Life is short they say
So you better make the most of it
But what happens When that's not the case for everyone
Where there are some
Who are constantly changing freedom
Whilst simultaneously hiding in the shadows
Hoping to see tomorrow
So how can one live life to the fullest
When the odds are stacked against you
But when you're black this is your reality
A life controlled by anxiety
Where our life is a puppet
The strings are the shackles
The puppet master is a system
Where the audience are the racists
And their laughs translate to racism
Life is short but we have to spend it trying to survive
Constantly trying to hide
As if we were on the run from a crime
The crime at hand being black
As if our existence to them was an attack
So yes life is short, but for us It's even shorter
Where we are hunted for fun
And our main focus is survival
So I'll say it again
Yes life is short, but for us It's even shorter
sometimes it requires
a phase shift, rather than a
tilt, lean, sag or bend,
to shine a bright beacon light ~
to see, and be seen, in sync
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Imagine this,
I put up like this,
There is no end to it,
The night came in,
The creeps give the chills,
I wonder how to feel,
It is the sequel,
The storyline is captivating,
Very eye-catching,
The movie Serpent is in search,
For a more dramatic and chaotic impact,
In this hour of darkness,
I can still feel the sensational,
Of going on an adventurous journey,
Is this a survey,
Or a rental one,
I could be someone,
Looking through and through,
I spotted a feline,
Of a different kind,
I don't mind,
Give me the sign,
The next blockbuster in line.
Parade of ideas in word or phrase
Onyx thoughts like chocolate cake
Eager emerald ears listen to hear
Teal thrill words like happy new year
Riding licorice lips like kente kite
Yellow words finger painting life!
I dropped a coin into the slot
And when it stopped all I got
A reminder of what I lost
Now once again be damned the cost
sounds of pounding rain
illuminate the sky
clearing my mind
too late to refuse
to be subject to abuse
of those long gone blues
the failure to comprehend
all that was needed back then
each makes their own way
emptiness unfilled by phrase
darkening some days
dreams shot at and downed
expectations run to ground
leaving without sound
of story with no ending
too long lost for beginning
dreams won't make it so
long past time to turn and go
where sad stories flow
not much left to mourn
what our younger selves had sworn
we too became torn
sometimes we pluck a prize rose
sometimes we grab a sharp thorn
what the fates disclose
cherish the highs cast out lows
life is filled with to-and-fros
Oh my god
An expression for emotion
A phrase for my astonishment and frustration
Oh my god
What a hell to live in
What's the future going to be
It seems hopeless
A phrase for the world too
What a man's destruction does to this world
What can be done
It seems nothing can be done
Oh my god
The world and I are asking for your help
An instant and urgent help
Oh my god
A phrase of astonishment or frustration
An instant outburst of emotion
A calling for help
A calling for God,the almighty
Let me read you like a book,
Allow me to understand the hardest phrases in your vocabulary,
Taking all the time to smile, laugh and cry like you did,
And when am done,allow me to be a part of the next chapter.
Call me a Poet,
but I’m just a writer
these words that I breathe
respoken much later
Call me a Poet,
my couplets in rhyme
each stanza to shorten
with meaning sublime
Call me a Poet,
my retinue sounder
to live by the moment
my squares getting rounder
Call me a Poet,
I’ll call you the same
if one phrase you’ll tender
—attached to your name
(The New Room: March, 2022)
"Thinking outside of the box keeps you from suffocating inside of one."Matshona Dhliwayo
Thinking Outside Of The Box-buzzwords
The four tall walls
Suffocate me.
I can no longer,
Breathe.
I kick and scream and cry
I need the light
Please, I beg.
Oh, I beg.
Rocking in the corner,
I see the light I so crave
I run and run and run
Never looking back again
Once the light is hitting every part of me
Only then I realized
I'm outside of the box
And the four tall walls collapsed to nothing
Jade Ashlyn 2/21/22
*Image of Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt.
Catch-Phrase
TANKA
(interrupt someone who's talking)
West would say, If I
may stop you dead in your tracks
East would say, If I
may slice you with some honey
criminal, subliminal
HAIKU'S
(Tea at the Roosevelt's)
Eleanor, of tea;
women are like a teabag
strong, ~~in hot water
(Parodies of mines...)
Franklin D. of tea;
men are like a teabag too
cold water, ~~add ice
(...and again...)
there're lots of fishes
in the sea then only thee
~~yours are more like whales
(...and again...)
there's an old saying
with age comes wisdom, but some
times, ~~age comes alone
2022 January 30
is only said twice in the whole book
Why does Mr Sneeze have no arms?
A quarter of all your bones are in the foot
how many body parts only have 3 letters
what harm in being a legend
a rainbow that happens at night is called a moon bow
Sumo wrestlers make babies cry for good luck
Did you know you could swim through a blue whales veins
crying doesn't make me feel happier
the present only lasts 200 milliseconds
A truel is a duel between 3 people
-- ---.-..... / -.-. --- -... is morse code for morse code.
Here is 2 shovels take your pick
How many times have you heard someone say
You take my breath away?
I would never recite such a cliche
Lacking in rhythm and rhyme
And is hardly sublime
No, you are worthy of greater for sure
You, the only one I adore
Deserve words of beauty pure and raw
Neither would I give you anything poor
Wanting in elegance and so much more
I promise to pledge a greater array
Of a beautiful phrase not dull or grey
And you will exclaim, tell me again
Hence, I shall convey in my own way
Powerfully elegantly I will say
My Breathe You Take Away.
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