Best Poems Written by Farrah Leone

Instinctive Personal Struggle

I've got dirt in my nails and 
bloodshot eyes
A heart like a lion who won't 
rest inside
I'm not proud of where I came 
from
My past is a foil of me
I don't believe in this 
conformity
Where if you don't comply
You'll be dehumanized
Being yourself results in direct 
consequence 
Acting who you are is what you 
do best
So now my knuckles bleed like 
they've never done
Cause I've been fighting up to 
be a champion
Give me a golden belt give me 
that title
Because truth and morality are 
my only rifles 
Nothing you can say can tear 
me down 
I'll be the only one to escape 
this town
So many times I've tried to 
give it up before
But I can't do it, I don't want to 
be a lure
On a fishing hook drawing 
someone else into the trap
Of not embracing themselves 
and the feeling of gasp
Years of falling uphill and 
getting up from the dirt
To see there's less blood on my 
white t shirt
I'm always ready for those 
blows like a solider in battle
I strike back fast like a 
surreptitious rattle
Getting up every morning to 
see the sunrise
I saw the green grass on the 
otherwise
Accusations, name-calling go in 
one out the other
Directing my own path like a 
sail boats rudder
Just look at it all, I won't make 
my life cyclic
Yet when you don't your head 
may feel a few kicks
Emotionally and physically 
abused
What's right and wrong is now 
leaving you bruised
Your heart days one thing but 
your mind another
I know you're not used to 
fighting and just want to be a 
lover.

Copyright © Farrah Leone | Year Posted 2014