Submissions by poetOftragedy
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm a door which ever way you open it will always lead you outside
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
30th Jun 2023 8:16pm
30th Jun 2023 8:16pm
Lady liberty carries a sword.
They said god's will save us.
They said guns will protect us
They said punishment will teach us
Instead god's need us to kneel and obey,
Instead their guns killed us,
Their punishment broke us
This is why lady liberty carries a sword.
Is this why they use violence to enforce the law?
Is this why they use hell to enforce religion?
Is this why they use education to enslave how we think.
Is vengeance another form of justice?
Is fear the only way to achieve peace?
Is this the reason lady liberty carries a sword?
They say...
They said guns will protect us
They said punishment will teach us
Instead god's need us to kneel and obey,
Instead their guns killed us,
Their punishment broke us
This is why lady liberty carries a sword.
Is this why they use violence to enforce the law?
Is this why they use hell to enforce religion?
Is this why they use education to enslave how we think.
Is vengeance another form of justice?
Is fear the only way to achieve peace?
Is this the reason lady liberty carries a sword?
They say...
#LifeStruggles
#TruthOfLife
#morality #rebellion
#morality #rebellion
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4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
27th May 2023 9:59pm
27th May 2023 9:59pm
To the life I never lived
To the life I never lived
The dreams I buried deep within
The paths I shunned away
The choices I couldn't keep
The secrets I had to keep
And the lie I had to live.
The love I have sacrificed
The hope I have chastised
The joy I never tasted
In pain, I paid the price
The words I swallowed down
The songs I silenced out
The jokes I hid behind a frown
The words that never fell from my mouth
In silence I wore the crown.
To the life I never lived
The chances I let go
The risks I was too...
The dreams I buried deep within
The paths I shunned away
The choices I couldn't keep
The secrets I had to keep
And the lie I had to live.
The love I have sacrificed
The hope I have chastised
The joy I never tasted
In pain, I paid the price
The words I swallowed down
The songs I silenced out
The jokes I hid behind a frown
The words that never fell from my mouth
In silence I wore the crown.
To the life I never lived
The chances I let go
The risks I was too...
#LifeStruggles
#SelfReflection
#despair
#suffering
#sacrifice
332 reads
4 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
6th May 2023 8:50pm
6th May 2023 8:50pm
Agony of being me...
There's no agony like being the strong one
Carrying the weight of the world on your own
Especially while you still young
Being a parent to a house
Forced to take the little and turn it into someone else home
There's no agony like being the wise one
Seeing the world burn and nothing can be done
Screaming caution in silence with no sound
Drowning in the sea in your lungs
There's no agony like not fitting in
Given two choices, to die by this world
Or take your own life
Or die from the things they say that you have to...
Carrying the weight of the world on your own
Especially while you still young
Being a parent to a house
Forced to take the little and turn it into someone else home
There's no agony like being the wise one
Seeing the world burn and nothing can be done
Screaming caution in silence with no sound
Drowning in the sea in your lungs
There's no agony like not fitting in
Given two choices, to die by this world
Or take your own life
Or die from the things they say that you have to...
#sadness
#identity
#LifeStruggles #TruthOfLife
#LifeStruggles #TruthOfLife
324 reads
9 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
4th May 2023 9:03pm
4th May 2023 9:03pm
To whom it concern
when you read this,
Do not be alarmed or be scared,
Do weep or share a tear.
Do not fault
Or point towards anyone the finger of blame,
I come as I am
Hoping to reach anyone
To whom it concern,
I write this letter with a bruised soul
And a buttered heavy heart,
I have been searching for myself in the dark
But I only find shadows and scars
only to find torment carried with the baggage of the past
To whom it concern,
I have tried to be brave and strong
I have tried to fit in and belong
But I always...
Do not be alarmed or be scared,
Do weep or share a tear.
Do not fault
Or point towards anyone the finger of blame,
I come as I am
Hoping to reach anyone
To whom it concern,
I write this letter with a bruised soul
And a buttered heavy heart,
I have been searching for myself in the dark
But I only find shadows and scars
only to find torment carried with the baggage of the past
To whom it concern,
I have tried to be brave and strong
I have tried to fit in and belong
But I always...
#sadness
#LifeStruggles
#honesty
#despair
#suffering
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Mar 2023 10:46am
25th Mar 2023 10:46am
Death will take you there.
Every path I've taken,
Every decision I've taken,
Every mistake I've made,
Love that I gave
All leads to a long blinding end
To where the fat lady sings.
I'm not afraid,
I have embraced
We all running our own race.
I've made peace with the things I've come to regret.
I've made peace with the things I cannot change.
its peaceful when you come to accept your fate.
This is something that cannot not be ignored ...
Every decision I've taken,
Every mistake I've made,
Love that I gave
All leads to a long blinding end
To where the fat lady sings.
I'm not afraid,
I have embraced
We all running our own race.
I've made peace with the things I've come to regret.
I've made peace with the things I cannot change.
its peaceful when you come to accept your fate.
This is something that cannot not be ignored ...
#death
#LifeStruggles
#inspirational #acceptance
#inspirational #acceptance
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6 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
19th Mar 2023 11:17am
19th Mar 2023 11:17am
This is what it takes to be free II
Turn a blind eye,
Turn your left cheek
They'd love you for that.
Split your legs,
It's all a game
For monetary gain,
Make a lot of children
They'd pay you for that.
They pollute the streets with drugs
That they give you money to buy
Buy calling it social relief grants.
Politicians are gods
And they you make look up to one.
Give your limb
Give your life
It's their war they taught you to fight.
Stay polarized,
Never be part of the marginalized,
Toe the line, ...
Turn your left cheek
They'd love you for that.
Split your legs,
It's all a game
For monetary gain,
Make a lot of children
They'd pay you for that.
They pollute the streets with drugs
That they give you money to buy
Buy calling it social relief grants.
Politicians are gods
And they you make look up to one.
Give your limb
Give your life
It's their war they taught you to fight.
Stay polarized,
Never be part of the marginalized,
Toe the line, ...
#politics
#LifeStruggles
#TruthOfLife
#HumanRights
#inequality
321 reads
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OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
18th Mar 2023 8:54am
18th Mar 2023 8:54am
This is what it takes to be free
I actually knows what it takes to be free.
Go to crèche, go to school
And then have a college degree.
Pick a religion, go to church
And listen to the sermon they preach.
Be a man, be a women and never be anything else.
Watch the news, cast your vote
And follow the law
Be part of the system.
This is what it takes to be free.
Have a phone, have social media,
Be connected
And get addicted to...
Go to crèche, go to school
And then have a college degree.
Pick a religion, go to church
And listen to the sermon they preach.
Be a man, be a women and never be anything else.
Watch the news, cast your vote
And follow the law
Be part of the system.
This is what it takes to be free.
Have a phone, have social media,
Be connected
And get addicted to...
#politics
#LifeStruggles
#religion #TruthOfLife
#religion #TruthOfLife
337 reads
14 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
9th Feb 2023 2:35pm
9th Feb 2023 2:35pm
99% of the time I don't think about it but that 1% drives me crazy.
Just to think I've done it
All my hard work finally pays off
It was the summer of 2020
I got a call, come for the interview
176** CNR b**** Sandton is the address.
Excited, I straightened my rickets and got myself in order..
Shaved my head, that one particular cut I always saved for the big occasions.
I looked fresh, I looked stellar
Most definitely dressed to kill.
The interview itself went very good
I came out of that with an air of confidence, ...
All my hard work finally pays off
It was the summer of 2020
I got a call, come for the interview
176** CNR b**** Sandton is the address.
Excited, I straightened my rickets and got myself in order..
Shaved my head, that one particular cut I always saved for the big occasions.
I looked fresh, I looked stellar
Most definitely dressed to kill.
The interview itself went very good
I came out of that with an air of confidence, ...
#LifeStruggles
#confessional
#LifeChangingMoment #SelfReflection
#LifeChangingMoment #SelfReflection
379 reads
8 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Dec 2022 5:27am
28th Dec 2022 5:27am
Heart of gold
In the end those hearts made of gold
Are still just made of stone
Are still just made of stone
#TruthOfLife
#honesty
#philosophical
347 reads
0 Comments
SELF POEM
Published
1st Dec 2022 7:46am
1st Dec 2022 7:46am
Anti-hero
#anxiety
#depression
#confessional #SelfReflection
#confessional #SelfReflection
509 reads
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SELF POEM
Published
12th Nov 2022 7:44am
12th Nov 2022 7:44am
A thousand ledges
I've spoken in a dialect no one knows,
I've acted ways no one knew.
I'm constantly in a place where other can not go
A place in my head you can never go.
It's been my best escape
A place of great debate
A place where my pure intentions and emotions are derailed
Where the true me has been inpaled
Constantly weighing my true value
Hanging on by a thread
Hanging on the edge
Talking myself off a thousand ledges
In this place I'm screaming
But it seems no one hears me.
I've carried the weight of the...
I've acted ways no one knew.
I'm constantly in a place where other can not go
A place in my head you can never go.
It's been my best escape
A place of great debate
A place where my pure intentions and emotions are derailed
Where the true me has been inpaled
Constantly weighing my true value
Hanging on by a thread
Hanging on the edge
Talking myself off a thousand ledges
In this place I'm screaming
But it seems no one hears me.
I've carried the weight of the...
#LifeStruggles
#SelfReflection
#escape
#FeelingTrapped
#SelfWorth
305 reads
4 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
25th Oct 2022 7:55am
25th Oct 2022 7:55am
Object in the rear view mirror
I guess it's true, that life is a highway and the soul is just a car.
Maybe that explains why you've just got up and left.
I guess every time you look at your reward view mirror and your memories of your life flashes black,
I'm that object that never appear
And that's the reason you haven't came back.
I grew up around the same hood the two of you met,
You can't say you have forgotten the address.
I'm yet to see your face, hear you voice,
In and these years. Not even a single letter sent.
In my yester years, I said I don't care, ...
Maybe that explains why you've just got up and left.
I guess every time you look at your reward view mirror and your memories of your life flashes black,
I'm that object that never appear
And that's the reason you haven't came back.
I grew up around the same hood the two of you met,
You can't say you have forgotten the address.
I'm yet to see your face, hear you voice,
In and these years. Not even a single letter sent.
In my yester years, I said I don't care, ...
#sadness
#father
#LifeStruggles
#despair
#suffering
322 reads
4 Comments
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