Submissions by Poetic1

Saturday , go away
don't show your face around here today
I can't take this any more
each time he comes
knocking
at my door

A foolish state of mind I'm in
each time I open the door
to let him in
The only colors that I know true
are the colors of
black
and blue

Futile to cover up
or hide
the bruises on my face
the hurt I carry
inside

Five years ago
the man that I knew then
was my husband
my lover
my friend
But without warning
It came to pass
he lost a good job
his...

He sits in a clinic
his body is numb
waiting for the doctor
to bring him the outcome

Promiscuous was he at a very early age
this could be the last chapter of
his story page

He never did drugs with a needle injection
so how did he contract this deadly
infection ?
in his adolescent years , he was teased and
mocked
never showing interest to the girls on the block .

Different was he because he yearned male
compatibility
outcast from his family
the rejection made him so sad
especially when his fater would...