People O Poems - Poems about People O

Destiny quivers, like the lips of young lovers awaiting their first kiss. As I quivered before our first … although just your hand. It was filled with the passion of our unknowing souls. Likewise, destiny, Awaiting patiently, The unfolding of each moment As if it were the first moment of existence. Though predestined, From that first moment of creation, The smallest...

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When the pungent dust and smoke settles on empty streets and on the rubble strewn, bombed out blocks - when all colour has been bled out of the land leaving a shroud of deathly grey, what can we do but weep and let our tears trickle down onto that red geranium clinging to life in a battered pot balanced on the last windowsill left standing in our homeland. ...

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Oh, come, gather up close to hear my story. Of how ancient navigators crossed the sea to glory. Going between Pacific islands with fantastic skill, Using Providence to guide with nature's goodwill. “It’s chance—they will never find their way." “No compass drawn, no map to mark the day.” “They drifted and then caught some lucky breeze." "They stumbled blindly, blown...

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Power equals currency In a world that actively yearns for it The more you have the more you are worshiped And with worship becomes freedom Where inequality is something they abuse And power is the excuse they use as a campaign To bully the people that they blame To start an agenda of hate for the only personal gain The same...

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We know your game And we are not going to become slaves to it We've seen you spin your lies like a spiders Web Your crimes of deceit will come back to smite you The heavens will rain down on you There is no escape from eternity Hear these words said Let them infest your head Your silence will betray you...

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When the mind slowly decays It doesn’t just affect the mind It affects the body, the spirit, the soul The spiritual horror of psychological torture Is how you treated black people The way you penetrated our minds with accusations of inferiority Treating us less than animals Less than the dirt on your shoes Generation after generation You have tortured my people Psychological...

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the dog brings his leash it’s time for our daily walk I smile, his tail wags ...

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I dont blame her for how she chose to survive It was never really her choice It was a forced setup A gun forced into our hand To absolve them of guilt But they guide our hands On to the trigger And coax us into pulling it But was it really suicide When the world forced...

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spiders have eight legs insects six — most mammals four humans mainly two some think they walk on water and like slugs — leave slime trails too By David...

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Acceptance equals survival Survival equals safety Comfort equals invisibility And invisibility is vital For us to live a somewhat peaceful life 'Somewhat' because they even kill us in silence They even kill us despite our compliance When they see us we are greeted with violence There is a method to the existence of being black A formula so...

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On fair ways of life what can wind not, Counterfeit coins their way can find not. Your shadows do if find the sun strong, Sure, with me the way would ye wind not. Hardships hover on all human life, Sans tough tests man’s today defined not. How will ye change the ways of this world If the set-in-stone kind, ye grind not. Even...

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Hypothesis: What is an ego anyways Are we born with it And from the moment we have the willpower we’re tasked with muting it Or does it grow from experiences of rejection Fed by whom? Is it intrinsically preserving, Extrinsically repelling… For the sake of avoiding philosophical debate Let’s say we have an agreed upon theory Experiment: I’d like to think my ego dissolved The moment...

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Love deceiver promises love, but gives you grief and a broken heart. Love deceiver says, I love you but only wants to take your heart as a trophy. Love deceiver has no conscience; they hunt day and night taking hearts and love, like an energy vampire. Love deceiver never keeps their promises, only give confusion to your...

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We are the villains in a story they spun We get the villain arc without being a villain The storyline of a traumatic childhood Living under a shadow Constantly being misunderstood Having to sacrifice ourselves for the greater good Without being given credit of saving the world What they don't tell you is how the hero is the coward How...

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I am the mirror of truth I am the reflection of accountability That will show the shards of what is, not what's not I will reflect their own darkness back at them So they can feel an ounce of the pain we suffered through To confront the truth of their own inferiority And be trapped in a room full...

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