So, I decided to get a lil deep in this one poem rite here. This is for all those who understand what it is to feel like the "outkast".
Enjoy!
Insecurity
When you R insecure n afraid
The teacher asks a question n you keep your hands tucked
You try to say something but the fear is deafening
When you have no one on your side, you R unsure
Most times you find you gotta change what you have to say
Re-write the content, the structure, and the lines in between
Possible conversations turn into bawled up letters
Poems re-written, tossed, and NEVER shown to others
You try to be- but you can’t
For fear of what is real to you is just weird to others
You can’t find a common ground with those around you
So you choose to escape in the depths of your own world and inner solitude
& the problem in this situation is that with going solo
Is that your confidence is projected at a constant all-time low
In this world where it seems that no one can quite understand you
Where it is hard to find anybody like you who you can relate 2
You try to escape
But the backdoor isn’t there
…
Use the frontdoor.
11.22.2009
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Friday, November 27, 2009
Theme for English 131
Hey y'all,
The following is a poem I wrote for my English class. It is a spin-off of the Langston Hughes Poem "Theme for English B."
Theme for English 131
I grew up as a “Ball of Confusion” (The Temptations)
Confused by the words spoken by the “He Say, She Say” (Lupe Fiasco)
You say WHAT about me?
I am just trying to get my own- understand life
But I don’t understand the criticism
Maybe you should just leave me alone and do your own
To have a dream- do you know what that means?
Sometimes “I WONDER if you know what it means to find your dreams come true” (Kanye West)
To fight and hold on to one thing- in the slight chance that tomorrow will be a better day
Filled with a little bit more laughter, a little more metaphorical sunshine on the gloomy day
But when I hear criticism about being DIFFERENT- about me, we, her, him, they
About belonging to this, dressing like that, doing that instead of this,
I find it easy to throw it into disregard.
Just let me be.
I’ve come to understand the man who once said “Ignorance is Bliss”
Yet there is this insatiable feeling to correct the ills
Before you shut down more dreams and drain the positivity of those around you
Ignorant I am not. Turn my head I do not. Change what I like to do I will not.
I like reading…about many things
I like watching movies-Perspective
I like giving big hugs-Love all around
I like listening to music- all genres
I like kicking it with all kinds of people that possess positive intentions likewise
And,
I do not enjoy the negative energy you bring
I do not enjoy the two cents you have to offer about doing it your way or the highway,
Forcing me to think in your terms
I do not care to judge on what’s wrong
But to focus on what’s right
Bring me what’s light!
But with regards to the existence of the uncalled type of criticism- maybe that’s just the way it is
People constantly blasting others on their flaws- most times out of insecurity
& I won’t say that I haven’t done it too
But I am merely advocating you to undo
This scrutiny and cold-blooded name bashing, words clashing,
Literal and metaphorical fists thrashing, uniqueness rationing
And I am just like so many of my peers who have dealt with the same
Who 2 exhibit this yearning for freedom of EXPRESSION
Without judgment and thought’s recession
A society where people are valued by the beauty of their mind- positive intentions
Now all I am asking you is to let me be. LET ME BE.
You do you and I do me.
The following is a poem I wrote for my English class. It is a spin-off of the Langston Hughes Poem "Theme for English B."
Theme for English 131
I grew up as a “Ball of Confusion” (The Temptations)
Confused by the words spoken by the “He Say, She Say” (Lupe Fiasco)
You say WHAT about me?
I am just trying to get my own- understand life
But I don’t understand the criticism
Maybe you should just leave me alone and do your own
To have a dream- do you know what that means?
Sometimes “I WONDER if you know what it means to find your dreams come true” (Kanye West)
To fight and hold on to one thing- in the slight chance that tomorrow will be a better day
Filled with a little bit more laughter, a little more metaphorical sunshine on the gloomy day
But when I hear criticism about being DIFFERENT- about me, we, her, him, they
About belonging to this, dressing like that, doing that instead of this,
I find it easy to throw it into disregard.
Just let me be.
I’ve come to understand the man who once said “Ignorance is Bliss”
Yet there is this insatiable feeling to correct the ills
Before you shut down more dreams and drain the positivity of those around you
Ignorant I am not. Turn my head I do not. Change what I like to do I will not.
I like reading…about many things
I like watching movies-Perspective
I like giving big hugs-Love all around
I like listening to music- all genres
I like kicking it with all kinds of people that possess positive intentions likewise
And,
I do not enjoy the negative energy you bring
I do not enjoy the two cents you have to offer about doing it your way or the highway,
Forcing me to think in your terms
I do not care to judge on what’s wrong
But to focus on what’s right
Bring me what’s light!
But with regards to the existence of the uncalled type of criticism- maybe that’s just the way it is
People constantly blasting others on their flaws- most times out of insecurity
& I won’t say that I haven’t done it too
But I am merely advocating you to undo
This scrutiny and cold-blooded name bashing, words clashing,
Literal and metaphorical fists thrashing, uniqueness rationing
And I am just like so many of my peers who have dealt with the same
Who 2 exhibit this yearning for freedom of EXPRESSION
Without judgment and thought’s recession
A society where people are valued by the beauty of their mind- positive intentions
Now all I am asking you is to let me be. LET ME BE.
You do you and I do me.
Starry, Starry Night
Wadup y'all,
this is a quick write I wrote while waiting at the airport. In reference to the great Vincent Van Gogh...
Starry, Starry Night
You look at the star-lit sky
A million suns off in the distance, a thousand-fold
And for a moment you forget that you’re still on Earth
You find yourself walking on the moon in the midst of your dreams
Your fears, hurt, confusion is lost in the darkness
Your dreams, triumphs, and hope is lit up by the capacity of your ambitions
Someone else is looking up at the same picture of revelation
You are Not Alone.
11.25.2009
this is a quick write I wrote while waiting at the airport. In reference to the great Vincent Van Gogh...
Starry, Starry Night
You look at the star-lit sky
A million suns off in the distance, a thousand-fold
And for a moment you forget that you’re still on Earth
You find yourself walking on the moon in the midst of your dreams
Your fears, hurt, confusion is lost in the darkness
Your dreams, triumphs, and hope is lit up by the capacity of your ambitions
Someone else is looking up at the same picture of revelation
You are Not Alone.
11.25.2009
Monday, November 23, 2009
Future Love
I know I cannot satisfy you completely
However, I know I can offer you nurturing repeatedly
On a level profound
With all the trust, care, compassion I have found
That has become a part of me
As I see
The daily hurt and the struggle and the lows
I know the value of good loving in high dose
I will stand by you
Offer a companionship that is true
And uplift your heart to a new height
Allow you to love in eternal light
And though I have not met you yet
I am forever living in a life of revelation
To reach new levels of elevation
In spirit, adventure, and love’s survival
Bettering my existence for your arrival
I know I will meet you someday
And until that one day
I will dream of and imagine your existence
And what you are writing in your own book of love’s persistence
However, I know I can offer you nurturing repeatedly
On a level profound
With all the trust, care, compassion I have found
That has become a part of me
As I see
The daily hurt and the struggle and the lows
I know the value of good loving in high dose
I will stand by you
Offer a companionship that is true
And uplift your heart to a new height
Allow you to love in eternal light
And though I have not met you yet
I am forever living in a life of revelation
To reach new levels of elevation
In spirit, adventure, and love’s survival
Bettering my existence for your arrival
I know I will meet you someday
And until that one day
I will dream of and imagine your existence
And what you are writing in your own book of love’s persistence
11.7.2009
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