Joshua JayShades Legister

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

When you dip me, do I taste sweeter? Sometimes, I tumble into your brew not on purpose, mind you. If blame must fall, it lies with you. You pulled me from the pack, left my brothers behind in the dark. I’m not special, not... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

So dodgy, so cunning, the mind that schemes, Thinking ahead, laying plots in dreams. Playing the fool to catch the wise, While broken souls hurt those who rise. Words spoken in anger are they fact or disguise? Are they whispers... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

It made sense to your ways, The resting façade. How could we know you’d just pop? Tell me, why would you cut it? Your early footsteps echo down, To warm bottles, Every three to four hours, Deja vu lukewarm, then cooled. H... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Cut me into pieces, throw me away, Had your fun, now I’m just prey. You never cared, never loved, I would’ve given my life for you, my dove. I’m lost, adrift, all efforts in vain, A flash, a heartbeat, swallowed in pain. ... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Cut me into pieces, throw me away, Had your fun, now I’m just prey. You never cared, never loved, I would’ve given my life for you, my dove. I’m lost, adrift, all efforts in vain, A flash, a heartbeat, swallowed in pain. ... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Betrayal cuts deepest when it wears a smile, a friend turned foe, a shadow turned to blade. You plotted with my enemies, unseen, waiting for the moment to strike your blow, believing trust once shattered could destroy. But know... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

To my last breath, I will live and defy, unyielding in resolve, my enemies, know this: I will never, ever yield. Each strike you planned has only sparked my blaze, a light so fierce it sears the world itself. I rise beyond defe... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

I am the flame that refuses to burn out, a force unmatched, relentless in its rise. I fight not just for me, but for my own to be the father, man, and guide they need, the unyielding pillar in storm and calm. This battle is no ... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

With you, there is always a way A path of hope for those who seek it. In you, I delight; in you, I stay. A light that guides, a love to sway, When storms rage and the skies grow thick. With you, there is always a way. I lift... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

It's 5:30 AM, sky bruised and quiet, And he’s there at my feet, my loyal companion, Eyes bright, no judgment, just need. Out we go, one steady step, then another, Field sprawled wide, we chase the edges of dawn. Back home, th... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Without struggle, there is no progress No tasting sweet without the sour, No warmth of sun, no radiant light, Without the weight of storm and shower. Love bears its scars, and joy its pain Each breath we take, both gift and cos... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

You said you were family, Blood tied like roots. But what kind of cousin Seeks only to use? You came with your habits, Your tricks and your lines, Left her waiting, alone, In your twisted designs. When friends filled the r... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Dodgy, cunning, plans laid deep, Playing fool to catch what I keep. A broken soul can wound the whole, But I see through the lies you told. Was it your scheme from the start To watch my rise, then pull it apart? Yet I'd rather... Read more

publication by Joshua JayShades Legister

What goes around comes around and if you don't pay now you will pay double later . I went for a job to come away from a life that was leading me down a dark path, To realise that I had been plugged in a system like the matrix Where... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

One day, sorting through the bits and pieces, trying to hold life together, the phone rings, and my world, shatters. They say it straight, her and him, the right-hand man, and the shadows of others, all laced with whispere... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

I hold my dreams with hands that bleed and ache, Through love and loss, through languages and fight. From every fall, I rise, my soul awake. In beats and punches, fears I will forsake, Electric wheels and words that give me flig... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

A hundred sorries, a thousand cries, A million tears just won’t dry, I’m done with foolishness and lies. You think you're right but can’t see why, Just another dodgy mask and guise A hundred sorries, a thousand cries. ... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

What is the purpose of it all? If oceans drift, then fade away. Though every night and day we call, Our spirits stray, our colours grey. Show me the colours as they gleam, The reasons glistening in view. We flex and bend as on... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Through the storm of breath and bone, The weight of life caught in rhythm, A crescendo of labour, fierce and unyielding, She bore the ancient pain. Then relief, a release, the cutting of the cord, A thread severed yet forever e... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

In the wake of shadows Are we all in the thick of it Caught between silence and sound Where the mind bears the storms unbidden and sorrows are never unburdened A breath, a brake, a moment too late What if its all cause and... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

In a world that often asks us to suffer in silence or face the chaos alone, having close friends by your side is everything. My closest friends are those who listen without judgment, keep me grounded, and push me toward my best self. ... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

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... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Break me You thought Love me I taught Live, Life, Love, Laugh, 2 sides of me thats split in half This toxic love is potent Am ready too dilute Too much of me and too much of you 4 seasons to change Anytime to embrace ... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

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... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Fragments of memory, not my own, pull me into a place where light bends and the air hums with whispers I can’t understand. The ground dissolves beneath me. I am crawling through time, through battles with beings too vast, to... Read more

publication by Joshua JayShades Legister

They say love is blind But ain't easy to find It takes a little time It's something hard to find Where my feet may fail A smile could make me sail Into a storm into the gale For this I leave a trail. Follow me follow... Read more

poem by Joshua JayShades Legister

Only you can open my eyes. Through every failed attempted and all my lies. Its your kindness that brings me back to the truth. That your still saving me. Day and night Night and day let my feelings arise. If we are both thirs... Read more

publication by Joshua JayShades Legister

plots getting thicker head vibrating starting to stutter I shudder at the thought of next man laying in my bed but that's the life you choose,when you choose a sket! Own dwelling, own doing, different dialects can be confusing but n... Read more

story by Joshua JayShades Legister

The rain goes on and on Am standing on the shore calling into the unknown for who and what I can't say. Oh what wretched blaspheming sack of wine. I concur it's to and fro from a Beast's behind Cometh this day a tickle, a laugh,... Read more

story by Joshua JayShades Legister

The moment. When all the world goes silent and for those 2 or 3 seconds. You shut your eyes and hope you will be able to awaken. The loudest music could be playing but you wouldn't hear it in those moments . For those seconds of... Read more

story by Joshua JayShades Legister

You spur me on to be a better person. You dont know because we aint allowed to talk. I find a state of harmony in knowing , you made me a greater individual. Gave me just enough desire to freefall into a dimension, where my brain d... Read more

lyrics by Joshua JayShades Legister

You know that my hearts for you . I want you too know that I love you. So put aside the things we do . Just put it on the line, and I can make you mine. I just want to fly away (x 4) Read more

lyrics by Joshua JayShades Legister

There's a sunrise every day there's a sunset every day to watch their free there's a birthday every day there's a newborn every day to watch their free I hope there is something more I hope we can be something more How... Read more

lyrics by Joshua JayShades Legister

So many times you walked away you came back that same day so many arguments and fights you came back that same night too many screams and shouts you came back with your hands out too many times a pushed my luck and now you'v... Read more

lyrics by Joshua JayShades Legister

For the wanting of your touch. For the warmth of your embrace. For the kiss on your lips. For the glow of your face. So capture this moment and seal it in your eyes. And remember this feeling when you let me walk on by. I lo... Read more

publication by Joshua JayShades Legister

My mind wonders. Here and now ,full of excuses I see through your madness, energy levels elevate up and down. body's warm, mind is focused, Semantics twisting through regressed states of fancy. All you want, topsy turvy comes to m... Read more

publication by Joshua JayShades Legister

There was a pause of disparity An unwelcome feeling of betrayal Words being said that sounded foreign to me Vowels and constanants being uttered that shook the ground beneath me. Uncontrollable rage taking over and snapping my m... Read more

publication by Joshua JayShades Legister

Why don't they teach us the things we really need to know. Life seems like a turbulent flight of learning about life lessons rather than the schools academic look on life So if we are from poverty and are taught poverty 90% will... Read more