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The Voices
“What is it like,” with hushed breath asked
“To be surrounded by the dead?
The work you do, so much death see
It chills me to the bone.”
“Listen close you’ll hear their voices
Crying out loud and clear
We are innocent, we have suffered
Our life has been cut so short.”
“Hear our voices as we cry for justice
Don’t let us rot in lonely grave
Our killers walk the streets of freedom
No remorse for crimes they did commit.”
“Listen, listen. They are calling
I’m the one to give them peace
Find the clues, pierce together
In the end truth will prevail.”
“To be surrounded by the dead?
The work you do, so much death see
It chills me to the bone.”
“Listen close you’ll hear their voices
Crying out loud and clear
We are innocent, we have suffered
Our life has been cut so short.”
“Hear our voices as we cry for justice
Don’t let us rot in lonely grave
Our killers walk the streets of freedom
No remorse for crimes they did commit.”
“Listen, listen. They are calling
I’m the one to give them peace
Find the clues, pierce together
In the end truth will prevail.”
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Posted: Aug 2014
About this poem:
Those that have been cut down by murder most foul cry out not for vengeance but justice
your quest
gold hidden in the rugged earth
upon which lay your quest
yet murky and turbid is the dew
that is harvested in a cup of sand
your weakness never sets
over the parch and scorching heat
nor will your strength
ever laid to rest
until you will run out
of your sweats
you will want to know
deep within your heart
why all this land
is covered with blood
and yet the world lay witness
and mightily unconcerned
to its naked plight
your mind will never fathom
why the rift is burning strong
so you will keep on digging
until you reach the bottom
hoping it will lay bare
all the reasons,
that this blood covered land
is a conflict no more
in the mighty difference
of white and black color
but the gap of those
who have and who don't
the question is...will man ever learn
how to vanish indifference?
give those that have not
and even out the earth's wealth
so revolt will not explode?
perhaps nobody really cares...
you are alone, abandoned
in this quest...buried
in a drifting sand
stained with ruthlessness
by the greed of human hand
glued forever
in human blood.
upon which lay your quest
yet murky and turbid is the dew
that is harvested in a cup of sand
your weakness never sets
over the parch and scorching heat
nor will your strength
ever laid to rest
until you will run out
of your sweats
you will want to know
deep within your heart
why all this land
is covered with blood
and yet the world lay witness
and mightily unconcerned
to its naked plight
your mind will never fathom
why the rift is burning strong
so you will keep on digging
until you reach the bottom
hoping it will lay bare
all the reasons,
that this blood covered land
is a conflict no more
in the mighty difference
of white and black color
but the gap of those
who have and who don't
the question is...will man ever learn
how to vanish indifference?
give those that have not
and even out the earth's wealth
so revolt will not explode?
perhaps nobody really cares...
you are alone, abandoned
in this quest...buried
in a drifting sand
stained with ruthlessness
by the greed of human hand
glued forever
in human blood.
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Posted: Jan 2014
About this poem:
Inspired by a blog about poverty from Africa, and all over the world that is suffering with poverty and hunger.Thanks all for your read and comments.
Still Care
Young was being alive
Middle age was being somewhere
Older is trying to survive
And God I pray you still care
Gone is the world that was suppose to last forever
Noticed it missing in the twinkling of an eye
Didn't know there would be a date in time known as better
Until the moon and the sun gave wings to time and taught it to fly
Somehow I came to the place of here
While traveling on the road to there
Needing time to be of the day and not of the year
And God I pray you still care
Middle age was being somewhere
Older is trying to survive
And God I pray you still care
Gone is the world that was suppose to last forever
Noticed it missing in the twinkling of an eye
Didn't know there would be a date in time known as better
Until the moon and the sun gave wings to time and taught it to fly
Somehow I came to the place of here
While traveling on the road to there
Needing time to be of the day and not of the year
And God I pray you still care
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Posted: Mar 2013
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Leopard
Motionless the big cat waits
deep in the scrub shadows
sun starting to set, night draws in
fading light makes her invisible
Only the odd flick of an ear
that gives her position away
suddenly she tenses and coils
a spurt of speed and its done
She and her cubs will eat tonight
softly the mother leopard calls
with a few rustles of undergrowth
they tumble into the moonlight
Furry balls of fun without a care
they belly up to the deer carcass
a few more weeks learning the ropes
then a solitary life awaits them all
Of the four she now has with her
maybe one will make it through
struggling with the strife of living
whilst fighting to rear her own cubs
For now they are safe and well tended
with a soft cry she takes them back
to her well hidden clifftop cave
they are all safe for yet another day
written 08/06/2013
deep in the scrub shadows
sun starting to set, night draws in
fading light makes her invisible
Only the odd flick of an ear
that gives her position away
suddenly she tenses and coils
a spurt of speed and its done
She and her cubs will eat tonight
softly the mother leopard calls
with a few rustles of undergrowth
they tumble into the moonlight
Furry balls of fun without a care
they belly up to the deer carcass
a few more weeks learning the ropes
then a solitary life awaits them all
Of the four she now has with her
maybe one will make it through
struggling with the strife of living
whilst fighting to rear her own cubs
For now they are safe and well tended
with a soft cry she takes them back
to her well hidden clifftop cave
they are all safe for yet another day
written 08/06/2013
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Posted: Aug 2013
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Anyone's Affection
Such Angels down from clouds were tore
From heaven to ground, on this earthly shore
Uplifted, their arms, beckoned back to that home
While here I was left ignored and alone
Righteous I thought, I always would be
Their interest, seems though, was other than me
Their cries come in waves, they wish to be warm
From the mortality, cold, which crept up their arms
I sought just a friend, a simple request
Not firmness of leg, or softness of breast
But there they desired, and wouldn't look away
Or for one lonesome man, to stop, and to pray
What mark do I bare, emblazoned my head?
What face do I show, they so seem to dread?
Am I not human, do I not love?
Ought they not look down, instead of above?
Calloused my heart, I took to the streets
When then by chance, a friend I did meet
Who dressed all in black, suggestive- assertive
Her hither-come smile, sharp and perverted
"A friend I can be, for little a price
my eternal embrace, the cost just your life."
Her words lingered on, as I contemplated
A lover eternal, my heart seemed elated
When once I had sought only affection
I was shamed and deplored, which lead to reflection
The value of my life was I found was diminished
By those I petitioned for simple kindness
When once I was worthy, their eyes they averted
They desired their warmth and left me deserted
So here in the fire in those hands I am placed
Sold to the wicked for her simple embrace
From heaven to ground, on this earthly shore
Uplifted, their arms, beckoned back to that home
While here I was left ignored and alone
Righteous I thought, I always would be
Their interest, seems though, was other than me
Their cries come in waves, they wish to be warm
From the mortality, cold, which crept up their arms
I sought just a friend, a simple request
Not firmness of leg, or softness of breast
But there they desired, and wouldn't look away
Or for one lonesome man, to stop, and to pray
What mark do I bare, emblazoned my head?
What face do I show, they so seem to dread?
Am I not human, do I not love?
Ought they not look down, instead of above?
Calloused my heart, I took to the streets
When then by chance, a friend I did meet
Who dressed all in black, suggestive- assertive
Her hither-come smile, sharp and perverted
"A friend I can be, for little a price
my eternal embrace, the cost just your life."
Her words lingered on, as I contemplated
A lover eternal, my heart seemed elated
When once I had sought only affection
I was shamed and deplored, which lead to reflection
The value of my life was I found was diminished
By those I petitioned for simple kindness
When once I was worthy, their eyes they averted
They desired their warmth and left me deserted
So here in the fire in those hands I am placed
Sold to the wicked for her simple embrace
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Posted: Oct 2009
About this poem:
Being rejected repeatedly by people hurts. After so long, you do what you need to just to feel appreciated.Sometimes all you want is kindness from the right people, and sometimes what you end up with is whatever you want from the wrong.
In the name of
..Silence
I am, tragic
beyond trickery...
I am innocence
I am, misery?
I am Blood
I am, mystery
I am heart
I am, History
I, am, time
I, am delivery
I am love
I am, liberty
...Revenge
I am Plot
I am, author
I am audition
I am, order
I am rhyme
I, am Vission
I am soul
I am, Mission
I am bone
I am, brittle
I am pen
I, am, riddle
Victory...
I am story
I, Belong
I am commitment
I am, strong
I am words
I am... applause
I am life
I, am, law
I, am conscience
I am, bloom
I am seed
I am Tomb.
I am, tragic
beyond trickery...
I am innocence
I am, misery?
I am Blood
I am, mystery
I am heart
I am, History
I, am, time
I, am delivery
I am love
I am, liberty
...Revenge
I am Plot
I am, author
I am audition
I am, order
I am rhyme
I, am Vission
I am soul
I am, Mission
I am bone
I am, brittle
I am pen
I, am, riddle
Victory...
I am story
I, Belong
I am commitment
I am, strong
I am words
I am... applause
I am life
I, am, law
I, am conscience
I am, bloom
I am seed
I am Tomb.
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Posted: Sep 2017
About this poem:
I have changed the title as I felt it did not suit the poem and also the last 3 lines,, it fits much better now!
color thoughts
This poem was written by my 8 year old granddaughter, Kaitlyn.
as I see colors, I think of you
you are my darling, my rose of joy
my angel sent down from heaven
each glance of your beautiful face makes a rainbow appear
somebody may say that you're bad,
but I say they're wrong
colors of the world look like you on a special day
when I see you, my colors glow
as I see colors, I think of you
you are my darling, my rose of joy
my angel sent down from heaven
each glance of your beautiful face makes a rainbow appear
somebody may say that you're bad,
but I say they're wrong
colors of the world look like you on a special day
when I see you, my colors glow
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Posted: Mar 2010
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Happy Holidays ?
Christmas came and it aint the same ,
I had no Holly ,I had no Ivy ,
No damn Mistletoe , t'was a shame .
Christmas can come,
and it can go ,
But , a new year ?
Oh , what to do .
We all make our promises ,
that we dont keep .
But my promise , keeps me from sleep.
I want this world to end ,
I wish Father Time would take me with him,
Instead of throwing me back down and starting anew?
Whats the point of another year
I had no Holly ,I had no Ivy ,
No damn Mistletoe , t'was a shame .
Christmas can come,
and it can go ,
But , a new year ?
Oh , what to do .
We all make our promises ,
that we dont keep .
But my promise , keeps me from sleep.
I want this world to end ,
I wish Father Time would take me with him,
Instead of throwing me back down and starting anew?
Whats the point of another year
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Posted: Dec 2012
Post CommentAre You Happy?
Are you happy?
How can you tell?
Does life just flow?
Is everything just swell?
No head full of worries
No heart full of pain
No anguish or sorrow
No frustrated brain
No feathers to ruffle
No temper to flare
But a feeling of lightness
Like gliding on air
...And a pride in your being
The you that you are
Embrace it and cherish it
Now you're the happiness star.
How can you tell?
Does life just flow?
Is everything just swell?
No head full of worries
No heart full of pain
No anguish or sorrow
No frustrated brain
No feathers to ruffle
No temper to flare
But a feeling of lightness
Like gliding on air
...And a pride in your being
The you that you are
Embrace it and cherish it
Now you're the happiness star.
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Posted: Nov 2010
About this poem:
I wrote this to say with my nieces when they come for visits. :)
"OUCH"
I've got......
bruises on my ankle
a graze upon my knee
a big lump on my shin bone,
Oh dear, oh deary me.
My big toe is quite painful
my instep - black and blue
the heel is hanging off
my torn and battered shoe.
Oh my, I hear you mutter
what happened, please do tell
have you had an accident
Is it 'cos' you fell.
But... no dear friends it's none of these
that's caused me so much pain
it was the woman with the trolley
in the supermarket lane.........
bruises on my ankle
a graze upon my knee
a big lump on my shin bone,
Oh dear, oh deary me.
My big toe is quite painful
my instep - black and blue
the heel is hanging off
my torn and battered shoe.
Oh my, I hear you mutter
what happened, please do tell
have you had an accident
Is it 'cos' you fell.
But... no dear friends it's none of these
that's caused me so much pain
it was the woman with the trolley
in the supermarket lane.........
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Posted: Feb 2011
About this poem:
A normal day in my local supermarket... the place is full of assailants... lolPoems entered on these pages are copyrighted by the authors who entered them. They cannot be reproduced without the author's written consent. © Copyright 2001-2024. All rights reserved.
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