The worst day is never quite as bad
The best day always better
The valleys never near as deep
The mountains even higher
Its not optimistic fervor
Or romanticized observation
Its simply the effect you have on me
Every time you trust me more
Yes it's true you're beautiful
And sinfully sweet as well
But none of that holds a candle
To the way you lean on me without fail
I promised never to run away
But that seemed a slight cheat
If I'm honest
Because while you may think it's noble
Its the easiest thing I've ever done
So you may worry that I'll run away
Anxious you'll over share
But the only thing that worries me
Is that you won't when you know I'm there
I don't help because I have to
Not even to fill a want
But the reason that I do it
Is I can't imagine my life without
Categories:
sinfully, for her, love,
Form: Free verse
lust
seducing me into a moment of unfaithfulness
drawing in my wandering gaze
fingers reaching through the dimly lit doorway
sinfully running through my hair
filling my mind with a myriad of thoughts
social
historical
carnal
poetic thoughts
seduced by a street hustler on the corner
bought things I never intended to buy today
never needed or wanted
door left ajar
low light seen on the night stand
creeping along the back hallway
trying not to get caught red handed
satisfy my moment of gratification
couldn't help myself
transfixed
memorized
lust
when I saw the first three lines of your poem
fever pitched curiosity
hating the term
"nosey"
but it is what it is
and that's alright
first three lines of your poem
slowly pushing the door ajar
lustful eyes
peering through the haze across the room
watching you slowly disrobe
to see the nakedness of you
your poem
your poetry
Categories:
sinfully, black african american,
Form: Free verse
A mistress so sinister
Sinfully embraced by
the depths of lusts's
fulfilment.
Erotic and calm
as if palmed by a balm,
so sweet yet forbidden.
Categories:
sinfully, 2nd grade, absence,
Form: Free verse
Deprivation is a seed
An aura so haunting yet
sinfully attractive,
pulling, and magnetic
to ignore like a laugh
so simple yet contagious
to whole.
Categories:
sinfully, 3rd grade,
Form: Free verse
Feeling so blessed away from
thee abuse being battered taunted
today I sit with my two red poodles
brando and ruby they love me
unconditionally making sure I am
hugged affectionately constantly
sinfully indulging in my favorite chocolate
Toblerone bites sipping a warm
Glogg finally feeling safe watching
springtime form in a far off distance
over looking colorful homes in Lebanon
Categories:
sinfully, allah,
Form: Kyrielle
A cobwebbed threshold
of her festering wound.
The foul rush of shadow and abandonment
spoiled just beyond recognition.
Embers of a chaotic ritual
and venom searing vehemently
through the flames of her blackened heart
becoming death’s latest rendezvous.
Darkness has a tight grip on her
even light refuses to set her free.
Her kissed curses were sinfully forgotten
though her lost heart still beats.
*I wrote this poem on April 7, 2021, as part of a ’30 days of poetry’ challenge. This was day 7 and the prompt was:Write a poem that embodies a very strong emotion. Can you guess the emotion I was going for? Let me know…
Categories:
sinfully, addiction, angst, anxiety, depression,
Form: Free verse
Been searching for it;
It’s already been found;
Been looking for it;
Already on my mind;
Well
I am a wretched undone;
Just me myself a lonely one;
I been livid, living life sinfully;
My Lord Jesus Christ came and set me free
I am free
Freed
I am free
In deed I be
I am free
I am free
I am free
I am free
Was taking God for granted?
I was a rotten seed being scattered;
Not my growth is stunted;
Be replanted, now I am flourishing
Well
I am well
I am
I am
I am
Growing in His beautiful light
Now I am His beautiful flower
I was a wretched undone;
Just me myself a lonely one;
I been livid, living life sinfully;
My Lord Jesus Christ came and set me free
But when Jesus died for me, for me
He gave me a place in heaven, now I stand free
I am free
Freed
I am free
In deed I be
I am free
I am free
I am free
I am free
I'm free
11/20/22
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2022©
Categories:
sinfully, analogy, appreciation, song,
Form: Lyric
Life will be snatched away one day
We cannot survive even if we pray
Forever only God can here stay
He alone can have the final say
People will fight with each other
Ending lives created by Mother
When will they love one another
Treating each as sister or brother?
Money is seriously sought after
Due to this chase, is lost laughter
No one bothers about character
Writing in cold blood life-chapter
Women, power, wealth and fame
Lead to acts that attract shame
All the human beings are the same
They play sinfully this holy life-game
Just think and love others being kind
Allow only generous thoughts in mind
Toward innocent faults, just turn blind
Then enormous bliss, one can find.
Categories:
sinfully, anger, anxiety, care, happiness,
Form: Rhyme
Never was I slave physically
Yet could I be the one a Slave
"mentally economically and socially sinfully"
I have a headstone prepared a placement
On my grave site yet I'm not dead
No not yet all of this is prepaid for free set
I am so selfish though I don't want to die physically so a
And be placed beneath the ground in my grave
I want to see Jesus come down from the sky
I want to be one of those few alive
To see my Jesus come down
Never was a killer yet my words could injure
Those aren't expecting those in need of protecting
Never was a slave yet I have been ill-behaved
I've done Humanity's wrongs I've lied I stole from
Need now I ask for forgiveness now that was a slave to my sins
Yes asleep to sins until Jesus came
Along and He freed me now, now I'm born again
Thank you Father God
Amen
7/6/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr 2021
Categories:
sinfully, analogy, anxiety, conflict, humanity,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Model stance;
I stand vibrant in a trance;
I stand
Enhanced my hands muddled;
Foot in a puddle;
I'm covered;
I'm stained;
And in muck and mirer distance;
I stand;
Away
In ths a pond a clean pond;
I walk away from the muck and mire ;
For alas I am solid clay ;
And I have been molded and cleansed and risened this day;
3/14/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021
Categories:
sinfully, 6th grade, addiction, allusion,
Form: Rhyme
A romantic is woven by words
Passed into the wind to be caught
Pen to paper
With heat to unfold, the romantic by words alone
Peer into the blind eyes of this romantic and behold the words
With essence of temptation, sinful delights caress~
Longing to feel your skin,
Press against the warmth
Words of movement caressing our embrace
Sinfully, longing to hold you,
Beneath in romance
A shutter of trembling display, love’s heat
Lay here with love
As passion flames,
the romantic lays
with the one
Categories:
sinfully, love, romantic,
Form: Free verse
I became impatient with myself
standing on the precipice of twilight
I know the things the dark visors
and I wish to dominate all sinfully
delicious places within it
I want to be the one to hand feed
dominance and not be the recipient of it
submitting only when the need arises
no longer tethered to my proclivities
while simultaneously indulging in
a world of unknowns
eyes narrow to a point conforming to the greying
aggression as it spills out into the merciless night
nature shames when there is no clear direction
allowing your mastery of control to penetrate me
maybe I thought I needed a stern and steady hand
but only on the parts you could physically touch
and unlike my body, my mind is the one place
you sir, have no possession over
when the light absorbs the waning dark of night
that is when I grab my emotion by the horns
and push him to kneel before me
the illusion of my submission, sir ~ rescinded
Categories:
sinfully, corruption, dark, emo, metaphor,
Form: Free verse
Maze
Oh my Heart, why do you seek
the ecstasy of Eden's garden
when love is a daunting puzzle.
Woe is you, you fool;
for you dare to travail
through its sinuous paths
filled with deception and treachery
... ruled by a sweet-talking, sensuous
serpent, sinfully seductive
with his cajoling, forked tongue,
promising every heavenly delight.
Greedily gulping wine-filled songs,
frenetically feeding on empty poetry,
you’re blindfolded and lost
on a dead-end street,
bumping against a wall
of steel gray misery,
imprisoning your soul and
turning your hopes and dreams
into doubt, desperation, and despair.
Oh my Heart, you’re trapped,
suspended in a twisting maze...
of unrequited, lethal love.
Contest: Maze - 10 Word Challenge Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Dear Heart
Date: 06-23-2020
Placement: 4th
Categories:
sinfully, love,
Form: Free verse
I pondered words of long ago
Deep dark soul cuadled fearless
Bountiful dauntless yet profound
Your love a weapon ruthless and
Sharp cruel at best yet fulfilling
And as sweet and tender as a
Ripened blackberry pressed upon
Your lips and squeezed harshly by
Your teeth and tongue mmmm
Savory to the last blue drop
And just as sinfully stained
Categories:
sinfully, absence, sweet love,
Form: Free verse
I pondered words of long ago
Deep dark soul cuadled fearless
Bountiful dauntless yet profound
Your love a weapon ruthless and
Sharp cruel at best yet fulfilling
And as sweet and tender as a
Ripened blackberry pressed upon
Your lips and squeezed harshly by
Your teeth and tongue mmmm
Savory to the last blue drop
And just as sinfully stained
Categories:
sinfully, absence, sweet love,
Form: Free verse
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