Submissions by Kementic1 (Hussein Ali Hill)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
The odometer of my life is hidden from me which has me worrying about my legacy Is my existence a part of an eternal plan or am i just leaving temporary footprints in the sand Either way even if it is just spam i write therefore i am
SELF POEM
Published
13th Mar 2024 11:28pm
13th Mar 2024 11:28pm
A Is For Anxiety
Thinking about my Sports Teams Politics and my personal life
is a never ending carnival of strife
One minute I am playing Captain Save a Hoe
next worrying about my Instacart order and if in my bank acct I have enough dough
Will it rain sleet and snow
and bc of the writers strike where the hell is my favorite tv show.
My sleeping pattern has no rhythm or rhyme
and will Trump ever be convicted of a criminal crime
The forms of my mental discontent come in a variety
I guess that is why Big Bird taught me that-A Is For Anxiety ...
is a never ending carnival of strife
One minute I am playing Captain Save a Hoe
next worrying about my Instacart order and if in my bank acct I have enough dough
Will it rain sleet and snow
and bc of the writers strike where the hell is my favorite tv show.
My sleeping pattern has no rhythm or rhyme
and will Trump ever be convicted of a criminal crime
The forms of my mental discontent come in a variety
I guess that is why Big Bird taught me that-A Is For Anxiety ...
#anxiety
#insomnia
#MentalHealth #vulnerability
#MentalHealth #vulnerability
313 reads
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
8th Feb 2024 9:40pm
8th Feb 2024 9:40pm
Street Corner Pundit
People overlook what is right under their nose
like when the Emperor didn't have on any clothes
It took a kid to state a simple fact
While others whispered but, failed to act.
They were being blindly obedient to authority
Sadly, in this country that's the majority
"When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose"
and standing up for my people is the way I choose
The one thing I know is true
The system is out to screw me and you
While the powers that be dream of a new evil and how to fund it
I will...
like when the Emperor didn't have on any clothes
It took a kid to state a simple fact
While others whispered but, failed to act.
They were being blindly obedient to authority
Sadly, in this country that's the majority
"When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose"
and standing up for my people is the way I choose
The one thing I know is true
The system is out to screw me and you
While the powers that be dream of a new evil and how to fund it
I will...
#power
#politics
#LifeStruggles
#HumanRights
#inequality
201 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
7th Feb 2024 6:38pm
7th Feb 2024 6:38pm
Fully In Hand
Like Noble Drew Ali
I will remind my people of their spirituality
Like Muhammad Ali
I will fight even when the opponent is my own country
Like Ernie Banks when he joined his Northside club
I will show the courage that earned him the name "Mr. Cub"
Like the great Hannibal
I will defeat my adversaries when their thinking is dull
Like the warriors of Sekhmet, when I make my last stand
I will do so with my self-respect fully in hand
I will remind my people of their spirituality
Like Muhammad Ali
I will fight even when the opponent is my own country
Like Ernie Banks when he joined his Northside club
I will show the courage that earned him the name "Mr. Cub"
Like the great Hannibal
I will defeat my adversaries when their thinking is dull
Like the warriors of Sekhmet, when I make my last stand
I will do so with my self-respect fully in hand
#strength
#inspirational
#LifeGoals
#uplifting
#determination
137 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
6th Feb 2024 9:37pm
6th Feb 2024 9:37pm
A Keeper Of The Flame
It's not about "bs" or jive
I have a "sacred" duty to keep our stories alive
I follow where the tale goes
through our collective highs and lows
Like a torch bearer, my words make their rounds
to hamlets, villages cities and towns
I am driven by the work I do
in hopes to inspire the next Hughes or Angelou
My only claim to fame
is that I am a keeper of the flame
I have a "sacred" duty to keep our stories alive
I follow where the tale goes
through our collective highs and lows
Like a torch bearer, my words make their rounds
to hamlets, villages cities and towns
I am driven by the work I do
in hopes to inspire the next Hughes or Angelou
My only claim to fame
is that I am a keeper of the flame
#motivational
#inspirational
#LifeGoals
#wisdom
#determination
209 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
4th Feb 2024 10:50pm
4th Feb 2024 10:50pm
The Other America
Blacks here live in places like N'awlins, B-more and Chiraq
where hard working people have to watch their back
Because from both the cops and criminals we are under attack
and the courts will not cut us any slack
Our country is divided by an ethic, religious or political wall
in order to survive my people climb mts. that are Everest tall
We live on a social-ecomonic isthmus
Where crimes on us by both Whites and Blacks we witness
At best, for us the glass that hold life's joy is only half full
but, least we are no longer...
where hard working people have to watch their back
Because from both the cops and criminals we are under attack
and the courts will not cut us any slack
Our country is divided by an ethic, religious or political wall
in order to survive my people climb mts. that are Everest tall
We live on a social-ecomonic isthmus
Where crimes on us by both Whites and Blacks we witness
At best, for us the glass that hold life's joy is only half full
but, least we are no longer...
#oppression
#racism
#freedom
#HumanRights
#inequality
139 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
2nd Feb 2024 00:26am
2nd Feb 2024 00:26am
Your Brother In The Struggle
We came here as his chattel
sold on auction blocks like cattle
Our women he raped and disrespected
even today they remain unprotected
They laughed, smoked, ate and drank
while bodies of hung black men rotted and stank
Now shoot us like rabies carrying dogs in the street
or take us to jail after our heads they beat
It is sad to see
that after 300 years we are only semi-free
All these things in my mind I juggle
as I remain your Brother in the struggle
sold on auction blocks like cattle
Our women he raped and disrespected
even today they remain unprotected
They laughed, smoked, ate and drank
while bodies of hung black men rotted and stank
Now shoot us like rabies carrying dogs in the street
or take us to jail after our heads they beat
It is sad to see
that after 300 years we are only semi-free
All these things in my mind I juggle
as I remain your Brother in the struggle
#oppression
#racism
#freedom
#HumanRights
#inequality
225 reads
4 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
29th Jan 2024 3:52am
29th Jan 2024 3:52am
When Our Stars Align
Jupiter Saturn Venus and Mars
is our fate really in the stars
They are shuffle daily like cards in a tarot deck
on a bad day we get negative cards and say what the heck
Somedays things go smoother than China silk
and we crave more like a newborn hooked on it's Mother's milk
When it comes to love baby everything will be fine
when our stars align
is our fate really in the stars
They are shuffle daily like cards in a tarot deck
on a bad day we get negative cards and say what the heck
Somedays things go smoother than China silk
and we crave more like a newborn hooked on it's Mother's milk
When it comes to love baby everything will be fine
when our stars align
#happiness
#love
#hope
#courage
#inspirational
391 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Jan 2024 4:28am
7th Jan 2024 4:28am
Ironic
In America we are:
So connected were are disconnected
So #Woke that we are asleep
So enslaved that we think we are free
So busy chasing money that we are spiritually broke
So convinced we are true believers in our religions that we are brainwashed
So wrapped up in politics that we are puppets
So fixated on our destination that we forget to love the company we keep along the way
So hungry we eat food so fake that it is dangerous to intake
I hope all of the words above are an enlightening tonic
but for me...
So connected were are disconnected
So #Woke that we are asleep
So enslaved that we think we are free
So busy chasing money that we are spiritually broke
So convinced we are true believers in our religions that we are brainwashed
So wrapped up in politics that we are puppets
So fixated on our destination that we forget to love the company we keep along the way
So hungry we eat food so fake that it is dangerous to intake
I hope all of the words above are an enlightening tonic
but for me...
#oppression
#politics
#freedom
#ignorance
#deception
780 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
11th Nov 2023 6:10am
11th Nov 2023 6:10am
The Ultimate Currency
We spend some everyday
either in a big or small way
On a friend, loved one or a stranger
bc in our hearts we know there is no danger
Sadly, our priority is chasing money
which ironically is funny
Bc in the end we see
that love is-The Ultimate Currency
either in a big or small way
On a friend, loved one or a stranger
bc in our hearts we know there is no danger
Sadly, our priority is chasing money
which ironically is funny
Bc in the end we see
that love is-The Ultimate Currency
#love
#kindness
#hope
#gratitude
#respect
705 reads
0 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Oct 2023 00:35am
18th Oct 2023 00:35am
Genocide
All human life is sacred that's the deal
we are born with an immortal soul under factory seal
Endowed by our Creator with the right to be free
almost 8 Billion of us you and me
Hell is when you live in a warzone w/o electricity and water under constant fear
that you won't live to see the new year
Lives are being lost while Mothers sadly shed salty tears
I wish they would rust the Jets and Tanks gears
It's time for the nations of the world to put their pride aside
bc when two or more go to war all it creates...
we are born with an immortal soul under factory seal
Endowed by our Creator with the right to be free
almost 8 Billion of us you and me
Hell is when you live in a warzone w/o electricity and water under constant fear
that you won't live to see the new year
Lives are being lost while Mothers sadly shed salty tears
I wish they would rust the Jets and Tanks gears
It's time for the nations of the world to put their pride aside
bc when two or more go to war all it creates...
#death
#evil
#tragedy
#suffering
#hypocrisy
1141 reads
1 Comment
SELF POEM
Published
3rd Oct 2023 00:20am
3rd Oct 2023 00:20am
The A List
All of my life I have felt like a cloaked Bird of Prey
will the real me ever be on display
About this Ellison and Wright knew what to say
will it also be my forte
This has been my existence
I feel like a ghost off in the distance
Via my poetry my "voice" is heard
but not being full seen feels a bit absurd
Like in the play by the famous Italian existentialist
if I find my Author will my spirit make -The A List
will the real me ever be on display
About this Ellison and Wright knew what to say
will it also be my forte
This has been my existence
I feel like a ghost off in the distance
Via my poetry my "voice" is heard
but not being full seen feels a bit absurd
Like in the play by the famous Italian existentialist
if I find my Author will my spirit make -The A List
#identity
#politics
#freedom #culture
#freedom #culture
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SELF POEM
Published
18th Sep 2023 1:49am
18th Sep 2023 1:49am
A Poor Black Man's Lament
I am forced to stretch a US Dollar
to the point I hear George Washington holler
One time our founding father to me said
stop trying to kill me I am already dead
I said George they make my people break our backs
just to earn a few legal greenbacks
I use to wear Italian designer slacks
back when I was making some stacks
Now I dine on gourmet Ramen noodles
bc it is cheaper than the food rich people feed their Poodles
But I am blessed to have never made my bed outside on concrete and cement
and all of the above...
to the point I hear George Washington holler
One time our founding father to me said
stop trying to kill me I am already dead
I said George they make my people break our backs
just to earn a few legal greenbacks
I use to wear Italian designer slacks
back when I was making some stacks
Now I dine on gourmet Ramen noodles
bc it is cheaper than the food rich people feed their Poodles
But I am blessed to have never made my bed outside on concrete and cement
and all of the above...
#anxiety
#frustration
#despair #disappointment
#despair #disappointment
241 reads
3 Comments
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