I trusted you,
I let my walls down for you,
You made a fool of me,
You tore me apart.
My heart has been broken for the last time,
You were the straw that broke the camel’s back,
You never really loved me,
But you hid it so well.
You hurt my best friends,
And that hurt me too,
It took me 9 entire months,
Just to find out what you’d done.
You and I had something unique,
Not a day passed where you didn’t say “I love you”,
All that’s left is broken parts,
Broken trust, broken hearts, broken promises.
I saw a side of you that I never wanted to see,
A ruthless, vicious, heartless side of you,
You’re just like the rest of them,
Never truly satisfied.
You broke the trust I had in you,
And you broke the heart I gave to you,
All the times you said you loved me,
Well, those are all broken promises too.
To lighten the load, just remove the straw that broke the camel’s back.
4/19/2022
The straw that broke the camel’s back
A straw quite ordinary
Its weight did not mean very much
Not challenging to carry
But even though this measly straw
Was worthless on its own
It had a value and a strength
That was only timely shown
The straw itself, pretentious not
Had knowledge of its role
Quite useless was it by itself
This it could not control
But when it was allowed to be
A part of bale or heap
Its value all at once appeared
To be no longer cheap
And so one day to its surprise
It really didn’t know
It was the one who did the trick
Before anyone could say ’Ho!’
Wendy Nipas
not going to fly
not having it
not backing off
if this goes a stray
will not take it
will not step down
will not give up
will fight for territory
this is last straw
this is straw that broke
this camels back
this turf
this territory
is already inhabited
not going to leave ever
nothing can push out
existing inhabitants
How I wish I could make you see
The thought in my head, endless as the sea
How I wish I could make you understand
Without you I cannot stand
How I wish I could make it easy
To care for this wretch, silly.
I could spend a thousand years
Shed my very last tears
Yet this I cannot change nor end
For this is the unseen bend
That last corner before home
The stone that crushed Rome.
You are the straw that broke
Crushed an empire in a single stroke
The one I cannot forget
For that I have no regret
We are the sea and the moon
Bonded, together the only path to boon.
I am the long shot.
I am the one they never so coming.
I am the life beat of a heart once dying.
I am the old horse that keeps kicking.
I am truth in a world that keeps lying.
I am the runner who though the race ends,
Keeps running.
I am the dancer who keeps moving,
Though the curtains falling.
I am the raindrop that split the earth
I am the straw that broke the camel’s back
I am the bullet the vest couldn’t catch
I am the arrow the armour couldn’t stop
I am the pebble that cracked Goliath’s skull
I am the hair grown back on Samson’s head
I am the longshot
I am the manifestation of a revolution
I am the symbol of a new generation
I am the underdog who becomes champion
I’m Del Monte: picked, not just chosen
I am the voice they can’t mum
I am the song hope cant stop but hum
I am the last of a dying breed
Yet its hope that i bleed
I’m he whose passion is a creed
Created by God’s decree
I am the ‘f’ that made lame hot like flame
I am the ‘g’ that made low glow
I am change. I am difference. I am uniqueness
I am wine from The true vine
I am what you cannot be
I AM ME!
BECAUSE OF CLAWS
The lady was flawless
I, however, am lawless
A confessed king of fools
Best at breaking the rules
I am best at harming myself
I told her “charming art thyself”
In her I found no imperfection
Until I suffered her rejection
I am unbelievably unruly
And I suffered her farewell unduly
Her beauty was disparate than her speech
I was desperate for a soul I could not reach
Between the line of being law abiding and anarchy I cross the border
With me it’s a circumstance of law and disorder
Because for unblemished beauty I finally followed the law
And her farewell was definitively the very last straw
Her perfection was the straw that broke this mammal’s back
And now it’s her loveliness this lover came to lack
So now I’ll go back to breaking a legion of laws
Because the lady left me with scars created by her figurative claws
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Edit
i am me
by Ty Ngachira on Saturday, December 31, 2011 at 6:24pm
I am the longshot
I am the one they never so coming
I am the life beat of a heart once dying
I am the old horse that keeps kicking
i am truth in a world that keeps lying
I am the runner who though the race ends keeps running
I am the dancer who keeps moving though the cutains falling
i am the longshot
i am the raindrop that split the earth
i am the straw that broke the camels back
i am the bullet the vest couldnt catch
i am the arrow the armour couldnt stop
i am the pebble that cracked goliaths skul
i am the hair grown back on Samsons head
i am the longshot
i am the manifestation of a revolution
i am the stmbol for a new generation
i am the underdog who becomes champion
am picked not just chosen
i am the voice they cant mum
i am the song hope cant stop but hum
iam the last of a dying breed
yet its hope that i bleed
am he whose passion is a creed
created by gods decree
i am the f that made lame hot like flame
i am the g that made low glow
i am change,
i am difference,
i am uniqueness
i am wine from The true vine
i am what u cannot be
I AM ME
It was an ordinary day for an American girl,
typical run of the mill stuff consumed her life,
Yet, no one knew her daily strife,
The abuse she feared from day to day,
The horrible thoughts that constantly got in her
way, she knew one day he would surely kill her,
spill her blood and no one would be wiser,
because of the stigma the subject holds,
Her mind wandered if she were to give up and fold,
What would her destiny be............?
The night the lights went out was the straw that broke
the camel's back,
A devastating attack took her unaware as the enemy
had drunken up too much of the atmosphere,
She could have been anyone's daughter or friend,
as the choke hold wiped away her smile,
Her thoughts confirmed, "This could be the end",
The room faded to black,
What was happening?
Was she having a heart attack?
for a moment she lay lifeless and unconscious,
what had she done to deserve a fate so vicious?
The night the lights went out of her mind,
was the first time God showed her a true sign.
waking rakes your thirsty dreams.
you laugh thinking you pushed
the nightmare aside. swallowing
down the bone-stealing juice,
you match your daily attire.
gritting or smiling, you hold fast to the talon-fists
of surviving. it's 120% you give
to the double switchblade of office generousity
-- the mirror of your tell-tale lover.
YOU CAN VOID ALL THAT!
it's like you died and returned
the straw that broke the camel's back.
you can tick life off
and make love blind coming to.
help it! void where prohibited!
center flash!
stamina can catch a pale
under a storming euphor-O-rash.
irony-set, you'll be slap-turning hips --
bridled by neon wet nails.
in a thunder roll, you'll shed breathed principals.
it's like you died and returned
the straw that broke the camel's back.
you can tick life off
and make love blind coming to.
help it! void where prohibited!
center flash!
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