I was told that love is like holding somebody up on a pedestal.
The problem with love is that it’s being misperceived & used as a poison that is damaging our cerebral.
The path of memories is still unforgettable.
But for some odd reason though,
We still feel the need to convince ourselves that love is still able to be containable.
What’s even worse is that when things become unrealistically unbearable,
We rely on the soul consuming spirit to bring us better relief.
I hope the reader that finds knows that the only one who can truly deceive you is,
The one who you find is the most susceptible to believing your own goals & dreams.
Categories:
misperceived, age, conflict, lost love,
Form: Rhyme
Keeping a friendship requires constant care,
words and actions can be read all wrong.
It's easy to judge a friend's trifle unfair.
It's easy to think you no longer belong.
View your actions using another's eyes,
see if they will be seen as you suppose.
It's likely at times to receive a surprise
and find you render a thorn, not a rose.
Categories:
misperceived, 10th grade, confusion, relationship,
Form: Rhyme
There are triggers...
and then there are triggers.
When the stars above shine on me,
I am always aware that you trigger something within me.
What you trigger is loving.
You warm my heart
and sometimes chase me away in sadness.
But tonight you warm my heart.
Thank you. I have been wondering
many things.
The universe has no interest in what I know,
but occasionally peeks in to see how I've grown.
That eye...is not accompanied by ears.
Have you ever noticed that?
I don't want to be left behind...
and suddenly I'm that 16 year old girl
and like a box of discarded items
my parents moved several states away.
That is mine, my emotional problem. I own that.
So I send it back to it's source, return to sender,
and bless him on his path.
I am cleaning my field
in the autumn of my life.
working out shortcomings -
appropriateness...
buffing down and softening those hard spots,
that have been misperceived as strength.
Please don't misunderstand the love you trigger.
It is appropriate,
not the intimate kind,
although it is personal.
So I send you love.
Yes, there are triggers...
and then there are triggers.
I seek out inspiration.
Categories:
misperceived, life, light, love,
Form: Free verse
I cried for you this morning
Whaled out the pain hidden nene the the mask.
Lips no longer able to curl to form the mask I have carefully constructed.
Slow breaths taken- breathing in that consistent pain. I cried for you this morning.
Wishing Him to be the parent you lost the other you don't want
Praying a shield around you from the elements of your choices.
I cried for you this morning
Tasted the salted pain of love in the midst of frustration abandoned on this island of self blame and inadequacy.
I//Cried//for//you.
Want to hold onto my Vonna, deliver you through the purpose, my chance to relax back into peace. I whaled out the pain of strong woman. Weakened by her child. Reaching out for branches misperceived as roots, watching them snap in half as branches can't take on this weight.
Spewing empty "I love you" failing to activate it as a verb. "I'll pray for y'all" able to reveal the lesson I long taught you that I am the rooted love you'll always have.
Forgiving your lies of nine years absence
Understanding your pain of the missing.
Asking you to let me make you better
Come home, Mama is still here as she always will be.
Categories:
misperceived, absence, anger, anxiety, cry,
Form: Free verse
What is Love?
MAN I don't know!
I mean girls say it to me all the time, but I just blow off their emotions like smoke.
What is Love?
MAN I don't know!
I mean when you prove it to me the caterpillar I call my intestines goes into their Cocoon
And metamorphoses into a butterfly that in my stomach flies.
It has me feeling like a buffoon.
But I've always been misperceived by Love.
The Misperception of an ******** has me heading in the Wrong Direction.
Now I'm moving with Aggression, and Repenting for my Transgressions.
Praying for my Acceptance back into these once Promised Heavens.
And then my Phone Rings.
Hello?
The voice says, "Babe I'm Pregnant."
Damn.
How can I Accept the Present of a Baby when Love isn't even in our Presence?
All from a single 4 Letter Word with 2 Vowels and 2 Consonants.
Falsely Used
Wrongly Accused
And Considerably Abused
Categories:
misperceived, love, slam,
Form: Free verse
September is here
I wave goodbye to summer
Unpack the fall gear
Cold weather is a bummer!
I'm glad we're eased in
With leaves as they change color
Reminding me of when
I played tag with my brother.
Jumping into leaves
We raked up into a pile
Never misperceived
A landing spot worthwhile
Seasons changed again
And snow now covers his grave
So young he was when
He decided life would end
He thought he couldn't be saved.
Categories:
misperceived, nature, seasons
Form: Lyric