Submissions by da_poetic-edifier (Damon)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Just an average dude expressing my views.
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
1st Mar 2023 8:05pm
1st Mar 2023 8:05pm
Signs Of The Times
Increases in derailments of trains
Several near misses of airplanes
Strangest of times we're living in
Death & destruction at each bend
When will it end or will it ever?
California blizzards tells me never
Deeper and deeper fams fall into debt
As the wealthy perceive 'em as derelicts
From private jets and down their nose
The disrespect heavily flows like snow
As SNAP goes down, struggles will rise
Creating dark clouds instead of clear blue skies
Several near misses of airplanes
Strangest of times we're living in
Death & destruction at each bend
When will it end or will it ever?
California blizzards tells me never
Deeper and deeper fams fall into debt
As the wealthy perceive 'em as derelicts
From private jets and down their nose
The disrespect heavily flows like snow
As SNAP goes down, struggles will rise
Creating dark clouds instead of clear blue skies
#death
#LifeStruggles
#poverty
72 reads
4 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
15th Feb 2023 3:52am
15th Feb 2023 3:52am
Diamonds In The Rough
Stressors and pressures created a jewel
Unrecognized by those who just see a tool
Thinking they can fool enlightened eyes
Trying to use a jewel so that they can rise
They're in for a surprise; the shock of their
lives
Cause jewels cut ties better than Ginsu knives
Emerging from strife as unscathed diamonds
In the rough, staying tough and won't bust like hymens
Unrecognized by those who just see a tool
Thinking they can fool enlightened eyes
Trying to use a jewel so that they can rise
They're in for a surprise; the shock of their
lives
Cause jewels cut ties better than Ginsu knives
Emerging from strife as unscathed diamonds
In the rough, staying tough and won't bust like hymens
#relationships
88 reads
2 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
13th Feb 2023 9:22pm
13th Feb 2023 9:22pm
The Quad Squad
Kings amongst men acting like peasants
Instead of conduct of innate excellence
Sustenance consumed is being poisoned
Psychologically groomed to disturb our Zen
All skin folk ain't kin folks so watch your six
Cause Sambos raise Ruckus' to put in the fix
From Styx to the stix; locally and worldwide
COINTELPRO places Rambos deep in the inside
To impede the rise and ride as we lie in bed
Silencing Messiahs with gunfire like they did Fred
From Bedrock to the Hamptons the goal is to gain
By making targets quadriplegic who...
Instead of conduct of innate excellence
Sustenance consumed is being poisoned
Psychologically groomed to disturb our Zen
All skin folk ain't kin folks so watch your six
Cause Sambos raise Ruckus' to put in the fix
From Styx to the stix; locally and worldwide
COINTELPRO places Rambos deep in the inside
To impede the rise and ride as we lie in bed
Silencing Messiahs with gunfire like they did Fred
From Bedrock to the Hamptons the goal is to gain
By making targets quadriplegic who...
#betrayal
#murder
#wisdom #deception
#wisdom #deception
94 reads
4 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
13th Feb 2023 9:19pm
13th Feb 2023 9:19pm
Extended Stays Of Vacays
From cotton fields to '94 crime bills
We still fill positions in their prisons
Transitions from cell to cell in living HELL
To dwell like retail to fulfill other's visions
Deplorable conditions as we're sold like stock
Tic toc goes the clock as tick marks grace walls
Not all are emancipated so, dejected, they dock
Locked like a PC outside of P.C. until they all fall
There needs to be a recall on nonviolent offenders
Fathers and mothers asunder can't raise their kids
LIFE vacays should only parlay rapists and killers ...
We still fill positions in their prisons
Transitions from cell to cell in living HELL
To dwell like retail to fulfill other's visions
Deplorable conditions as we're sold like stock
Tic toc goes the clock as tick marks grace walls
Not all are emancipated so, dejected, they dock
Locked like a PC outside of P.C. until they all fall
There needs to be a recall on nonviolent offenders
Fathers and mothers asunder can't raise their kids
LIFE vacays should only parlay rapists and killers ...
#corruption
#LifeStruggles
#prison
#HumanRights
#greed
103 reads
2 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
7th Feb 2023 9:39pm
7th Feb 2023 9:39pm
Pan-Africanist Geek
They teach about Spaniards, Romans, Caucasians, and Greeks
But knowledge of self is what I ultimately seek
To be a Pan-Africanist geek so my weak links can strengthen
Unlocking the flood gate of my indoctrinated prison
A prism reflects a spectrum of multitudinous colors
But what's fed from cradle to bunk-bed is some more than others
So my journey is to discover my sistas and brothas contributions
Cause representation matters in each and every situation
Some ask the question why there's no White history month
Cynicism as...
But knowledge of self is what I ultimately seek
To be a Pan-Africanist geek so my weak links can strengthen
Unlocking the flood gate of my indoctrinated prison
A prism reflects a spectrum of multitudinous colors
But what's fed from cradle to bunk-bed is some more than others
So my journey is to discover my sistas and brothas contributions
Cause representation matters in each and every situation
Some ask the question why there's no White history month
Cynicism as...
#school
#learning
#historical
99 reads
4 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
7th Feb 2023 8:05pm
7th Feb 2023 8:05pm
Black & Blue
Study the history & chemistry of Black & Blue
Critically & open mindedly if you want a clue
Of what a hue's gone through from the genesis
Hands up, don't shoot the messenger writing this
He's pissed about how overseers now turned officers
Keep appearing in roles of sanctioned executioners
Murderers as if she wrote scripts to remain static
The names change but the game streams the same damn traffic
It's tragic how their magic can Houdini so many minds
Justice hides in attics and too often is hard to find
You'll...
Critically & open mindedly if you want a clue
Of what a hue's gone through from the genesis
Hands up, don't shoot the messenger writing this
He's pissed about how overseers now turned officers
Keep appearing in roles of sanctioned executioners
Murderers as if she wrote scripts to remain static
The names change but the game streams the same damn traffic
It's tragic how their magic can Houdini so many minds
Justice hides in attics and too often is hard to find
You'll...
#murder
#violence
#death
#LifeStruggles
#historical
147 reads
4 Comments
ANGER POEM
Published
27th Jan 2023 6:31pm
27th Jan 2023 6:31pm
Fools Gold
Trying not to become emotionally castrated
Being numb and having zero fucks to give
But I've come to grow even more frustrated
Questioning if this is how I'm supposed to live
I give and give while feeling taken for granted
To some, what's best for me is an afterthought
Causing the sum to equate to being unappreciated
Continuing to seek the peace of which I've always sought
Bought the golden rule that makes me feel like a fool
Investing in the mind state that deeds will be reciprocated
Return on investment seems to be me...
Being numb and having zero fucks to give
But I've come to grow even more frustrated
Questioning if this is how I'm supposed to live
I give and give while feeling taken for granted
To some, what's best for me is an afterthought
Causing the sum to equate to being unappreciated
Continuing to seek the peace of which I've always sought
Bought the golden rule that makes me feel like a fool
Investing in the mind state that deeds will be reciprocated
Return on investment seems to be me...
#anger
#love
#war #peace
#war #peace
177 reads
6 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
26th Jan 2023 2:01pm
26th Jan 2023 2:01pm
Rump Pa Pa Pum
Don't have to agree with your point of view
In order for me to amicably respect you
Too few ride this midnight train of thought
Ignorantly disrespecting; erecting wars to be fought
Causing rage to inject its deadly venom
Civility ejects before destroying kingdoms
Rump pa pa pum bellowing is the chorus
As bullets fly in the sky like they're Horus
In order for me to amicably respect you
Too few ride this midnight train of thought
Ignorantly disrespecting; erecting wars to be fought
Causing rage to inject its deadly venom
Civility ejects before destroying kingdoms
Rump pa pa pum bellowing is the chorus
As bullets fly in the sky like they're Horus
#conflict
148 reads
3 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
26th Jan 2023 1:51pm
26th Jan 2023 1:51pm
Crooks In Books
#relationships
#betrayal
#LifeStruggles
51 reads
3 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
25th Jan 2023 2:49pm
25th Jan 2023 2:49pm
Red Bottoms
Anger buried so deep that it's grown roots
Ready to deploy like Soldiers in boots
Sprouting to the surface and about to bloom
I'm trying self suppression before it booms
It's starting to consume my innermost thoughts
In a web of rage is where I feel that I'm caught
Taught to be calm and to keep a level head
Folks keep trying me and got me seeing red
Ready to deploy like Soldiers in boots
Sprouting to the surface and about to bloom
I'm trying self suppression before it booms
It's starting to consume my innermost thoughts
In a web of rage is where I feel that I'm caught
Taught to be calm and to keep a level head
Folks keep trying me and got me seeing red
#anger
#conflict
119 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
25th Jan 2023 2:47pm
25th Jan 2023 2:47pm
Glory
My heavy crown of prickly thorns
Has my spirit withered and torn
Worn down and habitually weary
Logically angry over emotionally teary
As the tyranny seems to be on the rise
I'm keeping my head up and eyes on the prize
Hoping that there's no disguise of the hereafter
Thinking, poeting and surmising the final chapter
Has my spirit withered and torn
Worn down and habitually weary
Logically angry over emotionally teary
As the tyranny seems to be on the rise
I'm keeping my head up and eyes on the prize
Hoping that there's no disguise of the hereafter
Thinking, poeting and surmising the final chapter
#death
#LifeStruggles
#heaven
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
104 reads
2 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
24th Jan 2023 3:54pm
24th Jan 2023 3:54pm
Ashes To Lashes
Lyrically and metaphorically, I want all the smoke
Everytime that I compose my rhymes, I go for broke
Trying to stoke inferno fires to inspire Phoenix to rise
From ashes with resurrected lashes over their eyes
Everytime that I compose my rhymes, I go for broke
Trying to stoke inferno fires to inspire Phoenix to rise
From ashes with resurrected lashes over their eyes
#rebirth
#WritingPoetry
123 reads
1 Comment
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