Submissions by poetOftragedy
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
I'm a door which ever way you open it will always lead you outside
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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3ncoded lan5uage
And in the few moments we have left, we want to talk right down to earth in a language that everybody here can easily understand
MALCOLM X
MALCOLM X
#identity
#beauty
#uplifting
#art
#culture
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Just lost
I've said the story one to many times before
I've been down,
I've been as long as anybody can ever go,
And maybe of my own making
I've been through hell...
The walls felt they were crumbling down,
I've suffocated,
I've suffered
And I've been depressed...
Yet through all these years I just wanted to make it to a better day,
To see myself free
From the nose around my neck.
So I endured,
I had something to look forward to,
I had a war that needed to be won.
And surely by miracle or grace ...
I've been down,
I've been as long as anybody can ever go,
And maybe of my own making
I've been through hell...
The walls felt they were crumbling down,
I've suffocated,
I've suffered
And I've been depressed...
Yet through all these years I just wanted to make it to a better day,
To see myself free
From the nose around my neck.
So I endured,
I had something to look forward to,
I had a war that needed to be won.
And surely by miracle or grace ...
#depression
#SelfReflection
#despair
#FeelingLost
#SelfWorth
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Lost in silence
You say, I shut you out
Never let you in.
Never share with you how I truly feel
Never include you in my thoughts and dreams
But in truth. When I needed you, you never listened
Never took be seriously.
Yes. Maybe it's my fault
I'm always playing around,
Always fooling around
Maybe even to a childish point.
Yet, you foolishly assumed I never felt anything
That I never get hurt
I always give you a shoulder,
You gave me a cold one in turn.
Gave you my time,
But I was just a disturbance when I needed you to...
Never let you in.
Never share with you how I truly feel
Never include you in my thoughts and dreams
But in truth. When I needed you, you never listened
Never took be seriously.
Yes. Maybe it's my fault
I'm always playing around,
Always fooling around
Maybe even to a childish point.
Yet, you foolishly assumed I never felt anything
That I never get hurt
I always give you a shoulder,
You gave me a cold one in turn.
Gave you my time,
But I was just a disturbance when I needed you to...
#loneliness
#LifeStruggles
#silence
#emptiness
#heartbroken
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Give in to me
This world is full of thorns,
The beautiful scent of roses carry hurt,
Love inevitably leads to hate
Joy inevitably leads to pain.
But listen to me,
There can be no pain where you going
The can be no suffering where you going
No struggles and need of hoping
Just surrender and give me your life
Step into this darkness to find your light.
It helps nothing if trying leads you to failure
Every relationship you work hard on leads to disappointment
In your eyes I can see it
Your love has turned to resentment ...
The beautiful scent of roses carry hurt,
Love inevitably leads to hate
Joy inevitably leads to pain.
But listen to me,
There can be no pain where you going
The can be no suffering where you going
No struggles and need of hoping
Just surrender and give me your life
Step into this darkness to find your light.
It helps nothing if trying leads you to failure
Every relationship you work hard on leads to disappointment
In your eyes I can see it
Your love has turned to resentment ...
#evil
#redemption
#FeelingLost #temptation
#FeelingLost #temptation
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Stealing us, was the smartest thing they did.
Stealing us, was the smartest thing they did.
Who else do you know can build pyramids that can withstand millions of years, with endless mysteries that can only be equated to alien intelligence?
Who else do you know can build coliseum for titans that would withstand the test of time?
Who else do you know can work mines for years, work plantations for years and still carry the nation on their blood sweat and tears,
And come home to be mothers and and fathers?
Stealing us, was the smartest thing they did.
We are the beginning of mankind and...
Who else do you know can build pyramids that can withstand millions of years, with endless mysteries that can only be equated to alien intelligence?
Who else do you know can build coliseum for titans that would withstand the test of time?
Who else do you know can work mines for years, work plantations for years and still carry the nation on their blood sweat and tears,
And come home to be mothers and and fathers?
Stealing us, was the smartest thing they did.
We are the beginning of mankind and...
#identity
#LifeStruggles
#racism #culture
#racism #culture
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I'm a stone
Though I may fall,
I will not shatter.
Though I may be stepped upon,
I will not break.
Overlooked and forgotten,
I'll not wither.
I'm all stone
Flesh and bone,
lifeless
I'm a stone.
Though season may come and go,
Storms will come and pass.
Wherever life kicks me
I shall make it my home.
And if it should be,
That the gravity of this world crushes me
I shall reinvent myself to sand
But forever I'll remain resolute and true to myself.
Unharmed,
Unchanged, ...
I will not shatter.
Though I may be stepped upon,
I will not break.
Overlooked and forgotten,
I'll not wither.
I'm all stone
Flesh and bone,
lifeless
I'm a stone.
Though season may come and go,
Storms will come and pass.
Wherever life kicks me
I shall make it my home.
And if it should be,
That the gravity of this world crushes me
I shall reinvent myself to sand
But forever I'll remain resolute and true to myself.
Unharmed,
Unchanged, ...
#strength
#LifeStruggles
#inspirational
#SelfReflection
#determination
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My nemesis
Be free
my nemesis,
it is how
it should be
my nemesis,
it is how
it should be
#strength
#courage
#rebirth
#MovingOn
#acceptance
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Morning after
I'm that hangover in the morning
The voice of reason that reminds you nothing has changed
The voice that reminds you, none of your problems have gone away.
I'm the stain in an abstract art
That stain in your perfect past
The truth you can't wash away with another glass
To all the beautiful things, I'm the morning after
I'm that divorce after all the vows are said and done
The truth of the illusion you hide behind,
The other side of the veil of love.
I'm the empty space in your construct
All that lies behind all...
The voice of reason that reminds you nothing has changed
The voice that reminds you, none of your problems have gone away.
I'm the stain in an abstract art
That stain in your perfect past
The truth you can't wash away with another glass
To all the beautiful things, I'm the morning after
I'm that divorce after all the vows are said and done
The truth of the illusion you hide behind,
The other side of the veil of love.
I'm the empty space in your construct
All that lies behind all...
#anxiety
#betrayal
#LifeStruggles
#TruthOfLife
#SelfReflection
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It always comes in three
I saw art in dispear, Beauty in pain, Freedom in death
It can be cruel, Poetic Or blind, But it always comes in three
It can be cruel, Poetic Or blind, But it always comes in three
#LifeStruggles
#art
#acceptance #philosophical
#acceptance #philosophical
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A place where I belong
They said "poetoftragedy we've got a few question for you,
We only pray to God that you have the answers"
The father said. "don't you know of a place where criminals aren't the people we look up to,
Those we cast out our votes to,
A place where people don't die for economic emancipation and the colour of their skin,
Don't you know?.
The mother cut in and said. "Sorry to place such burden upon you but don't you know of a place where women aren't afraid of their partners?
Where they don't have to live in constant fear of being next,
Where they feel...
We only pray to God that you have the answers"
The father said. "don't you know of a place where criminals aren't the people we look up to,
Those we cast out our votes to,
A place where people don't die for economic emancipation and the colour of their skin,
Don't you know?.
The mother cut in and said. "Sorry to place such burden upon you but don't you know of a place where women aren't afraid of their partners?
Where they don't have to live in constant fear of being next,
Where they feel...
#LifeStruggles
#narrative
#TruthOfLife #inequality
#TruthOfLife #inequality
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Normal is overrated
Intake
Inflate
Digest
Deflate
Let them laugh,
It's obvious the joke is on me.
Hang there
Hang tight
Like a piņata
My torment
Brings them joy
Why not,
Who cares?.
Those society have learnt to make fun of the less
What's right,
But left?
The physically disabled
And mentally challenged
That we've learnt to dehumanize
Meme them
Mock them
Screw them
Use them
And as clowns paint them
Why is it that so few actually care?
Spit on it,...
Inflate
Digest
Deflate
Let them laugh,
It's obvious the joke is on me.
Hang there
Hang tight
Like a piņata
My torment
Brings them joy
Why not,
Who cares?.
Those society have learnt to make fun of the less
What's right,
But left?
The physically disabled
And mentally challenged
That we've learnt to dehumanize
Meme them
Mock them
Screw them
Use them
And as clowns paint them
Why is it that so few actually care?
Spit on it,...
#oppression
#HumanRights
#inequality
#disability
#manipulation
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DU Poetry : Submissions by poetOftragedy