuries of resisting. The conquerers monuments still dominate large...

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These small instances of unabashed humanity
That grow grand when isolated and transfix the senses
Become loud and brash while still remaining a small, subdued world within the world.
With stories that flicker in an out of my...

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Emotional  Demons

These entities are never seen, nor speak a word
Though they communicate in a way, never heard
They prey upon feelings of fear, anger and pain
They find you, when you are weak to fight again

These...

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The story of this life is a sad one. 

It describes so many losses and hurts. 

Its about a boy that had to be raised 

not knowing what he was worth. 



As this boy got...

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In the dark cold sea of life,
I was on the small boat rowing alone
coming from nowhere and going to nowhere,
The skies above me were cloudy,
And the silence that overwhelmed the place was unbearable.
Nothing was likely...

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The years have all started with January
a comforting effect, a personal safety net
to know past turmoils blow over
and begin anew
so why have I woken up in December once again
After Midnight Project compelled the mirror to...

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HOW CAN I PRETEND ? 
PART 3

Pretence lies coffined 
as Spring makes a call
early chincherinchees 
kissing late winter’s wind
knowing empty cupboards 
will be filled once more 
perceptions of another
timeline where artful
wiles and emotionless 
inserts receive...

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Stars twinkle in the night sky
While sending their invisible rays to my soul
Pray, imbibed with these
My whole ethos bids me to let go of my whole self
And to concentrate on the mystery that I am!

Made...

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all the pangs and pains, traumas,
 turmoils in this world;
all the sins and shames we endure;
all the bullying;
all the cold shoulders;
brother, sisters.
DON'T
DON'T LET
DON'T LET NOTHING
DON'T LET NOTHING IN THIS OLE WORLD
DON'T LET NOTHING IN THIS...

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All alone from my empty tower
I looked at the happenings of the world
And felt go through me, a terrible shudder
Life, nowadays, seemed to be made of lightning and thunder

No more sunny, no more warmth
No more...

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lovely as the butterfly grows
over the vast field there she goes,
vibrant and beautiful striding with glee
inside out looking great, a victorious to be
now she's inlove as cupid shot her with his arrow
endless happiness with her...

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Always wondering
at that corner of my mind
what am I ?
and where am I ?
and what awaits me ?
and where do i stand ?
and do i ever exist
In those people i have seen?

they talk, they laugh
they...

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Creasing Out Happiness

My little luxuries of life I refuse to barter
With Solomon's or Queen Sheba's treasures
Its ecstasy bewitches and beguiles me
As pirates to laden vessels to surfeit

Scrubbed and freshened from bath salts
I prepare for my...

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My little nest, my niche, my very own comfortable space..
 
A gypsy is what I used to be,
Dawdling along all these years,
Merely dancing to the tunes life played for me..
Jaded and fatigued, were what I...

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Recanting those memories that we have had,
Is all I wanted to do;
But, I could feel that they had entirely subsided 
Deep into my heart,
And I feel it will hold the whole life through.

Amidst the turmoils...

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In his last minutes of life, he closed his eyes
where shadows appeared like blackbirds
beneath the moonlight of lost thoughts
above the misty graveyard of his soul
Ghostly apparitions of sadness haunt an old mind

Past illusions of love

Whose...

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The Story of Job 

I'm sure you remember 
the story of Job.
God's blessings in his life
were greatly bestowed.

The Devil came to speak to God one day.
"I'm sure Job will curse you if I
take everything away."
Everything...

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