CARAMBA, THEY CRIED OUT
Oh, look see we are not racist we hired a black girl.
And the cock crow three times a story left untold.
Ratings are poor our employees don’t measure up.
There is a brown girl in the ring let’s lynch he...
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NOTE: This is a poem of Emotions, I think we've all just about been there.
Why are you
ALL UP IN
YOUR EMOTIONS???
ALL UP IN
YOUR FEELINGS???,
SO TORN UP INSIDE,
Bout to
HIT THE CEILING!!!,
Feeling liked you have...
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Bang bang gunpowder poisons the air
The loud noise of gunfire everywhere
Many people just don’t care
A prayer for the dying no one there
Murderer lack of consent beware
Another shooting in the square
People dropping here and t...
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I BELIEVED your LIES,
and HUNG on every WORD,
You PROMISED to be TRUTHFUL,
is what my SOUL HEARD, but
in REALITY, they all were LIES,
PROMISES WERE BROKEN,
and I don't even know why!!!
I tried to UNDERSTAND as
I WEEP, an...
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THIS ONE IS FOR YOU
I heard he wrote a good poem
And his style is like no other
I heard he wrote the poems
So I thought I would read up on him
But it was as if he wrote my life story
The first one I read made me sad
But the sec...
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Say you will
Say you won't
Your caught in the emotion of how you feel in the moment.
Say you love me
Say you trust me
Your actions tell a story of consistent denial.
Say you will try harder
Say you gonna change
Your mind...
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Written on Dec 10, 2015
Sit there, backs turned, Eyes Wired Shut, disconnected from your gut.
Bowels Moving to the Rhythm of your Heart Pumping. Mouth Open and Shut, Spilling Shit.
Ears Closed to those Who Know.
Head Throbbing ...
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POISONOUS,
HARMFUL,
DANGEROUS,
UNSAFE,
You saw the
WARNING SIGNS,
but,
You was STRICKED
like a SNAKE!!!
TOXIC,
HOSTILE,
like being
shot from
a PISTOL!!!
UP, UP and AWAY,
into the
SKY like
a MISSILE!!!
s...
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Sorry you said
It took you 2 weeks to be accountable for your actions.
Had me crying to a wall for months, because I am a man and the world has never cared about our feelings.
Suck it up mom said, big boys dont cry mom said.
A ni...
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Hey!!!
Do you see me,
or am I a GHOST??
I must be INVISIBLE,
Cos, you're doing the MOST!!
I stand in front of you,
It's hard for me to believe,
It's pretty obvious that
you just can't see me,
I've become a spirit,
An app...
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You have a COLD HEART!!!
that is made OUT OF ICE,
At times your ONREE,
you not even NICE!!
Your MEAN, and CRUEL,
Nobody wants you around.
You walk around looking ANGRY,
With nothing but a FROWN.
Why are you so NASTY???
W...
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MOODY,
GLOOMY,
with such
an ATTITUDY!!!,
seeing you are
in a BAD MOOD,
explains why
you having a TUDE!!
I see you
are having
a BAD DAY,
someone has RUB
YOU THE WRONG WAY!!!,
someone has gotten
UNDER YOUR SKIN!...
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I AM TIRED of these TEARS,
I just want to MOVE ON!!
I AM not going through
this AGONY AGAIN,
So, therefore I AM GONE!!!!
I HAVE shed many of TEARS;
I HAVE gone through so MUCH SORROW;
I felt like there was NO HOPE,
I'm look...
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Your VOICE BOUNCING OFF WALLS
Like BELLS RINGING IN YOUR HEAD!!
You are so LOUD that
you could WAKE UP THE DEAD!!
WHY are you SHOUTING,
do you have to be so LOUD??
You Making a BIG SCENE,
ESPECIALLY AROUND CROWDS!!
You're g...
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do not speak to us of sacrifice
for we are the ones
who laugh, weep, strive
with the little ones
we feel their pain
their struggles
we move forward
you are adorned with laurels
enthroned
in your cozy
little kingdom
we...
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It barely hurts, I promise
She brushes my hair from my face
Just a quick pinch, then it’s over
A pinch how hard?
Do you want me to show you?
Yes
Later, holding completely still while a nice young woman delivers three shots ...
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BEULAH LAND
By Kenvil Atkins
BEULAH LAND
Oh beautiful St. Lucia Island in the sun
I did not leave because I hated thee
You are dear to me like a cup of cool
Clearwater
But the pioneer spirit would not let me be
It's in ...
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"I'm getting "leathered" again....but I don't know why..
why does he hurt me?....why make me cry?...
What did I do wrong, to deserve that leather belt?..
didn't he even care...about the pain that I felt?..
Didn't he feel guilty, f...
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What a nice guy to have around
Pin me to the ground
As a person, he's not that poor
Throw me right out, through the door
Give him a second chance
He's not that bad really
Oh, Clearly -
Just need to get to know him?
Why are...
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"At fourteen I was the only one in our road..without a man I needed to call dad..
I always knew that I was different...and it made me so fuckin' MAD!..
but when I found out the truth...no, it didn't make me feel sad..
just knowing ...
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