Suddenly it was a gamble...
I realized the weight of my decision.
My destiny depended on it.
Wordku: 5-7-5 words
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
seraphs, in eager anticipation,
collectively hold their breath
for the m o m e n t of truth...
shy young love, they root for
at last, their virgin k i s s;
a paroxysm of cheers erupt.
As I brush my teeth
My mind flies somewhere so flash
Followed by vomit rush.
Be it future, now
Moment of eternity
Shining my dream, how.
What about
The walls are thin
The truth within
Held accountable
From finish to the end.
A moment of truth
Chapters abroad
Unknown.
Heaven awaits me below the story ,
With that gasp ,this is the last breath of the man.
Wrapped up ,there is my last ride .
The world has been painful ,
And restless.
Unforgiving with lessons .
For these are the last words ,
From waisted tears and a broken lover .
Whose few wishes were achieved at his lower .
I led my deeds like a Raven undercover ,
Now the moment of truth awaits in the midhour .
To all of you, whom you are feeling dried ,
Prior to my empty pledges ,
Be freed from the rage you kept for me .
Never will you see my smiles ,
I have reached the bottom phase ,
A moment to draw memory lane .
He who with the crane ,
Has decided my fate .
Adjourned ,closed is my case .
I saw a door
towards the end of my suffering
crying out , the one you call 'death'
I remember
I heard a noise,
mumuring , chanting , crying
then nothing , the weak sun flickered
over the dry surface.
Calm but Terrible,
buried in the dark earth
it was over , the stiff earth bending
as I drown in the dark.
I spoke to you,
from the passage of the other world
telling you whatever return from the oblivion returns,
as the moment of truth came , I rest.
Today I awoke to my moment of truth,
I'm no longer as young as I was in my youth,
And perceived, later on, to my further dismay,
I'm not even as young as I was yesterday.
Oh, how and why was my youth so misspent,
And how can I find when and whither it went?
Was it hung in a closet, or tossed in a drawer,
Is Peter Pan really gone, boon companion no more?
As I woke up this morning, he was with me, I swear.
When I looked in the glass, though, a stranger was there.
Oh, I'll ransack each closet, every cupboard, and drawer,
But I fear I'll not find that sweet boy anywhere.
Now a new thought emerges, one not nearly so bleak:
I'm not yet as old as I will be next week.
So, Peter, adieu, sayonara, and ciao,
Please keep my youth with you, I'm too old for it now.
Oh, dear, golden boy, oh, bright symbol of youth,
We cannot remain young, that's the bittersweet truth.
Yet silver-fringed laughter hide-and-seeks in the hall,
And I smile for my youth hasn't vanished at all.
My mem'ries are young, I invoke them at will,
Like the spirit of Pan that remains with me still.
One day I looked at you
And it occurred to me
How beautiful your smile was
How truthful your words
How soothing your laughter
How inescapable your gaze
A veil was pulled back
Revealing a blinding crescendo
Of stars and awe
That moment I tried to tell myself
I wasn’t in love
Was the moment
I realized I was
swift bird of prey soars
moment of truth elusive—
true nature concealed
***
1/18/2020
the hammer falls
setting the pendulum in motion
a moment of truth
after a long silence
held together
by a single bated breath
AP: Honorable Mention 2021
Your curvy lips
And your curly hair
Makes me stop and stare
The smiles on your face
And the beauty within your eyes
Makes me mesmerize
Your waist, curvy hips
And well-rounded breast
Are my worst distractions
I've always underestimated your features
But realized it's all I desire
With you, I want to share my thoughts
My feelings and what I aspire
You are the only woman for me
The only thing I see
My love for you runs so deep through my vein
Dream of you in spite of the pain.
I was walking with two friends of mine,
when we saw a woman
who was tall, beautiful and black
They spoke lewd to her,
so she didn't speak back
In their rejected anger,
they cursed her in a cruel, mean tone
That's when I interceded,
and said leave the poor woman alone
My two friends looked at me
like I was some kinda traitor
That day we parted ways,
there would be no more days of "see ya later"
In a moment of truth,
will you stand up for the truth?
Or will you back down,
and keep your mouth shut?
It's moments like those
that reveal what manner of person you are
Will you be naked or clothed?
Will your spirit be dark,
or will it shine like a star?
Nobody ever said friendships are forever,
not when you have to compromise
your integrity in a matter
In a moment of truth,
don't keep your mouth closed
Let your voice roar
like a lion, strong and bold!
A dark place
An empty space.
I'm covered in womb's.
Surrounded by an empty room.
Invisible demons and goons.
Speaking through the walls.
Speaking through the bed frame.
Workers of the devil
Getting off on my pain.
Searching for the words
Of a story unexplained.
Shadowed by the clouds and rain.
What my life became.
Voices echoing in the night.
Cruel, ugly, and unseen.
I wish it was a nightmare.
I wish it was a dream.
I really wish it wasn't
As bad as it seems.
Haunted by a loneliness.
Followed by a broken heart.
Child and dreams snatched.
My life torn apart.
Where is all this coming from?
Why did it have to start?
Praying to God for a healing.
Till infinity I'm scarred.
I've travelled a million miles.
Still I haven't found rest.
Folks ask me how I'm doing.
I no longer say I'm blessed.
I look at them with lack of trust.
Because, of all the mess.
Waiting on an answer.
For someone to confess.
"They say that money
Is the root to all evil".
Tell that to my enemies.
Whose intentions for me were never good.
Emotionally or mentally.
I could cry oceans
But, still, God is watching me.
How do you sleep at night?
Honestly, and sincerely.
How much stark evidence, how many proofs
will be dismissed before conceit it fails;
and of His mercy decide to avail
this presumptuous species from faith aloof.
Flashbang rumble! A thousand unseen hoofs
galloped overhead, as clattering hail
mass-pogoed as if emptied from some vast pail
upon unsuspecting Tarmac and roofs.
Mercy, I swear I heard the atoms split
from molecules to create ozone
as, outside close nearby the lightning hit;
its acrid tang prevalent in a home,
which for a charged instant that bolt lit:
thrilling spectator as he watched alone.
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