Those negligent slips after dark,
rose tinted eyes will betray ya.
Close enough to start a rumor,
pose for that loaded camera.
Swollen this game of telephone,
when nothing exists make it up .
Stolen letters and shy kisses,
wanton talk of sex fuels gossip.
Intelligent
are elephants,
not negligent.
African herds
are killed for tusks -
cruelty loud heard.
Asian giants
lost habitat
to growth tyrants.
Family styled,
elephant hearts
are love compiled.
Despite great strength
they gently love
their long-life length.
Stop evil shoots,
grant living space,
and pray peace roots.
I wish I could fix your problems.
I’d wave my magic wand.
I’d gladly make your aches all disappear.
There is no easy answer.
No sunshine pill to dissipate the darkness.
The responsibility is fully in your hands.
You have to own and fix this.
You were careless even negligent.
Learn your lesson and see it through.
Man up and take charge.
You have to make this right again.
New year new cycle and new chapter.
Muster up every ounce of your energy.
Make us and yourself proud.
AP: Honorable Mention 2026
The lure of lucrative jobs
In foreign lands
Excites desperate souls
As they see a better future
Than in their homeland
Recruitment agencies
Operate from shady joints
Promising dream jobs
With perquisites to match
For these gullible customers
Human traffickers
Pose as messiahs
Enticing innocent candidates
From rural areas
With tempting proposals
Once on board,
They exploit the poor souls
By confiscating
Their travel documents
And short-selling their skills
They are not petty criminals
It is a well-oiled machinery
That perpetrates
And perpetuates
Such atrocities on migrant labour
Many agencies chip in
To run this recruitment mafia,
Negligent government agencies
And casual outlook of courts
Add to their woes
The hapless victims
Pay a heavy price
And get sucked into the vortex
Of a vicious circle
They did not bargain for
The system failed us all
But none wanna take the blame
Not even the leaders
This s makes us lame
Even when we're in our lane
Working with confident
They do negligent
Forgetting we got evident.
Instead of shutting negativity down
They wanna shut the city down
Just to perform the rituals
So they can carry out their evil acts
They keep generational wealth
But keep neglecting the people's well being.
Instead of working on the security sector
They try to bring their own setup
Giving section and sanction which is law
That only suits their insecurities
Because they know the damage they've done
The graduates have to work for illiterates
A city where the skillful and competent works for the tyrants and incompetent.
Each breath I take is wrapped in the shroud
of your negligent heart beating loud.
The younger of two
Into
And Ireland
Exits
In Eiffel
Effecting failure
I'm potent
Pungent
Negligent and weak
Mam, Father
and a son I have
Brilliant son
I am wretched
Forgive France
Mistake I was?
Excellent death
Again?
Mercy in German
At once? Fault
Improve
!
French Mistreat’s Pair In Apology
In Eiffel
Effecting failure
I'm potent
Pungent
Negligent and weak
Mam, Father
and a son I have
You Sent
The younger of two
Into
And Ireland
Exits
Article 108: Military Property of the United States—Loss, Damage, Destruction
This article applies when a service member damages or destroys military property, which includes government-owned barracks and family housing. The charges depend on the intent and value of the damage.
Negligent damage: If the destruction was the result of a service member's negligence, they can face confinement, forfeiture of pay, or a bad conduct discharge, depending on the value of the damage.
Willful damage: For intentional damage, such as vandalism, the maximum punishment is more severe and could include a dishonorable discharge and up to 10 years of confinement for damage over $1,000.
Representative Brownley
In the conclusion of military members by family are we concluded further by this article?
Away Babbling, Certain Discourteous Expression Face.
Grayson Howard, Impeachable Judgement Kept Lingering.
Moments Negligent, Ostentatious Pride Quake Ratiocinates.
Self-absorbed, Thoughts Unspoken, Vivify Warm Xemial Yearning Zest.
Fire
I may be a deity, but I do not truly know.
The people talk about me, but have never told me so.
They gather all around me like a holy worship ring...
Staring into my illuminating depths..
I am mesmerizing.
My powers are used to nourish
and also, to protect.
I may sustain a life,
or give a fearful, painful death.
I was created with a positive
and a negative side.
The power I can lend you,
may even let you fly!
Humans will offer the most sacrifice,
In the times of bitter cold and snow.
The trinity of Light, heat, and smoke,
Follow whereever I go.
I am a light in the dark.
I am ultimate power.
I am complete destruction...
In a negligent hour.
I am zeal and passion,
Desire, and hungry heat,
You pray I am controlled
Whenever we may meet.
I am comfort and warmth,
To those tired, stressed out souls,
I am always needed
When survival is the goal.
I soften and blur rough edges,
and I keep secrets safe.
Like a thief I'll steal your treasures...
...And like magic, I erase.
I- I learned so many lessons from your
N- negligent neglection of my rose petal heart
D- Do you ever think about anyone except yourself? I don't
E-even care to ask anymore because I'm learning to love me for everything that is beautiful with the brokenness and pain
P- Pouring peace into my garden with seeds of purpose planted right next to the
E-evergreen foreshadowing the ongoing journey of me. Oh hello,
N-nice to see you in the mirror finally, focus on being the best version of yourself and you will naturally attract what's good for you
D-Don't go searching out of desperation, this will only create a greater separation from your mind and soul
E-Easy hugs you when you kiss everything hard, face your fears and you'll start to see the real you. The
N-new you changing from old clothes,
T-the fit is killing them tonight
p.s. think I'll treat myself to a date night...
Ignorant, is not my identity in my struggle for my race.
Damaged, is not my identity by the disparaging arrows flung at me.
Effected, is not my identity to the wickedness of man.
Negligent, is not my identity as a moral human being.
Tattered, is not my identity.
Impatient, is not my identity to the slow walk in my ancestor's shoes.
Transparent, is not my identity.
Yes, it is not my identity to be caught up in the windmills of others' minds.
Ideology, my identity is invested.
Distinguished is my identity in my faith in the almighty God.
Emancipated is my identity from a life of mental oppression and inhibition.
Navigated am I with a strong will to be a part of a struggle for justice.
Tenacity is my identity.
Ignited is my identity blazed in the hope of a change.
Tagged is my identity by the history of my culture.
Youthful optimism is one of the many facets of my identity.
copyright 2016
Colossians 3:15
And let the peace of God rule in your hearts, to the which also ye are called in one body, and be ye thankful.
I have two choices-
Negligence and recklessness.
I am even more dangerous in my sleep.
When my powers cascade.
What kind of disasters happened?
When I was sleeping selfishly?
They don’t know how to tell me it’s my fault…
But I can read their thoughts.
Which are usually ramblings that I can ignore.
But sometimes they are all thinking the same thing.
And I become caught in a kaleidoscope of voices.
Negligent or reckless?
I don’t even remember the crime.
But I do feel better now that midnight has passed.
Because this time I am locked up-
So that the world can be safe from me.
Facing any criticism,
Like crude barbarism,
Had been true terror for me,
Stung my heart like jungly honey-bee...!
Little taunting enough,
To make my mind fluff;
Days and nights I brooded,
Over anything that deluded...!
Psyche filled with suspicion,
At two people's conversation;
They're talking ill of me, I thought,
When got chance, with them I fought...!
Doubts ate up peace like parasites,
Often led to silly fights;
Each one suffered damages,
Thought: have we turned savages...?
Void betwixt like valleys,
Widened each day like alleys;
Why betwixt humans such distance?
Why is such existence?
Tranquility got trailed,
Harmony re-railed;
Enlightenment,
Left negligent...!
During midnight prayers,
Alone at church-upstairs,
Heart filled with fears,
I implored the Lord in tears...!
Could a father see his son cry?
Doesn't he hasten to wipe his eye?
And so the lord responded
Took hold of me as though bonded...!
===
I bloom a smile on all today,
Forgetting events of yesterday;
No doubt; no venom; no burden;
Life has turned Garden of Eden...!
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