White privilege
...White privilege
The ability to exist Without fear
The ability to walk down the streets
And not jump at every siren
To not calculate every move
And overthink every word
Because in out world
O...
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Categories:
watch your back, discrimination, history, political, power,
Form: Free verse
Heaven Is Too Hot And Hell is Too cold
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Burned my wings on a neon sun,
Too bright to love, too fierce to run.
Angels talk like kings of war,
Locked in gold behind white doors.
I wore the light but it felt like chains,
Swee...
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Categories:
watch your back, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse
Until I Rest
...I have things to do and places to be,
Burdens to bear and people to please.
I look not at the watch staring back at me,
For I shall be late to the morning tea.
I have so many conversations to mak...
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Categories:
watch your back, feelings, home, life,
Form: Rhyme
SEPARATED FROM SOCIETY
...Once a free happy man enjoying the outdoors
Surrounded now by jail bars that don’t bend
Inmate correction to society
A life that totally went apart, and have no name but a number
A place an inmat...
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Categories:
watch your back, anger, anti bullying, anxiety,
Form: Rhyme
The story of a woman
...A woman.
Most people see her as something to control,
A toy, a servant, a role to play.
If she is blonde, she is called "dumb."
If she is Black, she is called "slave."
If she speaks up, she is...
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Categories:
watch your back, women,
Form: Free verse
Laura Norder 2 - New Balls Please
...Laura Norder took her gun and strapped it to her thigh
The skirt she wore was so damned short she had to strap it high
And stood there on the corner where the street lamps dare not tread
She waite...
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Categories:
watch your back, courage,
Form: Narrative
Doing Time
...Doing Time is not easy but it's something that I gotta do/
Survival of the fittest so this how I gotta move/
I'm not the strongest so I got a lot to lose/
Pound for pound round for round I got a l...
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Categories:
watch your back, anxiety, conflict, dark, fate,
Form: Free verse
The Fickled Pickled Herd
...So quick to judge any breach of etiquette
Such breaches at the whim of the fickled herd
What is there to do but watch your back
Or compulsively stay in line
Or just say f*ck it!
And be on your...
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Categories:
watch your back, independence day, society,
Form: Narrative
the knife of friendship
...They say you can't watch your back and another's
I tried, and trusted you, my friend, to see me through.
I turned my back to you, and you did the same,
But instead of guarding it, you brought me ...
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Categories:
watch your back, betrayal, death, depression, for
Form: ABC
The Betrayer
...He stands in the corner, watching me:
His eyes are red like blood
And he bears no name, rank, or identity—
His skin is faded pale
As if he has been drained of all soul.
The white square upon his...
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Categories:
watch your back, death, war, world war
Form: Free verse
The lair of the shark queen
...beware of the lair of the shark queen
she watches you
keen
to have revenge on your kind
once she's made up her mind there's no turning back
so watch your back
beware of the lair of the shark q...
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Categories:
watch your back, sea,
Form: Rhyme
Your Heart Deserves Great
...Your heart deserves great
And you should give it a try
Who says you can't be happy,
Happier than before
People shed off all your confidence,
Courage and trust and now,
You feel like your...
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Categories:
watch your back, betrayal, confidence, inspirational, patriotic,
Form: Free verse
Punching Bag Of Rage
...Do not try there is no use
You will only badly lose
Running will not do a thing
When I find you it will bring
Only more pain you caused this
When you took a closed up fist
Hitting my friend in ...
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Categories:
watch your back, abuse, anger, fear, friendship,
Form: Rhyme
WHEN I GROW UP
...When I grow up
I will love to know why
People call a Snake specie Rattlesnake,
When all snake actually Rattle
When I grow up
I will love to know why
People call death A Bitter Experience,
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Categories:
watch your back, allusion, culture, humorous, language,
Form: Free verse
Smiles do Return
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She endured trauma as a child, that shut down her mind
Without safe adults, there was no security to find
She played outside and pretended to run away
She prayed and God answered, he heard wha...
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Categories:
watch your back, deep, hope, inspirational, life,
Form: Rhyme
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