When will I see the day someone
Sing songs for me out of sympathy.
Take the dead;
use their parts
to make a wretch,
this morbid art—
Frankenstein, Frankenstein!
You are to blame
for the deadness
in your heart.
Great scientists
applaud you,
what— because you
play a god!
Frankenstein, Frankenstein!
Broad paths
are better
left untrod.
Look in the mirror;
See the true beast!
You are the nightmare
stealing your sleep!
Oh, Frankenstein;
The self is the
monster that haunts
you—haunts me.
LAMENTING HARMS
I am passionate in regardless requiem
I dress ridged and deploring
I need shed tears for my sorrow I bewail and bemoan
I am related to elegy
I vacation at the cemetery
My job is lamentation writing up funeral chant a burial hymn
I desire to sing at my passing in heaven
11/26/19
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr. 2019©
LAMENT POETRY FORM
live it to you, where I had to
i'm giving up you, and i have to
to make you feel, it was worth it
did i did wrong,when i had bad
the last love,treat it as crush
did you miss it,everlasting
should it be this,change it for me
i really want to,touch your body
put my lips on,tell me when you ready
we have done this,one last thing
they will never, trust us sorry
send your love too,where you have to
live it to me.
All in one faded-black day
(but let None forget)
In my arms, her body lay
(my life was the price to pay)
A tragedy, through the lack of humanly shame
(do they know pain)
My darkly colleen has to suffer no more
(Robert nor do you)
Let me die
(please hear my haunted cries)
If I can not see Sophie tonight
(live on with my grey)
I'm just a mess of despairing words
And broken nerves
Another mourning, afflicted sight
(through decay, love can remain)
Solace, sympathy are just more lies
She is all I need
Until you decide she is just another sadist's toy
My Angel, why did you have to fly so far away
My Angel, just let one feather stay
My Angel has flown away
My Angel, why did you have to fly so far away
My Angel, just let one feather stay
My Angel has flown away
(My body is amortal, die I may,
Together, our hearts will forever stay)
Jingle... jingle jingle,
jingle
The man is black,
jingle jingle
Black as coal,
jingle jingle,
The woman is white ,
jingle jingle,
The colour of our floor,
jingle jingle,
Holding their hands,
jingle jingle,
In symptoms of love,
jingle jingle,
Of defiance,
jingle jingle,
Jingle… jingle jingle,
jingle,
We are children,
jingle jingle,
Of lost races,
jingle jingle,
Of lost continents,
jingle jingle,
Amorphous cultures,
jingle jingle,
Hybrid vernaculars,
jingle jingle,
Our mothers defied,
jingle jingle,
The ways of grandma,
jingle jingle,
Grandma cries,
jingle jingle,
Eeeeeh! Eh! Eh!
jingle jingle,
My children are lost,
In the 21st Century,
Aaaaaaaaaah!
©Muthoka Jacob, June 2012.
This poem is a cry over lost identities in the crave for modernity. Sorry in case it stings.
She chose a red scarf. The most red
of them all.
Of a dark red, a sweet and thick red color,
just as wine.
She carved from the red scarf
from the middle
to the size of a Martini glass.
Then she carved one more glass,
and she kept carving
till she fell asleep.
Yesterday
she saw her Beloved Moth
flirting with a Younger Moth,
carving together from a sweater
while she was getting busy,
carving in the shelves.
The Unhappy Moth drank lots of wine
woolen wine,
last night.
She drank lots, too much
for a Moth.
The Unhappy Moth got drunk
and fell asleep
on the red scarf,
unhidden
with a heart filled with peace.
She was not afraid no more.
Now she could be seen easily,
laying on the scarf
and easily crushed.
The Unhappy Moth was not
afraid of death no more,
at least, now she knew
how wonderful the red scarfs are
and that they taste
like red wine.
If I seem down
forgive me
frowns I carry around
live in me
you may say,
ya' see right through me
your words untrue,
renew me
the hurt I’ve learned
brews in me
if only you could
re-design me
take time rewind,
refine me
recreate the mold, without lies I’ve told;
give back the soul I sold.
®~JSLambert
I feel like
I'm headed no where fast
In the wrong lane
how long will it last
I see things the wrong way
The storm sings
It's going to be a long day
Maybe things will look up
Until then it has to end
Bad and evil
together they blend
Lust or love
for which would you sin
Agony and defeat
Pay attention
when fate and disaster meet
One knife and death
life is one last breath
Some how it has to end
Mad enough to fear
but sad enough to tear
Patterns of broken hearts in ten
Befriend an old torn apart friend
Only the smart ones know it all
Only the ignorant ones grow to fall
How many replace pride
with a loved one by their side
See signs and hide
be a better man "Hey," I tried
but it has to End
There is a light inside of you
blue eyes that light up a room
it was your heart that saw me thru
love of a child that i mother to
A crooked smile and a blankie
big blue eyes smiling back at me
life wasnt given to you by me
but my baby is all that I see
There was a sign daddy taught you
that let you know everything is alright
your hand in mine and you always knew
that he would love you til the end of time
but the ghost in the doorway
makes no way to get passed
my fears echo the hallway
and your voice is heard last
A crooked smile and a blankie
big blue eyes smiling back at me
life wasnt given to you by me
but my baby is all that I see
I open my eyes
to another day
as the sun climbs
I fade away
im carried to a place where i feel no pain
carried to a time before you went away
I still feel you close, feel you here
in this life we chose its all so clear
when I remember you, remember you
I close my eyes
from another day
as the moon blinds
I fade away
im carried to a place where i feel no pain
carried to a time before you went away
I still feel you close, feel you here
in this life we chose its all so clear
when I remember you, remember you
I never got to touch your face
I hid a faded smile
my 3 Angels were placed
to comfort me a while
I never got to feel you grow
or become a rising star
I pray that you will never know
of this hidden scar
I never said the word hello
as I welcomed you to life
the only word I was allowed
was the saddest word goodbye
I never got to see you grin
or hear you laugh out loud
I never got to tuck you in
or watch you sleep so sound
I never said the word hello
as I welcomed you to life
the only word I was allowed
was the saddest word goodbye
just as the years go by
rain will come and go
but ill always hold you inside
i just wanted you to know
I never said the word hello
as I welcomed you to life
the only word I was allowed
was the saddest word goodbye
If I could dream
for anything
I would dream of Peace, Love
and Unity
for all Bloods & Crips
all gangs, are in need of a change
for you represent such ignorance
and scrutiny
Difference in colors worn
Sides in which you were born
are truly all that divides
when the two opposing sides
collide
and it makes no sense
for we all Bleed
Blue turned Red
Blood Inside
And a future generation
is hard to provide
when death, is like your shadow
creepin' up by your side
and drive-by shootings happen
each late night, outside
where running seems the only option
to know
for no places to hide
no defense for your demise
for a difference in colors worn
and what side in which you were born
is truly all that divides
when these two sides collide
and it makes no sense to me
for we all Bleed
Blue turned Red
Blood Inside
how can we pretend that everything is okay
when the world is soon to turn to grey
I've took this life and its treasures in vane
when you'd easily trade with me any day
you're amazing better than grace
so amazing just can't turn the page
amazing can't find the strength
to gaze at your face and not look away
look what we've done, coming undone
slowly fading away, so amazing
better than grace
you say they gave you less than six months
never thought it could hurt this much
I'd give anything just to save you
oh what can i do, just say because
you're amazing better than grace
so amazing just can't turn the page
amazing can't find the strength
to gaze at your face and not look away
look what we've done, coming undone
slowly fading away, so amazing
better than grace
with every breath we take, just another test today
don't walk away before it's too late
we should all be ashamed of ourselves because
he's amazing better than grace
so amazing just can't turn the page
amazing can't find the strength
to gaze at your face and not look away
look what we've done, coming undone
slowly fading away, so amazing
better than grace
The End
Nothing left to say;
journey has been completed,
all is finished now.
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