with every step I gingerly take
I have ankle-breaking potential
thanks to my dog’s obsession with digging
If I do fall into one of his holes, I will be buried alive
clods of dirt flying into my face from his back paws
right now I am sitting at my outside table
which used to be safe
not anymore
it now has six giant holes surrounding the perimeter
My left foot just got whipped into the air by his massive neck
because he is digging a hole under my right foot
What did I just step in
It’s sticky and dark brown
I’m trying to walk really fast
But it just keeps slowing me down.
What did I just step in
Is it chocolate or brown glue
Whatever it is it’s sure stuck fast
Right there upon my shoe.
What did I just step in
Is it natural or some waste
Shall I quickly stick my finger in
And have a little taste?
Tasting to identify
Isn’t something you should do
Especially when it turns out
To really be dog poo!
Lazy folks design better mousetraps
Industrious folks bring them to market
Money-hungry promoters hawk ‘em
Insecure consumers gobble ‘em up
America lurches on its way
Two steps sideways
A step in the bucket
Trust turns to dust
Girls and boys are more the same than different
It is weird that many do not realize this
I do because I see the tears,
And there are many from both sexes.
Neither has a monopoly on sadness
The boys in our country, used to pressured
By society to not show their feelings, not cry, not show sadness.
The last few generations though, boys have been freed
So they can also show their feelings without fear of being called names
Or being put down or being ostracized.
I think this is a step in the right direction
Maybe this will help us get to a more loving, peaceful, understanding world.
she told me
there's something you
need to know
there's something I have to say
we been together now
for more moments than
than I could say
bet you didn't know this
but I don't think
this is the best time to say
but I never loved you
I just let you have your way
what good is a broken heart
if there's no one who care's
love is shared between friends
You can't love me if I'm not there
take sometime
find somebody new
a mas a la gente equivocada,
siempre la hiciste
encounter fortuna !
maybe she'll love you
but I bettcha she'll whined up
hating you too
I love your style
keep on keepin on
maybe I'll come back once in a while
we can talk about what you're doing wrong
simple and plain
guess I should've let you know
never loved you
and it's time for you go
take your things
the songs and those rings
I'll pawn them if you leave them
or give them to my new beau
love aint that simple
sometimes it's
harder to say
but we aint gotta worry about that
because I never loved you anyway
we aint gotta worry about that
because I never Loved you nyway
I sat in the kitchen, Mum stood at the sink,
the radio nattered away,
when all of a sudden she stopped washing the pots,
a Fleetwood Mac song started to play.
It was 'Albatross', “ We used to both dance to this,
a Slow Foxtrot, your Dad and me,
come on, grab my hand, have a go, learn the steps
it is easy to do, as you'll see ”.
We stood face to face, hand in hand and began,
as she walked through the steps like a pro,
I tried to pick up both the rhythm and steps
without crushing all of her toes.
We moved round the floor in a figure of eight,
by the end of the song not too bad,
and with a smile on her face, both eyes closed,
for a second,
she danced Slow Foxtrot with my late Dad.
Taking a step in the right direction
Shall be considered a blessing
Follow on through with your heart
Captivate the audience that you are addressing
Show them that they can achieve greatness
The mind is an essential tool
Continue on with your journey
And let serenity and kindness rule
Seek to master your frustrations...
The most important lessons are learned the hard way...
Don't fear the utter darkness, sooner or later everything is revealed in the light...
The evidence is all around you.
It's only as difficult as you perceive it is and it's only as complicated as you make it.
The prize is worth the fight
And the journeys reward is the experience...
Shelter yourself from animosity where by doing so you take the wind from their sails...
Give thanks.
No matter the situation give thanks.
Because everything happens for a reason.
So smile in the face of adversity because you've been preparing for this.
Put extra effort into your endeavors, destiny awaits.
Make your words carry sincerity and your actions consistency.
Never forget where you came from.
Part of understanding where you are headed is realizing where you've been.
It's important to cry as much as it is to laugh.
Step in confidence.
we seek change
some won't fame
some aor racist insane
some one above
is now showing love
he will help us win
when the lord fights for our rights
LET THE LORD STEP IN
It was her sixteenth birth year...
She was madly in love with an elderly goon
I forbade her to step forward
She denied being backward.
Yelling at me, she insulted me in all possible ways,
My poor little angel, my lovely sweet sissy,
I saw her, drowning to dark hole bit by bit
I smelled danger, as if, it was like-
A raven rushing at her……
To suck her blood to the death
She wanted to taste all the way life
But it was too wild, the moron was devilish
He had his own wife with three kids!
I warned again my sweet little sis,
‘Don’t love’! She never looked back and drowned;
Continued sipping the nasty blood and blood sucked her
Until the raven attempted to kill her
She fled then, emptied, broken hearted.
Written by-Tasmina Hayat Khan
9th January 2016
A Step In Garden
Level of pleasant was overwhelmed
Facing crowded competition of roses
Different colours and vivid adorned
Many poses were fabulous and demanded
No order to pluck neither to irrigate
Morning was alerting no interfere in roses
Humming of bees and insects were silent
Late night only gave them leisure for rest
Sincere commitment was there to purview
A time of maturity hardly stays
Day by day consumption from other and
Panic starts to hide form rays
A cycle of life and a class of success
Knitted design by other as if compelled
For market and export purposes
Due to praise and claimed by grand success
Plays of nature and fabrication of sense
Weaves so designed and patterned face
As if complex human brain, a clear perfect
Evolution in wisdom a never ending process.
What's for you shall never pass you.
And you better hold it tight and know its value.
Cause there ain't nothing like taking something for granted,
waking up the next day and wishing you had it.
Time is ticking always in a rush.
Surrounded by people who haven't earned your trust.
Mouths moving, but they ain't making noise.
Walking around with knives and guns, and I ain't talking toys.
Society still putting labels everywhere,
just giving another reason for people to stop and stare.
Oh! but you can't use gay, oh no you wouldn't dare.
Black boys getting called niggas everyday , but I forgot society don't care.
People getting slandered everyday for speaking the truth.
Didn't know it could hurt so bad, but now I have a clue.
People still reppin their green, red, even white and blue,
for the sake of themselves and the pride that they hold onto.
Im just traveling through this world and observing my view.
Not trying to conform to this world; no need to please any of you.
When I write these rhymes I'm spittin' nothing but the truth.
So don't shoot the messenger, I'm just trying to give you a birds eye view.
theyer from every race
with that homeless faces
eyes or cold
some tich there noses
looking for a friend
to stop this sin'
THE HOPE FOR GOD
TO STEP IN
Dawn Collette Mclaughlin
future is a journey
The steps we walk forward
Every now and then
A crack in our path
Making a obstacle
Swerve in a broken track
Just keep walking
With your head up high
Missing the ground of faults
With a smile stroll tall
Fate is all in front
Since the minute we are born
So leave the negative
Infuse positive breath it
The Next Step In Human Evolution
By Elton Camp
Since human genes have been mapped
To new possibilities they have to adapt
Perhaps there will come a new way
One’s genetic instructions to convey
Genes composed of A, T, G and C
May be sent just as quick as can be
Desired qualities they can then pick
Avoid those able to make a child sick
For a uterus there will be no need
Into a replicator the genes feed
Then will come an electronic whirl
And out will pop a baby boy or girl
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