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Pray For Paris

I’m all shocked and confused
after watching the news
hostages, bombings and shoot-
ings, this is really too much
I can’t do much
so my mission
is to pray for all the victims
their families and the millions
of French people all over the world

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A Tribute To Veterans

Everyone is fighting in this life 
for different reasons
but not everyone is brave enough
to fight for other people
not everyone is brave enough
to sacrifice their life
their freedom
their health
their time
their everything
for other people’s freedom

Some are dead
Some are sick
Some are disabled
Some are homeless

They never ask for anything back
but guess what they get in return?
a simple “thanks” once a year
and absurd comparisons of their bravery

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Dear Younger Me

Growing up brings some drastic change
makes it hard to breathe like a cracked rib cage
life becomes filled with lasting pains
everything seems vague at this stage
people become complex not even Patrick Jane 
can read them
you think growing up means more freedom 
but it’s quite the opposite
more responsibilities and it’s pretty hard to get
rid of old habits and passed old vision of things 
problems pile up and you’re given no time to think

You're probably having problems with bae
just hit pause for some days, take a little break
ignore the "I should've's/she should've's" games
just try to work it out no matter whose fault it is
better days are yet to come, just be optimistic

Don't do anything stupid, please wait
just wait, you've waited enough
it's so close, please don't give up
I know how you feel, it's too much
you probably think this is nonsense
but it's going to be fine, I promise



11/1/2015
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Trophies

Halfway through a laugh
and I get flashbacks
of my black past
that always haunts me
I see it everywhere
even on me
I’m all full of scars
my psyche and body
they’re everywhere
they became too hard
to cover
scars from a number
of wars and battles
cheaters and backstabbers

But today
I look at those scars differently
I see the beauty in them
I’m not the victim anymore
they’re no longer scars to me
they’re defensive wounds 
from my helpless victims
they’re trophies 
trophies I collected
from every cancer I beat
every fake person I killed
every bad memory I choked
every situation I pissed on 
they bring a smile to my face 

-Elis Artis
11/17/2015

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Number 1 Enemy

Everything and everyone are against me
including my own mind
you dark, twisted, hypocrite, controlling
abusive, negative, pessimistic, overbearing
obsessive, malicious, useless piece of crap
you should be on my side, my mind
stop bullying me
give me a break, I’m dying here
stop comparing me to others 
you spent all summer
raping me, making me
go through hell 
holding me back
keeping me up at night
twisting every beautiful thing
what did I to you?
What did I do to deserve this?
Like it’s the last thing I need
what else can I pile on?
I guess I finally figured it out
I was born a guinea pig
to see how much pain
can humans take
so thank you!
thank you, my mind!
thank you for contributing
thank you for screwing me up even more!

10/23/2015
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Friday

You’ve been sick since Tuesday
I can’t afford to lose you, babe
I can’t live without you

So let me take off all these tubes
let me free you of these chains
let me help you break out of this prison

I can’t live alone
please let me take you home
let me bathe us in this holy water
this golden holy water
let me bless the whole house with it
every corner of it
and light it up
then stay there ‘till we see the light

So we can finally be together forever


12/26/2015
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Owl's Hour

It’s almost 3:00 AM
and I’m still scrolling down my newsfeed
bored to death and moody
sick of laughing at the same jokes
unable 
to appreciate anything, everything sucks
too tired and too lazy, can’t do much
chat is off, not even in the mood to talk
already having conversations with songs
in times like this, food comes in handy
fries with cheese, pizza, cupcakes and candy
it wouldn’t hurt to get a drink
so I go to the fridge
sneaking so I don’t wake anyone up
a night owl’s life, it’s time for lunch
I sip on the way back
payback
now I have to take a leak
my stomach hurts, it’s making me
want to do it in the hallway
I run all the way
to the bathroom, kicking the door 
out of the blue I dropped my drink 
all shocked, I wish
I hadn’t
what I saw was too much
too graphic, I'm looking in disgust
I dropped on my knees
and started throwing up
the bathroom all full of blood
and buzzing flies, the floor all full of guts
flesh and remains of all my loved ones
with feces and hairballs everywhere
I pinch myself hoping it’s a nightmare
but they all hurt more than what I saw
in tears backing up slowly about to call the law
I bumped into something or someone
I hope it’s just the wall



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Dream

God please
let it be a dream
I’m about to pinch my arm
please just wake me
reality’s too harsh
let it be a dream

I see smoke wherever I go
it’s bringing me down
my feathers got old
they’re worn and torn
I’m washed up
from my own inner battles
now the whole globe’s involved
my hope is in shambles
the cold is too strong
it blows my lit candles
God, let it be a dream
wake me up somewhere
somewhere I feel safe