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Prey and Predator

You are running for your life trying to stay alive
You don't know how long you'll be able to survive 
Nervousness runs through your heart and mind
Your existence served its purpose but now you're out of time
I know you're probably thinking life is unfair 
Because now your spirit is full of despair 
The predator wants to rip and claw at your flesh
Leaving behind a graphic mess
His hunger has endless determination 
You escaping will be tremendous frustration 
His speed increases with every leap
You're the meal that'll put both of you to sleep
Sudden bravery overcomes you and you stop to attack 
Until you notice a mysterious figure behind the predator's back;
What is that creature that walks on two
It doesn't resemble the predator or you
I'm at the top of the food chain with unfathomable dominion;
This is a proven fact not a pompous opinion 
Hunting the predator that hunts the prey
That's double the food for the day
The predator notices my appearance 
He knows I will be a inconvenient interference 
Worried for his life he now runs away
Now the predator has become the prey
Mr. Predator never believe that you're superior and there's nothing to fear
I am your oppressor your inferior here!

Copyright © Lajoya Heyward | Year Posted 2023



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Resentment

People say forgive and forget 
They say live life without regrets;
I say that's easier said than done
Because vengeance is very fun;
Just forget the pain that's been done unto me 
Cause you didn't experience my misery;
If forgiveness makes you strong than I guess I'll always be weak 
Because my heart loves payback when awaken that's what she seeks;
What you reap is what you sow
Should I hold in the pain and anger or should I let it show?
Vengeance I love you, but you don't love me
I give you power through my animosity;
I want him to suffer like he made me it's only fair
You can beg me for forgiveness and I still wouldn't care;
Treat others how you want to be treated that's what I was taught
I don't like treating others badly yet that's what you brought;
Vengeance might become my fate
Hopefully I change before it's too late;
Forgiveness is an amazing level of spiritual maturity 
I know somewhere inside me want that purity;
It's not over I haven't buried the past
There's no telling how long these feelings will last.

Copyright © Lajoya Heyward | Year Posted 2023

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Deliverance

The bars of my cell are icy cold
I'll never see freedom is what I'm told
My destiny is an outsider looking in
Whenever I see her, she begins to grin
Reminding me she's waiting on my release 
And my inner potential to be unleash 
Time is passing by and I'm still in this cage
My body is beginning to age
One thought lead me into anxiety 
Causing me to have no decent propriety 
I'm determine to break the chains of my mind
So my thoughts can properly unwind 
I'm my biggest critic who deciphers my uprise or downfall 
And my blessings are on the other side of this wall
I clutch my fists in the rage of my mental captivity 
The sting in my hand came from a key
It is the key to happiness and success 
I unlock my chains and GOD will handle the rest
Deception from my own mind
Caused me to waste tremendous time
Then reality hit me so fast
I was only prisoner because I didn't bury the past
Always look forward never behind 
Or else you'll find yourself lost in time.

Copyright © Lajoya Heyward | Year Posted 2023


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