Submissions by da_poetic-edifier (Damon)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Just an average dude expressing my views.
DAYDREAMING
Wide awake but still chasing dreams
Yet life seems to happen in between
With a keen sense of direction & focus
I lean on my magic like it's hocus-pocus
I won't just allow for it to dry, wither & die
Even with clipped wings, I keep trying to fly
Flying high above life's frozen, barren fields
Vast plantations where dreams are habitually killed
Filled with unfulfilled or deferred aspirations
Where equations equate to actions of desperation
Adding up to expirations or recidivous incarcerations
As the mastication...
Yet life seems to happen in between
With a keen sense of direction & focus
I lean on my magic like it's hocus-pocus
I won't just allow for it to dry, wither & die
Even with clipped wings, I keep trying to fly
Flying high above life's frozen, barren fields
Vast plantations where dreams are habitually killed
Filled with unfulfilled or deferred aspirations
Where equations equate to actions of desperation
Adding up to expirations or recidivous incarcerations
As the mastication...
#birds
#deception
#LifeStruggles
#motivational
#prison
198 reads
2 Comments
Chalice Full Of Malice
Transatlantic trips on the Jesus ship
Led to the tips of the master's whip
Don't let your lips sip from the oppressor's chalice
From the rip it flippith over as hot, steamy malice
It's best that you don't allow for it to ever take sail
Or the pricey toll may just be your soul for sell
Dwelling in HELL while they'll promise afterlife riches
Only land the meek'll inherit are their six feet ditches
Led to the tips of the master's whip
Don't let your lips sip from the oppressor's chalice
From the rip it flippith over as hot, steamy malice
It's best that you don't allow for it to ever take sail
Or the pricey toll may just be your soul for sell
Dwelling in HELL while they'll promise afterlife riches
Only land the meek'll inherit are their six feet ditches
#deception
#LifeStruggles
141 reads
4 Comments
SEE B.S.
Journeying through life
The highs and the lows
Where joys & pains are rife
My third eye never closed
We're told seeing is believing
But can't believe what we see
Gotta keep critically watching
For the BS like CBS on daily TV
The media's full of lies & deceptions
Social, political, & that of every kind
Most are planned strategic distractions
Designed to keep us all deaf, dumb, & blind
The highs and the lows
Where joys & pains are rife
My third eye never closed
We're told seeing is believing
But can't believe what we see
Gotta keep critically watching
For the BS like CBS on daily TV
The media's full of lies & deceptions
Social, political, & that of every kind
Most are planned strategic distractions
Designed to keep us all deaf, dumb, & blind
#deception
#LifeStruggles
140 reads
3 Comments
Poetically Free
Chillin' in the shade of the shadow of death
Battlin' against demons without havin' a ref
Left ain't as mighty as the right hand of GOD
Compensating with poetry and living life as a bard
Playin' cards I'm dealt 'til I become the dealer
Utilizing this gift to uplift like a healer
Truth teller; not afraid of transparency
Unlocking my cage so that I can be free
Battlin' against demons without havin' a ref
Left ain't as mighty as the right hand of GOD
Compensating with poetry and living life as a bard
Playin' cards I'm dealt 'til I become the dealer
Utilizing this gift to uplift like a healer
Truth teller; not afraid of transparency
Unlocking my cage so that I can be free
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
136 reads
3 Comments
Flow Of A Maestro
I want my poetry to conduct a symphony of thoughts in your mind
Wanna be a maestro who knows how to infuse melody in rhyme
With the chime of a metronome inside of my dome
I maintain the cadence in order to bring it on home
Setting the tone when in the zone of creative writing
Hurdling the blocks that're trying to stop my poeting
Creating before words start escaping my mental
Hoping to retain some on the plane as residuals
Wanna be a maestro who knows how to infuse melody in rhyme
With the chime of a metronome inside of my dome
I maintain the cadence in order to bring it on home
Setting the tone when in the zone of creative writing
Hurdling the blocks that're trying to stop my poeting
Creating before words start escaping my mental
Hoping to retain some on the plane as residuals
#WritingPoetry
108 reads
6 Comments
A Soul's Inferno
Much's unresolved and'll never be
And it's waging a war inside of me
She hurt me deeply down to my core
Nothing in life's the same as before
Those closed doors can't be reopened
Cause her body's incinerated in a coffin
Ashes are now restin' inside of an urn
While the pain I feel continues to burn
And it's waging a war inside of me
She hurt me deeply down to my core
Nothing in life's the same as before
Those closed doors can't be reopened
Cause her body's incinerated in a coffin
Ashes are now restin' inside of an urn
While the pain I feel continues to burn
#death
#hurt
#mother
161 reads
7 Comments
Nation Birthers
Your nurturing natures motivate
Providing love in a world of hate
When others berate, you'll uplift
Bestowing us with a divine gift
Today we lift and exalt you all
Cause you chose to answer the call
Stand tall & be showered with love
Absorb the elation & fly like a dove
Above the clouds of trials & tribulations
Over mole hills & mountains of frustrations
Relaxation is the sole goal of this occasion
For the mothers & birthers of many nations
Providing love in a world of hate
When others berate, you'll uplift
Bestowing us with a divine gift
Today we lift and exalt you all
Cause you chose to answer the call
Stand tall & be showered with love
Absorb the elation & fly like a dove
Above the clouds of trials & tribulations
Over mole hills & mountains of frustrations
Relaxation is the sole goal of this occasion
For the mothers & birthers of many nations
#MothersDay
134 reads
4 Comments
Calloused Souls
Friction causes additions of calloused souls
#LifeStruggles
117 reads
1 Comment
Turbulent Times
Two damaged souls trying to live a whole life together
Attempting to stay tethered during inclement weather
Like when their mothers died just two days apart
It seems, since then, the storms don't depart
Is this the latter part of for better or for worse
Where still waters ripple and you must stay the course
Of course that's easier said than done under the blazing Sun
Where two entities are metaphorically trying to stay one
While under the gun with rounds bursting at rapid fire
Ducking for cover and seeking shelter as to not...
Attempting to stay tethered during inclement weather
Like when their mothers died just two days apart
It seems, since then, the storms don't depart
Is this the latter part of for better or for worse
Where still waters ripple and you must stay the course
Of course that's easier said than done under the blazing Sun
Where two entities are metaphorically trying to stay one
While under the gun with rounds bursting at rapid fire
Ducking for cover and seeking shelter as to not...
#love
#relationships
#marriage #LifeStruggles
#marriage #LifeStruggles
177 reads
4 Comments
Mortal Player
I'm a very decent poet and I humbly know it
But far from becoming a lauded laureate
Yet, this shit here helps me to survive & thrive
Pride & creativity are what keep me alive
I tend to nose dive at times then I reascend
A Kamakazi poet won't be how I meet my end
I bend but won't break from the stakes of life's blows
Bobbing & weaving while staying up on my toes
No one truly knows what tomorrow holds in store
Could easily be knocking on Heaven's Trilock door
Will GOD ignore my knocks like he did my pleading prayer...
But far from becoming a lauded laureate
Yet, this shit here helps me to survive & thrive
Pride & creativity are what keep me alive
I tend to nose dive at times then I reascend
A Kamakazi poet won't be how I meet my end
I bend but won't break from the stakes of life's blows
Bobbing & weaving while staying up on my toes
No one truly knows what tomorrow holds in store
Could easily be knocking on Heaven's Trilock door
Will GOD ignore my knocks like he did my pleading prayer...
#LifeStruggles
#LifeAsAWriter
#WritingPoetry
148 reads
5 Comments
Sneezing Season
Admiring daffodils as they start to arise
Erecting from roots up to clear blue skies
Eyes are watering but it's not from a cry
Sneezing begins as pollen quickly rise
Despising allergies as nose begins to run
Loving scenes but snot blowing is not fun
The Sun's shining so whining ain't allowed
I'll just keep staring at marshmallow clouds
Erecting from roots up to clear blue skies
Eyes are watering but it's not from a cry
Sneezing begins as pollen quickly rise
Despising allergies as nose begins to run
Loving scenes but snot blowing is not fun
The Sun's shining so whining ain't allowed
I'll just keep staring at marshmallow clouds
#spring
121 reads
3 Comments
Public Enemies of States
Being melanated put targets on our backs
The Hate U Give cause we're so called Black
Deck's been stacked and we know the deal
Lashes on our backs not given time to heal
Using steel to kill and extinguish dreams
Even skin folks are playing for other teams
It seems that green is all that they pursue
Here in the lands of the red, white & blue
Where hue may hinder growth & ascension
Remaining stagnant as if we're in detention
An affliction better known as P.T.S.D.
Shell shocked flocks; post traumatic slavery ...
The Hate U Give cause we're so called Black
Deck's been stacked and we know the deal
Lashes on our backs not given time to heal
Using steel to kill and extinguish dreams
Even skin folks are playing for other teams
It seems that green is all that they pursue
Here in the lands of the red, white & blue
Where hue may hinder growth & ascension
Remaining stagnant as if we're in detention
An affliction better known as P.T.S.D.
Shell shocked flocks; post traumatic slavery ...
#hate
#MentalHealth
#racism
193 reads
6 Comments
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