Submissions by da_poetic-edifier (Damon)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Just an average dude expressing my views.
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Dec 2024 1:04am
15th Dec 2024 1:04am
A Boy's Dream
A Boy Can Dream
Even For GOD'S Help
Even For GOD'S Help
#dreams
81 reads
7 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
14th Dec 2024 9:04pm
14th Dec 2024 9:04pm
SING ALONG
Born as a black bird who couldn't fly
Pushed to the edge; expected to die
Rose to the occasion; flapped my wings
Since that fateful day, been in the ring
Singing melodic tunes about perseverance
Things still untold; gotta have the clearance
The relevance of which may be too esoteric
Peruse, if you choose, through many topics
Optics unclear to a set of untrained eyes
Epigenetic ingredients mix with familiar ties
Still I rise everyday to march the battlefields
As struggles continue and they rarely yield
Pushed to the edge; expected to die
Rose to the occasion; flapped my wings
Since that fateful day, been in the ring
Singing melodic tunes about perseverance
Things still untold; gotta have the clearance
The relevance of which may be too esoteric
Peruse, if you choose, through many topics
Optics unclear to a set of untrained eyes
Epigenetic ingredients mix with familiar ties
Still I rise everyday to march the battlefields
As struggles continue and they rarely yield
#LifeStruggles
#WritingPoetry
99 reads
11 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
8th Dec 2024 8:00am
8th Dec 2024 8:00am
My American Tale
Income dipped then credit tripped over obstacles
Got bold in survival mode and learned to hurdle
I'm not Fievel but this reveals my American tale
The pursuit of higher levels has retail shops in HELL
Determined to prevail and excel by any means
A Soldier and lifelong learner staying on my dean
Fiend for knowledge, knowing the best college is life
Where the admission toll is toils of turmoil and strife
An institution rife with barrels & shovels deferring degrees
Instead of conferring, it's offering nights on our knees ...
Got bold in survival mode and learned to hurdle
I'm not Fievel but this reveals my American tale
The pursuit of higher levels has retail shops in HELL
Determined to prevail and excel by any means
A Soldier and lifelong learner staying on my dean
Fiend for knowledge, knowing the best college is life
Where the admission toll is toils of turmoil and strife
An institution rife with barrels & shovels deferring degrees
Instead of conferring, it's offering nights on our knees ...
#LifeStruggles
#strength
85 reads
5 Comments
DARK POEM
Published
12th Nov 2024 4:05am
12th Nov 2024 4:05am
Venomous Kiss Of His Fists
In lieu of a kiss, he used his fist
Felt that she dissed and he got pissed
Used his palms in lieu of a charm
Strangled, she couldn't raise her arms
Recited Psalms then said goodbye
Reached the finale of blackened eyes
She chose the wrong guy for a mate
Hindsight's 20/20; a twisted fate
Felt that she dissed and he got pissed
Used his palms in lieu of a charm
Strangled, she couldn't raise her arms
Recited Psalms then said goodbye
Reached the finale of blackened eyes
She chose the wrong guy for a mate
Hindsight's 20/20; a twisted fate
#death
#DomesticViolence
109 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Nov 2024 00:58am
6th Nov 2024 00:58am
A Corporation's Election
As Ms. America lies in wait
To see who'll make her great
The stakes remain very high
Some will smile; some will sigh
Some will cry; some will rejoice
Some may lose free will of choice
Will their voice lift up and sing
Or will they feel the bumble bee's sting
We're all in the ring of the U.S. of A
Fighting each other like this is M.M.A.
Outcome'll convey the state of the union
And the flag'll still sway in this Corporation
To see who'll make her great
The stakes remain very high
Some will smile; some will sigh
Some will cry; some will rejoice
Some may lose free will of choice
Will their voice lift up and sing
Or will they feel the bumble bee's sting
We're all in the ring of the U.S. of A
Fighting each other like this is M.M.A.
Outcome'll convey the state of the union
And the flag'll still sway in this Corporation
#America
101 reads
1 Comment
ANGER POEM
Published
26th Oct 2024 11:29pm
26th Oct 2024 11:29pm
Dead Ends
To murder and martyr, or to financially maim
That's how they choose to tame the game
Their aim is to squelch dissenting voices
Killing the illusion of freedom of choices
Free will comes with invoices & mounting bills
Making one feel as if they're running up hills
Blood's been spilled by courageous women & men
The roads to justice & armistice are dead ends
That's how they choose to tame the game
Their aim is to squelch dissenting voices
Killing the illusion of freedom of choices
Free will comes with invoices & mounting bills
Making one feel as if they're running up hills
Blood's been spilled by courageous women & men
The roads to justice & armistice are dead ends
#LifeStruggles
129 reads
5 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
26th Oct 2024 11:23pm
26th Oct 2024 11:23pm
French Kissed By Ignorance
Your ignorance precedes you entering a room
Somebody tell the Sandman to bring a few brooms
For the brides and grooms whom consume propaganda
Divided and conquered by those who gerrymander
Somebody tell the Sandman to bring a few brooms
For the brides and grooms whom consume propaganda
Divided and conquered by those who gerrymander
#deception
#ignorance
#politics
126 reads
1 Comment
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
26th Oct 2024 8:00am
26th Oct 2024 8:00am
Penny's Plot
Is a penny with a hole in it any less worthy?
Is it universally accepted to devalue brownies?
Is it irony that they're bearing the face of Lincoln?
Would a caged bird still sing if it were a falcon?
Asking for a friend and them with inquiring minds
Those holding AK's everyday while looking outta blinds
The ties that bind want us blind, deaf and dumb
Inebriated by clouds of smoke, pills, and or some rum
Acting chummy but in reality are really enemies
Wanting us to suffer quietly while kneeling on our knees
Praying,...
Is it universally accepted to devalue brownies?
Is it irony that they're bearing the face of Lincoln?
Would a caged bird still sing if it were a falcon?
Asking for a friend and them with inquiring minds
Those holding AK's everyday while looking outta blinds
The ties that bind want us blind, deaf and dumb
Inebriated by clouds of smoke, pills, and or some rum
Acting chummy but in reality are really enemies
Wanting us to suffer quietly while kneeling on our knees
Praying,...
#deception
#lies
89 reads
0 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
26th Oct 2024 7:52am
26th Oct 2024 7:52am
Promiscuous Guns
Fragility takes the virginity of an unfired gun
Mental instability has eclipsed many of Suns
Rum-pu-pum-pum is the sound of the beating drumroll
An audible exclamation of the lives being stole
This cold world's becoming more frigid everyday
Artic temps continue to dip and never seem to sway
Press play and they'll convey the way to genocide
Games the same but they changed how it is supplied
Sides are being redlined by trails of tears and blood
Parted like the Red Sea during this modern era flood
HUD unable to aid the array...
Mental instability has eclipsed many of Suns
Rum-pu-pum-pum is the sound of the beating drumroll
An audible exclamation of the lives being stole
This cold world's becoming more frigid everyday
Artic temps continue to dip and never seem to sway
Press play and they'll convey the way to genocide
Games the same but they changed how it is supplied
Sides are being redlined by trails of tears and blood
Parted like the Red Sea during this modern era flood
HUD unable to aid the array...
#death
#GunControl
#MentalHealth
83 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
30th Sep 2024 2:20am
30th Sep 2024 2:20am
Road Work Ahead
Knowing too much about what you can not change
Is bad for mental health and can drive one insane
So I stay in my lane; maintaining the road
Filling pot holes of pain that rain has erode
Is bad for mental health and can drive one insane
So I stay in my lane; maintaining the road
Filling pot holes of pain that rain has erode
#SelfReflection
178 reads
9 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
30th Sep 2024 2:07am
30th Sep 2024 2:07am
Family Matters
Blood's
thicker than water
But
When out of order
Can
clog arteries
Causing
heart disease
Killing
family trees
As
the leaves
Fall
to the ground
thicker than water
But
When out of order
Can
clog arteries
Causing
heart disease
Killing
family trees
As
the leaves
Fall
to the ground
#family
#trees
103 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Sep 2024 7:38am
18th Sep 2024 7:38am
Gifted & Afflicted
In the blink of an eye, you or I could gain our wings
So live everyday like a caged bird that still sings
Allowing nothing or anyone to steal your joy
Some entities are enemies with malicious ploys
Ahoy brothas and sistas from different misters
Times are rife with strife and sinister agendas
Pretenders make it hard to discern what's truly real
Turmoil inserts like a knife and hinder how fast we heal
Gotta deal with the low blows hitting where it hurts
Like words some spew at you that deeply cuts
No matter what we go through a...
So live everyday like a caged bird that still sings
Allowing nothing or anyone to steal your joy
Some entities are enemies with malicious ploys
Ahoy brothas and sistas from different misters
Times are rife with strife and sinister agendas
Pretenders make it hard to discern what's truly real
Turmoil inserts like a knife and hinder how fast we heal
Gotta deal with the low blows hitting where it hurts
Like words some spew at you that deeply cuts
No matter what we go through a...
#death
#LifeStruggles
#motivational
164 reads
2 Comments
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