Long What's happening Poems

I'm in the cathedral praying to God
Unable to quell the thoughts that poor people's money built it and that money was spent on beautiful details in the highest eaves as those people starved 
And I...

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Date:   June  2051

11 am.  Hot moment of Monday 
Morning Molly entertained  Dasheri 
In the gymnasium while Holly busied
Herself preparing the family's large
Meal as she appreciated a hip hop
Song. She pressed...

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My Little Boy Lost
by Katherine Huffman
Hello? My son, are you here?
I can't see you, I can't find you, why aren't you near?

As I walk the streets in search of you, 
I feel a pull, a...

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Could I leave you? Could I really fend off the tears that would batter my heart? Could I
Dante the man you love follow through, martyr my heart?

My life was slain with arrow and bows, they...

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the hardest thing is letting go
goodbyes were never my thing 
memories are the enemy 
when someone close to you dies 
a piece of your heart slowly fades away
and at some point you forget whats happening...

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Why is the winter soo long?
 why do i blame myself?
Tell me its not allowed
perfect world

I never knew what i was gonna be
Its true and what about your therapist
and whose not invited
I'll lead you to...

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'Why did you let me feel the pain?
Why do you leave me all alone?
Why did you not ever protect me?
Why do you just listen to my groan?

You make me cry because you cannot
You do the...

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what happened to me
why is my head in my hands
for hours on the floor
im not crying
tears of boredom
the song rolls
the song rolls
couldnt see this happening to me
but here we go again
whats happening to me
my head...

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you never told my other mother anything
id be looking
for the real thing
you never told my other brother
we would be confused by reality
and the fairytailes
would lead us
to a destiny 
unwinding the hands of tick tick ticking...

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Your Pain will be temporary but eternal glory awaits 
You will rise to the top through heavens pearly white gates
You will tell the whole world how low for you life became
And just like a phoenix...

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My carribbean summer love
 Was Morning sun in the sand
 On the sweet Jamaican island
 Home of my mothers birth, land.

As I got off the plane, 
I knew I was home.
Warm winds blowing on my...

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#Sacrifice_puked_upon
There's a voice, so loud in my neighbors house, I peep to see whats happening, a lad is the source of it, projected at parents. Wish to shut my ears and close my eyes, so...

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The Hidden Truth

As I look into the mirror I dont even see myself
I see a coward at her BEST hiding from life its self 

As I look into the mirror I dont even have a...

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We say we love each other,but can't stand to look at each others face.
I look at the man who once truly loved me,and gave me comfort with his embrace.

All I do is hurt,cry,and wonder what...

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Things Have Changed
By Robert (Bob) Moore

When I was young, the doctor, came around if I got sick
gave me a pill, or needle, and that would do the trick
but thing have changed, and now we ring,...

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where am i?
what am i?
who am i?
who are you?
what are you?
where are you?
are you there?
why am i scared?
why are we here?
what are we doing?
will you hurt me?
why am i so petrified?
i never feel this way,...

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Grieving?
 
 
What do you do when you lose someone for who you feel you cannot mourn?
Gone from your life and world, but still alive as the day they were born.
 
Well I sadly lost...

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Sharp eyes dimmed ,a last spark of life  

Looking puzzle and questioning  

Into my soul went his silent plea, 

As if to say whats happening to me. 

 

Breathing laboured gasping for air...

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Topic 
Brother
A special 
the baby brother
the start
Tiny and beautiful
moms attention
eyes on him
cries, smiles, laughs
energy in boundless
what a joy to have this
Brother 
Little Brother
Baby Brother forever
decades later
a story told to a sister
words from a heartbroken older...

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I know you can see the frost that surrounds me.
With each step I take it forms there on the ground.
Do you see how the ignorance of your sterotypes have shaped me.
Will you be able to...

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Sharp eyes dimmed ,a last spark of life 
Looking puzzle and questioning 
Into my soul went his silent plea,
As if to say whats happening to me.

Breathing laboured gasping for air
Left this life alone and afraid
Peace...

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Cant quite say what i want from you
or what is wrong with me
the story sang that goes untold
and you sing along and dont even know
outside my window
outside my window
don't know what i did to you
the...

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Do you know, whats happening to me?
Will you go, or are you causing this calamity?
No I don't want to fall, down into the light.
No one hears my call, no one's in sight.
I swallow your tears,...

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Breathing so hard
Mind racing fast
Where the hell am I?
That's all I can ask
Unfamiliar faces
Way too familiar pain
Same ass picture
In an unfamiliar frame
My vision is blurry
But, Temporarily becomes clear 
No matter the clarity
Im still drowning in...

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Can someone tell me what's happening to us? 
Can you tell me whats happening to this world we're living on? 
Poison's filling the air 
now I can't breathe. 
Our children can't go to school 
without...

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