das Posted November 25, 2010 Share Posted November 25, 2010 What is this? This is a place where I will share my Poetry online. I'm open to feedback and criticisms and comments - Poetry is art - and I enjoy the good and the bad criticisms. I will be using this post to showcase my poetry for my own amusement - here are four recent works I have written. I write to take for a challenge - either self expression or exploration of a mindset or idea. I try to touch on life, love, loss, current events and politics - I'd say i'm heavily influenced by the hip hop culture from mainstream to the underground over the past 20 years. As for myself, i'm no writer, English was never my strong suit, I preferred History,Science and technology in school, but i adore the thought of creating something I hope if you take the time to read my poetry, that it entertains you, inspires you or touches you in some way - hopefully it doesn't waste your time [hide=The Ocean: Night Vs Day] I can think of nothing as contradicting as the ocean seaThe contrast of it during night and day is different to meIn day the water stretches to the end of the horizon and shines brightThe waves crash playfully and unpredictably in the days lightThe birds walk about and the place is so sereneYou feel at one with yourself and the world if you know what i meanThe salty air creates a fresh and energetic feelingThe solitude of the ocean at day is so healing.At night it's like the ocean brings out Mr Hyde.Waves crashing with reckless abandon as they collidewith the unforeseeable coast lineat night the water and the shore alignto make music that sounds so sublimeNature going at it's own accordin the darkness i feel restoredthe waves crash with fierce intensitynature acts with it's own independent propensitythe waves sound so rough but i take comfort in their struggleknowing deep down what the night manages to smuggleIt's funny how something as little as your sightCan change how you interpret what happens in the nightThe day can make the beach so beautiful and tranquilI stand on the sand, Arms outstretched alone in the BastilleThe water rushes along my feet to and froI don't know when the water will come or recede absent of the moons glowI feel one with nature, with the universe, with god tonightInhaling the cool salty air in the dead of the nightNothing distinguishable in my sight..Just the sounds of one of natures delightsIn this moment, I feel smaller than ever beforeas the water comes and goes ashore...I sink to my knees in the wet sandTheirs nothing in the world I can't withstandI thank god for everything's he donefor his mercy, for his love and his sonI stand and walk to civilization humbleContent as I hear those waves rumble [/hide] [hide=Overcoming Adversity]The past few days have been tiring and unforgiving, took me awhile to move ontook lots of talking to god, self reflection trying to hide the fact I'm withdrawnGot to learn who I really amWhat really makes me a manI knew I'm not special, I knew I wasn't perfectBut my Honor and Integrity shone leaving myself with self respect. The toughest thing I ever had to do was confront my growing fearHandle it with professionalism and tact and not run and disappearWhen All I wanted to do was hide, vanish from sightHow dare you tell me everything will be all rightYou don't know how I feel, You can't relate to my painSomeone Hold me, Don't say a word, is it inhumane? I guess I now know why I'm religious,it's something more than Holidays and a BusinessIn my darkest hour when my life was spiraling out of controlWhen I wanted nothing more than to Scream obscenities and let goChrist comforted me and my friends supported me in my darkest hourWeeks later, I emerge stronger. It will take more than that to make me cower. I made a mistake, it's an instant regret.Whirlwind of emotions none of them taking setTwist the knife deeper and gloatGo ahead, finish me, slit my throat.Nothing can top the shock of what I went throughFirst was the anger, how I wanted to curse and spew I was Livid, I was pissed, Never saw it comingThe angering growing, I only thought about a way to make it numbingDrinking down my woes, trying to find a releaseAnything to get my mind to get these thoughts to ceaseThe feelings of you questioning everything about yourself that you knowEvaluating you're strengths, weaknesses where you need to grow. Sometimes a crisis can redefine who you areWeaker being s crumble when the door to their emotions is kicked ajar.You gotta be careful to let it not bring you asunderYou got to not be overwhelmed with the Shock and WonderSometimes bad things happen to good people who don't deserve itBut lifes not fair, not every innocent man has gotten acquit To be fair, I made the best of what I had at the timeI didn't realize one day my Utopia wouldn't be sublimeInnocent actions can turn sourThe Backlash can DevourShould I let it be a regret?Does the view look better from another Minaret? I did what felt Warm and Bright, felt rightDelight turned into Despite then to InciteI can't beat myself up for doing what I didNor can my actions I can completely forbidFor i'll do it again another time another placeEvery detail will change, but ultimately I will replace My failures and fears and hurt with something moreNew Memories to make, More life to explore.I can't say that I wont make another mistakeBut I want to live life fearless and risks I'll takeNot all situations turn out the sameI guess in some respects Life is a game When you fall, you got two choices, stay down or get on your feetVictory after complete and total failure will only taste sweet.Life can't stop me, Fate can't control me, and a bad experience won't slow meI'm going to live life with no regrets, and try to "Just be"The future is as bright as you make itand life's one [bleep] to who I will not submit I could stand afraid looking back at how things didn't go how I wanted.But I'm strong and will take the hurt and stand alone undauntedI made it through my trials and tribulations tougher than everThanks to friends who will stand behind you Whenever, Whatever wherever.Another day awake, another lesson learnedMore Life experience, even if I got burned. Not to sound Cliche, but what doesn't kill you, makes you strongerMy pain, My failures, My emotions will hold me down no longer.I stand today more resilient than everReady for even worse weather.I look into the sky with a smirk, ResoluteWith a laugh I think...It will take more than that to get me destitute[/hide][hide=overcoming adversity]I cant help but to fear the unknownit's something I've done as I've grownAll I want is to feel like everything's all rightI don't want to fear the anguish when I stay up at nightI long for companionship, to have a void filledGive me a Glass of Love Bartender Distilled.Take away the parts of pain and longingjust leave the parts of happiness and belongingI've wanted lots in life, and seldom been let downif love was a drug I've never been high enough to come downI want something special, UniqueGot a college education and smarts, but I don't know what I seekI want to analyze everything i hear or seetry to figure out what it means for meit gives me something to take my mind awayI stare into the moonlight, the sky is GreyHalf ignited, half aliveThe rest of the sky may as well died.Love, illogical, unquantifiableYet emotional, the need for it is undeniableAny scientific formulas for it have proven unreliableCan I question true love and my faith in God be Viable?Lots of questions, few answerswould feel more efficient trying to cure cancerI try to hide whats wrongsecretly listening to another songabout love, loss and painHiding it all is so f**king easy to feignopening my emotions is something i try to hideI don't want to look weak and let people think I've criedit's hard to find a balanceemotions and testosterone is a tricky dancewhats accepted whats not?Will love ever give me a shot?Who knows, who can sayI know Who i am and at the end of the dayI like who I am, I'm proud of what I dois it wrong to want someone who feels the same way too?they say it's never wrong to dare to dream..But sometimes the impossible is so daunting it seems. [/hide][hide=A Rap: Written to the Beat of that Airplanes song]I wish she knew I existInstead of being a guy in her midstI often wonder why I even trySome days I dont even know why Gotta Get it off of my chestThat i'm not the same and i'm a cut above the restBut i go on unoticedby the ever beautiful hostess Everday feels the sameWork, sleep and try to prove to myself I have gameGenerally from the melancholy I abstainYet it's a cause for celebration crack the champagne Drown my sorrows in a glasswatching my time slowly passI look into the mirror and see my reflectionConfident, strong yet needing affection The Days grow oldThe winter feels coldFaith in the Power of prayerTo combat the lonely despair The need for another comes and goesAs I pen another lovesick verse I supposeTime goes by, My hair turns greyI wish for true love for yet another day Can't see the lights in the sky tonightThe CLOUDS cover up the planes in flightGotta Stay optimisticmelancholy or hope - which one is it? Tommorow is another dayI don't give a f**k what people sayeveryone has a weaknessI ain't affirmed running at preakness No matter how strong you areSomething will hit you with the force of a speeding carFrom 87 to 2010i've been a warrior since i've begin At times I feel I walk alonereaped the seeds i've sownnever said anything I regretI stare into the sunset Watching planes fly byMaking wishes, might as well trythey may be Unlikely to come trueTruth is i'm overdue I'm the best damn catch in any stateGuess i'll just have to waitFor someone to finally seeWho I am - and like me for me Until the day life goes onIn the meantime...[/hide] [hide=Demon in a Bottle.]Dear, Demon in a bottleHow I want to throttle.Myself, Over and over againWhy? Dont even know where to beginI got a lot of good things going on in my lifeA job, an education , why focus on the strife?I guess it's easy to dwell on everything negativeAll it does is frustrate me to the point I want to use expletivesDrink another swigIt wont Renegefalse hope that it washes away the painDown the bottle in a desperate attempt to not feel the sameif only I could have more control..Maybe another sip is more medicine for my soul..will life get ever better?My problems are hidden, not even a scarlet letterDrink to remember, drink to forgetwake up from my sleep in a cold sweatit's just a dreammy fears induce a screamas i adjust to my eyes to the lightI realize i'm sober from the frightMy fears are paralyzingthe dreams I have are TantalyzingDay after day, I do the same thingEat, sleep work, try to get aheadGuess i'll do it until i'm deadI know what I want,but is it obtainablewill i be able to keep it sustainable?I wish I was perfect, I wish I was specialMaybe then the uncertainies wouldn't have my stomach in a pretzel.Another day done, more dreams and desires unfufilled.need a heart of stone with my veins chilledMaybe then I wouldn't careI'll Down another bottle...what do I careAnything to numb the painMaybe when I wake the f**k up..I won't feel the sameWhats real? Whats percieved and not there?What happens tommorow? is life fair?More questions that can be answeredRefill the TankardComplacency seems so simpleLet my emotions be crippledanything to end the painTo get these thoughts off my brainEyes heavy, can't stay awakeMy body is too tired to let the heart acheAsleep now I dream of the perfectionHappy people, everyone has a beautiful complextionI guess everyone hurtsBut my pain is so subvertWill it ever end?Alarm rings, time to live life and hide it all under a feigned grin[/hide] "Any people anywhere, being inclined and having the power, have the right to rise up, and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better. This is a most valuable - a most sacred right - a right, which we hope and believe, is to liberate the world."Abraham Lincoln Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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