Only StatusLove is now a game of knives.
She arrives in silk—smiling sweet—
But what lies behind that smile?
A mirror or deceit?
She loves with terms.
You, with blood.
Her heart is wired not for truth
But for security.
What engine purrs beneath your car?
Which gates conceal your home?
What digits fill your bank account?
These speak louder than your soul.
You call it love—
She calls...
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Categories:
film, hurt, kiss, love,
Form: Free verse
summertimesummer, the season
of love and celebration
with loved ones and friends,
enjoying their company
to cherish and remember
the fun memories
under the warmth of the sun,
cooled by summer breeze
...
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Categories:
celebration, love, summer,
Form: Other
The gap between love and true love
When love is good,
it's really great.
Unfortunately for many
when the sparkle fades,
they don't know how to fix it.
Seems easier for many
to clear the slate and
go for instant gratification
of finding someone new.
They're addicted to
easy pickings and
the high of novelty.
The other side of that coin
is they are cursed to never
experience the depth
of true and lasting love....
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Categories:
love, break up, meaningful, true
Form: Free verse
The Eternal Quilt
We are but patches in life’s quilt—
Tangled together,
Woven as one.
Pull on a thread,
Watch us unravel.
Ignore my thread, and I disappear.
Ragged, jagged knots.
Rocks in my fists.
Bound in silence,
Kneeling like a penitent saint,
Hands stigmata-bright on shattered glass.
A disciple of death.
I watch behind the curtain:
Frayed. Treacherous.
Mister looks my way.
Sad eyes, owlish.
Kohl-ringed and ostentatious.
Painted into empty space.
Looking like a...
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Categories:
love, blessing, father son, fire,
Form: Free verse
WORSE THEN DOGSWORSE THAN DOGS
Mi step off di docks, salt burn in mi chest,
Suit sharp-press, hope pin to mi vest.
Windrush blood, calypso fire,
Dreams of gold — meet cold barbed wire.
“Welcome,” dem sneer wid a crooked grin,
Door slam shut — all ‘cause a mi skin.
Signs in window cut like knives:
NO BLACKS. NO DOGS. NO IRISH. — lives.
But truth...
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Categories:
abuse, anger, black love,
Form: Spoken Word
Unrequited LoveYou anchor your rancor, a cancerous canker,
Not just any mole
Your hatred you hide it, you split and divide it,
It's soured your soul
The women, you bait them, you date and berate them,
You're no kind of man
You're just out for the kill and you spill out your swill,
Like nobody can
Their hearts beating faster, they race towards disaster,
Watch...
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Categories:
love, abuse,
Form: Rhyme
Old wounds surfacing
under the shade of a cyprus
my lover whispers sweet and tender nothings
revealing glimpses of a splintered heart
where wounds are still fresh
~ a healing process underway
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
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Categories:
encouraging, grief, hurt, love,
Form: Free verse
Belle
Faintly the church bell tolls
On the hour, faintly she sighs
She cries out to the Lord
About the how's and whys
She's a women
(Some say she is scorned)
Most don't see the women I see
A lover with love she's adorned
She can smile in the sun
And hide in the moon
But when she has a sad
I feel our hearts rhythm...
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Categories:
love, soulmate, woman,
Form: Rhyme
FOUR YEARS STILL STANDINGFOUR YEARS, STILL STANDING
Four years bleeding, four years bruised,
Four years fighting, four years used.
Carried the weight till my back near broke,
Choked on silence, swallowed the smoke.
Four years of bills and sleepless nights,
Four years swinging at shadows and lies.
Loved and lost, trust turned thin,
Hiding the chaos I’m drowning in.
Four years scraping, hand to mouth,
Hope ran dry,...
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Categories:
love, abuse, anger, anxiety, cancer,
Form: Rhyme
KEEP CALM AND CARRY THE CORPSE
KEEP CALM AND CARRY THE CORPSE.
Britain bleeds through cracked red bricks,
Rain on windows, cold that sticks.
Bills climb high, wages crawl,
We’re taxed to the teeth — can’t breathe at all.
“Keep calm and carry the corpse,” they say.
Drag it through life, day after day.
Smile for the cameras, wave the flag,
Ignore the stench in the body bag.
Politicians promise...
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Categories:
love, anger, anxiety, betrayal, community,
Form: Political Verse
Poison Pill Song
[Verse 1]
Dance near the silver bridge
Drop a penny in
A penny for your thoughts
You smiled like the end of the world
?
[Pre-Chorus – Extended]
You wrap your soul around me
Like silk that strangles soft
Every heartbeat borrowed
Suddenly, I’m suffocating
?
[Chorus – Haunting, Echoed Vocals]
I can’t breathe
I can’t breathe anymore
Your kiss was a poison pill
Your lipstick inked like blood
You swore it...
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Categories:
loss, love,
Form: Lyric
Kool-rum-neigh pop mkYeasty with a cornmealed bottom
The sun-dried tomato's and sundried
Red bell peppers called me
The parmesaned and garlic crust
topped with olives, anchovies, and
Onions
the queint essential of elegance
refined by the knead of belonging
Bacon wrapped artichokes
With a hint of lemon
Mozzarella browned to create a
delicate longing of satisfaction.
Basil, oregano, and olive oil
Enough to tease. Just...
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Categories:
love, beautiful, desire, emotions, french,
Form: Ballade
A TENDER VERSETo you I write
This tender verse
My dearest
Lover at first glance.
I was no believer
In love struck on sight
Calling it mere heat
Not heart. But you changed that.
Words may fade
Ink may dry
Even the sky may lose its blue
But with you, I feel whole.
So I write
With ink steeped in longing
Softly asking
For your hand, if you're willing....
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Categories:
12th grade, first love,
Form: Free verse
Faded Into You Song lyrics[Verse 1]
After mind hug
I was waiting in the dark
Warm as the kiss
You never gave me
Time didn’t stop
But I did
Right where you left me
[Pre-Chorus]
Even angels are bored
We ran out of time
I still whisper your name
Like a secret line
[Chorus]
Don’t walk away
I’m already faded into you
All the versions of us
Burning out in other galaxies
I loved you louder in...
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Categories:
love, metaphor, philosophy,
Form: Lyric
Galaxies of Growth
After mind hug,
I was waiting in the dark —
warm as the kiss
you never gave me.
Time didn’t stop,
but I did —
right where you left me.
Even angels were bored.
We ran out of time.
I still whisper your name
like a secret line.
Don’t walk away —
I’m already faded into you.
All the versions of us
burning out in other galaxies.
I loved you...
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Categories:
love, encouraging, growth,
Form: Free verse
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