Home » Poems » Best » Donny Ingraham » Best Donny Ingraham Poems

Best Poems Written by Donny Ingraham

Below are the all-time best Donny Ingraham poems as chosen by PoetrySoup members

Details | Donny Ingraham Poem

The Circle

Look inside me
judge my worth
weigh my heart
 Cast eyes upon my soul
see within this cycle
we exist the same
we have known and shared pain
 This journey we have have walked
seeing yesterday
hoping for tomorrow
 Being reborn by new truths
shinning so that others may know
this journey never truly ends
 The circle 
is to understand
so is this world
and yet we live in it
 Watching nature
share her secrets
seeing life come to completion
love but not in fullness
 It is something we see
but yet understand
only upon
do we wish to see without hate

Details | Donny Ingraham Poem

All That I Am

Caught between who I am
and who you want me to be
keeping me without chains
tearing me up inside
keeping me from who I need to be
you had your taste of me
allow me to be
to live
allow me to awaken my insides
my feelings
everything I'm not makes who I am
No more mistakes
who I am 
who I not
is everything within my life
becomes the lessons of the future

Details | Donny Ingraham Poem

Fighting To Be Treated Fair

Fighting to be fair Being hit with whips Hung from a tree like fruit Being chased by people in sheets Being denied an education Drinking from separate water fountains Being forced to smile from the back of the bus Becoming a lab experiment for syphilis My blood spills Yet justice is overlooked Killing me without punishment Dying to vote Working for low wages Paying high interest rates Being denied credit Denied for loans My time here has been full of grief Yet nobody sees That hostory tells nothing of me

Details | Donny Ingraham Poem

Ghetto Stories

Trapped within a mortal combat
My life is the prize
This game has swallowed my happiness and makes life a fight
Knowing none ever win
Death is all that's won
Another ghetto poem
Another ghetto story
Decisions and choices are within the battlefield
Gunshots describe my life
My stripes are my scars
My name have become numbers
Drowning my hope with dope
Washing the truth with lies
Misleading by misdirecting
Causing me to miss my blessings
The truth is worth confessing
I'm tired of the oppression
So tired of stressing
Faith is all that's left
But there is little to believe
Knowing no better
Faith is air
The preacher lines his pockets
Many go hungry
The pastor says have hope
But he doubts himself
This story is told by a million fold
Each day these stories are never old
Gathering thoughts
Others laugh
While watching my back
Hoping to see another calender flip
Pouring out liquor for the ones gone  
My tears makes flowers grow
But it doesn't ease my soul

Details | Donny Ingraham Poem

My Endding

Despite the wrong I've done
living life on the run
will you look remember all the right
if I die tonight
 Will you remember my sins
being many without end
if I gotta go 
where will I go?
 Will you punish me
for trying to feed my family
everything I've done, it all depends
if you view my living as sin

Details | Donny Ingraham Poem

Forever?

What does forever means
when one can walk away
what is immortal love
when one searches for more
 Eternity is desired
but feelings turn
hearts grow cold
till death 
vows broken in courts
 Eternal love
is only a dream
the hour to wake up will come
the dream will end
 Today is here
tomorrow is too far for some to see
yesterday many have forgotten
 The once eternal flame
has been extinguished 
only coldness remains

Details | Donny Ingraham Poem

Stay

This war is not worth fighting
we share the home
sleep in the same bed
secrets keep us apart
   Words seem to be all we share
strangers share far more
the memories won't last
the winds will change directions
   The darkness between us
was once a beautiful light
coldness have slipped in
tears have become ice
   The things we refuse to admit brings pain
cutting to the heart without drawing blood
anguish and pain
it shows upon your face
    The first kiss was magical
now it's poison 
slowly killing me
taking me under
     Some thing were not meant to be
sometimes even the blind can see
this is one of those things
time can never freeze the lost moments
      Holding on is impossible
when you're ready to go
waiting for break
waiting to run
     The unexpected keeps you here
soon that will disappear
where will you go 
who will you choose
     There has to a reason to hold on
please wave your flag
let's discuss your pain
this doctor will mend your heart

Details | Donny Ingraham Poem

Yellow Brick Road

Coming to grips with life
learning to say goodbye
to the things left behind
 Giving a moment for the tears
moving on is must
too many depend upon me
for me to walk away
 After catching my breath
it's time to continue this scroll 
down this lonely road
 No matter how far life has taken me
I'm never far from those who love me
more than a loved memory
 Being filled with their dreams
looking back is hard 
temptation remains there
whispering turn back
this is road is uncharted
 As many decided to take their rest
the spirit inside urges to move on
down the road beyond all that is known

Details | Donny Ingraham Poem

In Bloom

Yesterday you were in the dirt 
reaching for the stars
today you're in full bloom 
ready for the world
the sun shines upon you
beauty compares itself to you

Details | Donny Ingraham Poem

Decisions

Trying to walk away
after a lifetime together
seems so hard
 Emotions builds up
preventing you from go separate ways
despite the memories
saying goodbye would ease your soul
the living of lies would end