Submissions by da_poetic-edifier (Damon)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Just an average dude expressing my views.
Children Of The Corn
It's said that joy comes in the morning and freaks come out at night
Based off the sight of carnage, we might not ever see the light
Seems like, all we do is fight, plunder and pillage
Enriching Mother Nature's soil with our blood spillage
It takes a village and kinship runs deeper than the skin
Made in GOD's image with many heritages mixed in
Some with an abundance of melanin; some devoid of it
Yet, we're all enthralled by halls of racist's excrement
No pulpit nor amendment has eradicated this beast
From the looks of it, its...
Based off the sight of carnage, we might not ever see the light
Seems like, all we do is fight, plunder and pillage
Enriching Mother Nature's soil with our blood spillage
It takes a village and kinship runs deeper than the skin
Made in GOD's image with many heritages mixed in
Some with an abundance of melanin; some devoid of it
Yet, we're all enthralled by halls of racist's excrement
No pulpit nor amendment has eradicated this beast
From the looks of it, its...
#God
#music
#racism
407 reads
5 Comments
Major Pain
Look in the dictionary if you're looking for sympathy
Somewhere between shit & syphilis is where it'll be
Reality bites and sucks the life right out of you
Draining you 'til your will to fight is through
What's one to do when both physically & mentally drained
From being hit with excrement that has left residual stains
Weighing heavy on one's brain with the weight of Rasputia
Imagine what carrying that load would do to ya
Somewhere between shit & syphilis is where it'll be
Reality bites and sucks the life right out of you
Draining you 'til your will to fight is through
What's one to do when both physically & mentally drained
From being hit with excrement that has left residual stains
Weighing heavy on one's brain with the weight of Rasputia
Imagine what carrying that load would do to ya
#LifeStruggles
#MentalHealth
344 reads
3 Comments
Sunsets
As sure as the Sun rises it'll eventually set
Life's full of adventures we'll never forget
Clock starts to tick as we leave the womb
Continuing to do so 'til we reach our tomb
Doom and gloom are parts of our journey
Just pray your days aren't filled with many
Free from any would be nice but that ain't life
Trials and tribulations are inevitable strife
Strifeless without stress is just Fantasy Island
A Skipper's S.O.S. with conflict on the horizon
Quicksand is being disguised before our eyes
Many are sinking but are...
Life's full of adventures we'll never forget
Clock starts to tick as we leave the womb
Continuing to do so 'til we reach our tomb
Doom and gloom are parts of our journey
Just pray your days aren't filled with many
Free from any would be nice but that ain't life
Trials and tribulations are inevitable strife
Strifeless without stress is just Fantasy Island
A Skipper's S.O.S. with conflict on the horizon
Quicksand is being disguised before our eyes
Many are sinking but are...
#happiness
#love
#death
#LifeStruggles
#sun
371 reads
3 Comments
You & I Looking Eye 2 Eye
Dreamt you and I were looking eye 2 eye
I can't lie; it made me arise and want to cry
Cause all I could see was sixty years of pain
The windows to your soul showed lots of rain
The forecast has changed cause you're now deceased
I hope that you've found your much needed peace
There wasn't peace 'tween us before you died
A tumultuous 'ship that dipped like a coaster ride
I still haven't cried over the loss of you
The hurt that you caused is not through
I guess I forgive you but still feel disdain
Now I gotta continue...
I can't lie; it made me arise and want to cry
Cause all I could see was sixty years of pain
The windows to your soul showed lots of rain
The forecast has changed cause you're now deceased
I hope that you've found your much needed peace
There wasn't peace 'tween us before you died
A tumultuous 'ship that dipped like a coaster ride
I still haven't cried over the loss of you
The hurt that you caused is not through
I guess I forgive you but still feel disdain
Now I gotta continue...
#mother
#relationships
#dreams #death
#dreams #death
314 reads
3 Comments
Rise & Rebound
Starting to become desensitized and anesthetized by death
My eyes are too the sky constantly asking why right and left
Are people dropping like flies every time that I turn around
My third eye does realize that I must rise and rebound
We're all bound to end our show even though we aren't ready to go
And we hope that we know where we'll go after there's no blood flow
When there's no electrical pulses or bosses fore our sight
An inevitability with our inability to stop; even with foresight
Only the mighty me, he or she survive and...
My eyes are too the sky constantly asking why right and left
Are people dropping like flies every time that I turn around
My third eye does realize that I must rise and rebound
We're all bound to end our show even though we aren't ready to go
And we hope that we know where we'll go after there's no blood flow
When there's no electrical pulses or bosses fore our sight
An inevitability with our inability to stop; even with foresight
Only the mighty me, he or she survive and...
#grief
#strength
#death
258 reads
2 Comments
Acquainted
I've been acquainted with pain
Been acquainted with sorrow
There've been forecasts of rain
Yesterday, today & tomorrow
Don't wallow in lakes of misery
The Sun will eventually shine
The journey's rough psychologically
Don't let it cause you to lose your mind
Find something to grab onto to stay stable
We've all got vices to help us push through
Instead of going to reside with brother Abel
Even on the days when you're feeling blue
Been acquainted with sorrow
There've been forecasts of rain
Yesterday, today & tomorrow
Don't wallow in lakes of misery
The Sun will eventually shine
The journey's rough psychologically
Don't let it cause you to lose your mind
Find something to grab onto to stay stable
We've all got vices to help us push through
Instead of going to reside with brother Abel
Even on the days when you're feeling blue
#LifeStruggles
#motivational
#suffering
417 reads
9 Comments
FML
#depression
#death
#LifeStruggles #MentalHealth
#LifeStruggles #MentalHealth
508 reads
8 Comments
Hateful Acts
Anywhere that our hue is in plain view
They'll be many who will hate our crew
What's one to do when hate is worldwide?
No matter the avenue in which you reside
When tired of being viewed as public enemy
From spewing the truth about his hypocrisy
Will there ever be a safe place to call home?
Seems that we must carry ammo & chrome
Our genome inherits pain via epigenesis
Things have been this way since Genesis
Should we resist temps of becoming radical?
Even though we won't receive sabbaticals
We've met...
They'll be many who will hate our crew
What's one to do when hate is worldwide?
No matter the avenue in which you reside
When tired of being viewed as public enemy
From spewing the truth about his hypocrisy
Will there ever be a safe place to call home?
Seems that we must carry ammo & chrome
Our genome inherits pain via epigenesis
Things have been this way since Genesis
Should we resist temps of becoming radical?
Even though we won't receive sabbaticals
We've met...
#anger
#hate
#LifeStruggles
#racism
#CallToAction
365 reads
7 Comments
Book Of Rhymes 2
I'm a man that can stand on his own two feet
I'm a humble empath but I'm far from sweet
I've accomplished feats that I didn't think I could
Survived more storms than I thought I would
Stood on my square; remaining firmly there
Trials & tribulations have caused gray hair
Life ain't fair nor a crystal stair for many
Trying to evade negative energy
Could lead symphonies of tiny violins
Won't do it because the struggle never ends
They're appended to this thing that we call life
Only the strong survive; enduring...
I'm a humble empath but I'm far from sweet
I've accomplished feats that I didn't think I could
Survived more storms than I thought I would
Stood on my square; remaining firmly there
Trials & tribulations have caused gray hair
Life ain't fair nor a crystal stair for many
Trying to evade negative energy
Could lead symphonies of tiny violins
Won't do it because the struggle never ends
They're appended to this thing that we call life
Only the strong survive; enduring...
#strength
#LifeStruggles
#WritingPoetry
423 reads
6 Comments
Dreams Of Kings
What's a pawn to a King that has big dreams
Truth of the matter is, it means everything
For it takes a team to bring dreams to fruition
Need helping hands to demand our elevation
In every equation or situation, there's strength in numbers
To turn dreams into reality, many must depart their slumbers
Wonder why things just don't seem to ever really change?
Blood filled with hate pumps & gyrates through their veins
Too many refrain from calling it exactly how it is
In bondage to money and he with the highest bid
Should we...
Truth of the matter is, it means everything
For it takes a team to bring dreams to fruition
Need helping hands to demand our elevation
In every equation or situation, there's strength in numbers
To turn dreams into reality, many must depart their slumbers
Wonder why things just don't seem to ever really change?
Blood filled with hate pumps & gyrates through their veins
Too many refrain from calling it exactly how it is
In bondage to money and he with the highest bid
Should we...
#hate
#war
#peace #CallToAction
#peace #CallToAction
400 reads
6 Comments
Other Side Of The High Rise
Subversive in cursive cause of these disparities
Three fifths of me is vexing over hypocrisy
O' say can you see the American dream's a fantasy
Forty mules selling you an acre's view of fallacies
Equality's a reality that is seldomly seen
Majority doesn't rule in an electoral scene
REP your team if you still believe any of DEM
When waters get high, you better know how to swim
Don't allow R.E.M. to divert your attention
Don't allow them to tell lies to your vision
Envision the tides on the other side of the high rise ...
Three fifths of me is vexing over hypocrisy
O' say can you see the American dream's a fantasy
Forty mules selling you an acre's view of fallacies
Equality's a reality that is seldomly seen
Majority doesn't rule in an electoral scene
REP your team if you still believe any of DEM
When waters get high, you better know how to swim
Don't allow R.E.M. to divert your attention
Don't allow them to tell lies to your vision
Envision the tides on the other side of the high rise ...
#politics
#inequality
#poverty
#wisdom
#deception
373 reads
6 Comments
Elephants & Asses
Used to be shackled to the whims & hymns of other stations
Many things weren't adding up, so I changed the equations
Assimilation's a tune I'm no longer willing to hear
I now dance to the beat of my own drum as I steer
Fully aware of the pushback I'll receive if I don't believe
Inherently granted free will and I will not take a reprieve
Four eye see reality in lights previously shadowed
The box in which I use to reside inside is now hollow
No longer can I swallow what's given for consumption
I've awakened from the slumber...
Many things weren't adding up, so I changed the equations
Assimilation's a tune I'm no longer willing to hear
I now dance to the beat of my own drum as I steer
Fully aware of the pushback I'll receive if I don't believe
Inherently granted free will and I will not take a reprieve
Four eye see reality in lights previously shadowed
The box in which I use to reside inside is now hollow
No longer can I swallow what's given for consumption
I've awakened from the slumber...
#politics
#LifeStruggles
#freedom
#greed
#poverty
409 reads
8 Comments
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