Mattered Poems - Poems about Mattered

As the candidate yammered on His opponent stood his ground When the first ran out of time In a flash the second chimed ~ “I’d always thought a man’s...

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Limp from the sweat of a sweltering Summer we staggered into Fall fanned by cooling breezes ~ Summer never mattered at all ...

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The light promises to fade As the dark encompass do we try to see There are doubts we cannot just shake How shadows only tease for what could be It is easy with the aid of light Be it hard truths or comforting lies before our eyes Harder as with the shade of night Where once truth will cast doubt as with...

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...He brother railed at her when they were wed, ‘Uncle Tom, race traitor!”such words were said, ‘Raised by a white man, you’ll mess up your son!” She just rolled her eyes, and said, “Are you done?” She had no more time for her brother’s hate, it impeded with a life that was great, Keenan had a new dad, and soon sisters...

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..She felt so damn nervous making that call, and when he picked up she just gushed it all, he listened quietly, then she asked to meet, she quickly wrote down the place and the street. She met him at one of his restaurants, he looked different now, his eyes didn’t haunt, he had no gun, just company t-shirt, but something about him...

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...When her own had run, that man had remained… they still called him evil, that seemed insane, when one day her brother came home stained red all of her concerns would come to a head. “We got them running, all the damn police! Ain’t gonna have those bastards on our street!” Those were the words which her brother did boast, and deep...

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She screamed frantically, “My boy is in there! Somebody, please! Help Him!” But nobody cared. The mob was all running, fleeing the scene, on her brother’s face the firelight gleamed. “You have to help Keenan, he’s still inside!” she bellowed, but then saw there in Drew’s eyes the shock of cowardice deep in his soul, he stammered and then...

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It was back in summer, 2020, when activists ran ‘round, burning cities, convinced that they had to destroy their lives since a thug with similar skin color died. Amidst the BLM and Antifa was a young woman known as Jacinta, only twenty-one, but had a three-year-old; her passions aroused by what she’d been told. The police were out there, killing the brothers, racists were...

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Every day and everything, a constant struggle. More than a few missing pieces to the puzzle. A whole lot of baggage, so much fear. I fell apart when you left me here. Face to face, I was staring. At a heart no longer caring. It seems every day it gets a little worse. I wish...

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By your skin's pigment, I've never judged you, but by your character I see you through. Your deep concerns are only a figment; I've never judged you by your skin's pigment. We are all descendants from Adam's side, and we'll continue to be multiplied, so let brotherly love take transcendence. From Adam's side, we are all descendants. God created each cell that forms...

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By the beauty of her eyes, A dumb like me became wise. By the beauty of her talk, My static life started to walk. She looks really so pure, Even my deep wounds are cure. She looks really so angelic, Even the nature want her to click. But... A beauty with every beauty, Is like a fake duty... She dwells alone, Deeply hurted and...

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They say it didn't matter But it rocked your core You walked on shaky ground Your feet were in those shoes So if it rattled you, it mattered...

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You have every right to cry The world has not been good to you When you should have been playing You saw the death of everyone you knew It did not matter that you were there No, they never cared about you A little princess like you never mattered You were just something in the way Left to die like everyone else So go...

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Nothing Really Mattered. The next time you have a tantrum. Or tear your hair out with despair. And shout at the only one who loves you. Over something that is neither here, nor there. When things get so bad you can’t focus. All that you worked for is on the line. Understand it’s really hocus pocus. And everything is going to be...

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2/10/21 "Never Mattered" Folks so hesitant and others far too eager You either do or don't got a fever Non or a true believer In the ever after Worlds being forever shattered I always had to be a clever bastard Got to get it done, can't rely on a benefactor Had to realize certain things never mattered Always regardless of the weather pattern A planet full...

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