Keeping poise in fortune,
Set my heart on entering the fray;
Making courage, control and persistence
My weapon to conquer the affray.
Never will I shrink from obstacles,
Even when they seem like profanity;
The divine light of aspiration endures,
Even the darkest kindle into luminosity.
When thorns filled my path,
Or the vast sea spread its gown,
Even the sun's relentless blaze
Seemed as if heaven had come down.
With The Himalayas as my guide,
I vowed never to retreat;
Making valor, might and endeavour
My weapon to conquer the freight.
Profanity can be useful
If you know how to use it
Oh my goodness
The prettiest positively proud
Puppy did leave a gift on
The living room floor oh sh@$!!
This mother fuc@#!%
Sh%$# all day long!!
But having a dog can be
Quite rewarding.
If you take him or her
For vet visits and training
As scheduled, owning a pup
Becomes much easier. I digress
Way off of the subject which is
Profanity can be useful if not
Abused. Damn it!! Didn't
You hear me!! The language
Is most impressive if used
Correctly, instead of being
Used only in anger.
Forgive my indiscretions
And my huge digression
Please take this with a dose
Of constant copious consideration.
Profanity's a loathsome thing.
The words used are the worst,
Expressing thoughts most vile and crude.
Such language is perverse;
For when we speak we show the world,
What dwells within our mind,
And as he thinks so is the man,
We really haven't time,
To waste on words of guilt and shame,
That hurt even their user;
For words have power, don't forget,
Once said they can leave bruises,
That stay o'er long and cause great pain.
Be careful what you say,
And guard your thoughts lest you forget,
And let the devil play,
Little games within your mind,
For that's where sin begins;
So study hard and think good thoughts,
And just don't let him in.
Swearing runs in the dysfunctional family,
the loud mother gets angry at her kids
and flings some items at them with animosity;
they listen and learn from her curse words.
It's a thrill to hang out with their friends,
it's easier to fit in when nasty words
are spewen out with rageful obscenity
and bullying others, they feel superiority.
If the disgusting language of rebellious teens
didn't offend or intimidate, it would fail them
in their expectations of being defiant thugs;
had they some morals, they would be a gem.
It's nighttime, the April air is very mild;
they binge and break bottles on trees,
their behavior becomes incredibly wild...
there's a fight, one of the boys bleeds.
Angie the mother of Brenda comes to his aid,
then slaps her daughter with fury in her lungs,
" It's past midnight, you should be in bed,
not hang out with a bunch of smelly drunks! "
Written on 5/19/2017
Explain to me the need for profanity
Words we so generously speak
When our mouths have the urge to just leak
We defile and condemn
Again and again
As if we are uneducated fools
That lack proper communication tools
We are overly equipped with words to express our state of mind
Yet,I am baffled by what my ears seem to so often find
People never seem to damn themselves but don’t mind damning God
And sometimes I think I hear a prayer but it’s a mindless facade
For Jesus Christ made away for all mankind to repent
Yet every day I hear some man scream his name into cement
The day will come when we will be
Accountable for what we so freely decree
And I pled to all to manage their tongues
Especially around our younger ones
For they do what they watch
And they say what they listen too
Our mouths are swords that can cut and cause ridicule
Self-control is what is in a recession
And idolatry has become a common obsession
Let’s pause before we utter
Words that hurt God and our fellow brothers
Lets take a stand against cursing the divine
For when we are in trouble we use that same mouth to ask him for a sign.
By: Sabina Nicole
Profanity's a loathsome thing.
The words used are the worst,
Expressing thoughts most vile and crude,
Such language is perverse;
For when we speak we show the world,
What dwells within our mind,
And as he thinks, so is the man,
We really haven't time,
To waste on words of guilt and shame,
That hurt even their user;
For words have power, don't forget,
Once said they can leave bruises,
That stay o'er long and cause great pain,
Be careful what you say,
And guard your thoughts lest you forget,
And let the devil play,
Little games within your mind,
For that's where sin begins;
So study hard and think good thoughts,
And just don't let him in.
"FINALLY BRETHREN, WHATEVER IS TRUE, WHATEVER IS HONORABLE, WHATEVER IS RIGHT, WHATEVER IS PURE, WHATEVER IS LOVELY, WHATEVER IS OF GOOD REPUTE, IF THERE IS ANY EXCELLENCE AND ANYTHING WORTHY OF PRAISE, LET YOUR MIND DWELL ON THESE THINGS."
Phillipians 4:8
The want of profanity
And the sheer dearth of warmth
Has vowed for a whole eternity
That it shall commission rust and moth
To chew away in a colossal calamity
All the cordial bonds between man and man,
For he has employed both knife and gun
In aid of his doom!
For I cannot help but let obscene words
flow out of my lips when I feel strong emotions,
So why is it that this damned website doesn't
permit profanities within my poetry?
Profane words may be trashy in some people's eyes,
yet I believe they reflect emotion.
Words are words,
some beautiful,
some not
But in the long run,
if anyone is offended,
it's their problem, right?
Another cloud frowning Sunday,
Wind bellowing profanity-
Dreary tears slamming to Earth.
Where is my sun?
A. Green
We respect the p$#t's
Freedom of expr%ss#$n
Our rules serve a gr#$ter p#rp&se
We build c#mm$n%ties out of nothing
All gratitude is owed to us
As such we make requirements
That we expect from our f#ll%w$rs
That they not truly expr$ss what they're f##ling
Unless it neatly fits in one of our
Categories of wh%les@me b$n#v@l$nce
Therefore we make the following recommendation
For those among us who simply must
The new "F" word shall be "Fun"
The new "S" word shall be "Shine"
The new "A" word shall be "Amaze"
The new "H" word shall be "Happy"
We thank you kindly for your attention
To our gr#$ter c@#se
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