Submissions by poetOftragedy
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm a door which ever way you open it will always lead you outside
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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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
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
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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
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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
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8 Comments
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
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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
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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
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Still frame
One moment that will never change
A moment years will never wash away
A moment memories will not erase
Where we both can say we felt the same
Still stuck in a photograph of us
I chose to remember this way
If I could I'd rewind the hands of time
To that single second in our life
I knew what true love was.
Time might have change how we felt inside
We might have found ways to drift apart
But in that still frame
We both never said die
I chose to remember us this way.
Every time I close my eyes
I...
A moment years will never wash away
A moment memories will not erase
Where we both can say we felt the same
Still stuck in a photograph of us
I chose to remember this way
If I could I'd rewind the hands of time
To that single second in our life
I knew what true love was.
Time might have change how we felt inside
We might have found ways to drift apart
But in that still frame
We both never said die
I chose to remember us this way.
Every time I close my eyes
I...
#love
#memories
#FirstLove #emotional
#FirstLove #emotional
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When the great flood came
I could have sworn
I was faithful to you
I gave you all I knew I should
I heeded your calls when you called
Everywhere I swear I would have followed
But when the great flood came
I was the one you left behind.
Now the water is rising past my neck
And I'm screaming out my lungs
Why am I being the one left behind?
You gave me these imperfections
Now you make them sound like they were my choice
You gave me the ability to sin,
Now I'm wrong
Made to face the consequences of the fall
Whilst I was built to...
I was faithful to you
I gave you all I knew I should
I heeded your calls when you called
Everywhere I swear I would have followed
But when the great flood came
I was the one you left behind.
Now the water is rising past my neck
And I'm screaming out my lungs
Why am I being the one left behind?
You gave me these imperfections
Now you make them sound like they were my choice
You gave me the ability to sin,
Now I'm wrong
Made to face the consequences of the fall
Whilst I was built to...
#LifeStruggles
#faith
#spiritual #temptation
#spiritual #temptation
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The initiation of self honesty
Sometimes the bravest thing one can do
is admit they are scared.
That no matter how tall we stand
And posing and Mars ready for war
We're vulnerable inside.
That we seek comfort
A shoulder to break upon..
Sometimes the smartest thing one can do
Is admit we don't have all the answers.
That we don't know,
That we see failure and uncertainties in all that we've
That we seek to be taught
And be given an answer to this puzzle
We know as life...
That our souls are searching,
We are burdened by the...
is admit they are scared.
That no matter how tall we stand
And posing and Mars ready for war
We're vulnerable inside.
That we seek comfort
A shoulder to break upon..
Sometimes the smartest thing one can do
Is admit we don't have all the answers.
That we don't know,
That we see failure and uncertainties in all that we've
That we seek to be taught
And be given an answer to this puzzle
We know as life...
That our souls are searching,
We are burdened by the...
#LifeStruggles
#TruthOfLife
#honesty #LifeCycle
#honesty #LifeCycle
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