Staring Out The Window

Staring out the window in my class,

Watching the days go by fast,

Knowing that were far apart,

But your always in my heart.

Can't wait to see you face to face,

I just want it all to fall in place.

One day soon is not soon enough,

I just want to feel your touch.

Missing your beautiful eyes that sparkle when the sunlight hits,

Missing your kiss that sends me to a place unknown,

Missing the times we shared when I was there.

Baby all I want is to go home....

Take a deep breathe is what I do, Look back out the window and think of you.

Knowing that it will happen soon, that I will be back home with you.

The Way You Make Me Feel

The way you kiss me,

The way you touch me,

The way you look at me,

a feeling so amazing that no ones made me feel,

Just thinking to myself baby is this real.

Then I look into your eyes and hear the words:

"I LOVE YOU"

come out of your mouth with your soothing voice,

and I think to myself I made the right choice.

Forever to love you as much as I can,

Forever and Always we will be,

No one, Nothing can ever take you away from me.

I'll Love you Forever My Wife to be.

Art of Forgiveness by JJ

The art of forgiveness never resonated with me, until an arch enemy of animosity reared its vile head at me. Turning me off the darkened path of resentment....and, weaving me into a wheel of divine exoneration.

But this conceptual framework did not come so easy for me. THIRTY years I spent weighted by emotion...ANCHORED to anger like a steel cable. My heart was heavy like granite...falling through my center...lodging itself in a perpetual state of loathing. My force is cemented in the past. My identity has fallen off the pedestal of my future...PUSHED by the tongue of an angry grandmother...dissatisfied by her line of succession. TOSSED by the fists of a father full of contentment and shame and SHOVED by myself...the most brutal of them all. Forgiveness I never understood...holding a grudge, that, I mastered.

Piercing the womb of a child. Unfolding her flesh. Strapping wings on her back...propelling her into adulthood. Too young, too weak to fly. Pinching of flesh on hips on cheeks. Monitored meals and denial of bedtime snacks. MOCKERY at a figure that is curvy and full of life...tormented and tortured. Nights rocking myself to sleep to a lullaby only my ears can hear. With so much destruction, who holds the power to grant clemency?

Over time my earth spins off its axle...disturbing the ebb and flow of all things crude and pure. A river inside me forks...my emotions split and flow away from my core, leaving me abandoned from myself. I bury my memories beneath the soles of my feet so I may stomp them dead 1000 x's...and there, there...my soul went sour.

No longer able to BARE this pungent and foul odor of hollowness and vacancy, I awaken the anima...the SHE that always was and always will be. The biblical notion of an eye for an eye has left me blinded to my own image. Seeing myself, distorted, contorted, and shattered. And...living under the premise of a tooth for a tooth has done nothing but alter my speech and leave my message twisted and wrenched.

I had become the image of my enemy...full of blame. A prisoner of pain and fear...shackled and muted by convenience. So...naked and raw I climb a tower of absolution. Purging myself of the story that was told to me NOT written for me.
With retrospective sympathetic affection...I...traverse the boundary between justice and revenge to nestle in a place of forgiveness. I perch my dreams upon that pedestal of futurity...while I stand, HERE...NOW...heart beating in a pool of emotion...clean and clear. Mind open and breathing in prosperity.

Untitled by Pr3pE

WHAT I GOT CAUGHT UP SAYING WAS
WAS THERE REALLY ANY LOVE WHERE I CAME FROM
CAUSE IM WALKING TO THE BEAT OF THE SAME DRUM
THAT A HUSTLA PITCHED WHEN HE SOLD THE SAME DRUG

SEE ALL I SAW BEFORE MY EYES WAS THE COMPROMISE
THAT NI***S GON' DIE IF THEY DONT GRASP AHOLD OF WHAT IS NEEDED TO SURVIVE
SO I CLOSED MY EYES AND PRETENDED TO HOVER THE SKIES
AND PRAYED TO ALLAH THAT I COULD SOMEHOW BE DISGUISED

AND LIKE YEAST I'D RISE AND BE THE JEWEL OF THE NIGHT
AND SOMEHOW SHINE BRIGHTER THAN A SUNNY SKY ON A FRIDAY NIGHT
AS YOU SEE, SOMETIMES MY THOUGHTS DONT MAKE SENSE
BUT THEY IMPRINT ON MINDS THAT ALLOW THEM TO COME IN

AND IF YOU DONT ALLOW THEM TO ENTER THEY BOMBARD YOUR MIND LIKE WODDEN SPLINTERS
TEARING THROUGH EVERY WALL UNTIL THEY REACH YOUR CENTER
SO PLEASE LET ME IN

SEE WHAT I GOT CAUGHT UP DOING WAS
ALLOWING THE PERCEPTION OF SOCIETY CONFUSE ME, DUH
SO IF YOU INFUSE ME AND ALLOW ME TO USE ME
MAYBE I'D DROP THE TIGHT ACT AND LET IT FLOW LOOSELY

BUT INSTEAD I CHILL WITH TOM, DICK, AND HARRY
AND HOPE THAT LARRY SOMEDAY WOULD ASK ME TO MARRY
AND WE CAN BOTH LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER IN PARODY
AND THEN WE CAN PLANT A SEED AND LIVE THE AMERICAN FANTASY
AND SAIL THE SEVEN SEAS WHILE THE WHOLE DAMN TIME ALL I EVER WAS TRYING TO FIND IS ME
SO WHEN OUR TIME IS UP...I CAN
JUST TAKE IT TO COURT WITH THE PRENUP, MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ONE AND SAY WUSSUP

SEE WHAT I GOT CAUGHT UP HEARING WAS
BECAUSE MY SKIN DARK THEY ARE NOT HEARING US
SO I WATCH THEM SIT ATOP MOUNTAINSIDE LOOKING DOWN SAYING LOOK THEY ARE FEARING US
DARING US, TO MAKE A SOUND WHILE THEY CONTINUED COMPARING US
WITHOUT US EVEN MAKING A BLARING FUSS...
WHOSE FAULT IS THAT
THAT I AM BLACK AND DONT AGREE WITH SOCIETAL FACTS
BUT INSTEAD TREAT THEM LIKE REFUNDS AND TAKE THAT SH*T BACK
NOW LOOK AT THAT

SO NOW I EMBODY ME, BUT I WILL ALWAYS CHARGE IT TO THE GAME EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO LOTTERY
CUZ MY EXPERIENCES DONT LIE TO ME, BUT INSTEAD THEY ARE DRIVING ME, TO SEE WHAT YOU MAY ONE DAY SEE AS SOCIETY'S ONE BIG BRIBERYWHAT I GOT CAUGHT UP SAYING WAS
WAS THERE REALLY ANY LOVE WHERE I CAME FROM
CAUSE IM WALKING TO THE BEAT OF THE SAME DRUM
THAT A HUSTLA PITCHED WHEN HE SOLD THE SAME DRUG

SEE ALL I SAW BEFORE MY EYES WAS THE COMPROMISE
THAT NI***S GON' DIE IF THEY DONT GRASP AHOLD OF WHAT IS NEEDED TO SURVIVE
SO I CLOSED MY EYES AND PRETENDED TO HOVER THE SKIES
AND PRAYED TO ALLAH THAT I COULD SOMEHOW BE DISGUISED

AND LIKE YEAST I'D RISE AND BE THE JEWEL OF THE NIGHT
AND SOMEHOW SHINE BRIGHTER THAN A SUNNY SKY ON A FRIDAY NIGHT
AS YOU SEE, SOMETIMES MY THOUGHTS DONT MAKE SENSE
BUT THEY IMPRINT ON MINDS THAT ALLOW THEM TO COME IN

AND IF YOU DONT ALLOW THEM TO ENTER THEY BOMBARD YOUR MIND LIKE WODDEN SPLINTERS
TEARING THROUGH EVERY WALL UNTIL THEY REACH YOUR CENTER
SO PLEASE LET ME IN

SEE WHAT I GOT CAUGHT UP DOING WAS
ALLOWING THE PERCEPTION OF SOCIETY CONFUSE ME, DUH
SO IF YOU INFUSE ME AND ALLOW ME TO USE ME
MAYBE I'D DROP THE TIGHT ACT AND LET IT FLOW LOOSELY

BUT INSTEAD I CHILL WITH TOM, DICK, AND HARRY
AND HOPE THAT LARRY SOMEDAY WOULD ASK ME TO MARRY
AND WE CAN BOTH LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER IN PARODY
AND THEN WE CAN PLANT A SEED AND LIVE THE AMERICAN FANTASY
AND SAIL THE SEVEN SEAS WHILE THE WHOLE DAMN TIME ALL I EVER WAS TRYING TO FIND IS ME
SO WHEN OUR TIME IS UP...I CAN
JUST TAKE IT TO COURT WITH THE PRENUP, MOVE ONTO THE NEXT ONE AND SAY WUSSUP

SEE WHAT I GOT CAUGHT UP HEARING WAS
BECAUSE MY SKIN DARK THEY ARE NOT HEARING US
SO I WATCH THEM SIT ATOP MOUNTAINSIDE LOOKING DOWN SAYING LOOK THEY ARE FEARING US
DARING US, TO MAKE A SOUND WHILE THEY CONTINUED COMPARING US
WITHOUT US EVEN MAKING A BLARING FUSS...
WHOSE FAULT IS THAT
THAT I AM BLACK AND DONT AGREE WITH SOCIETAL FACTS
BUT INSTEAD TREAT THEM LIKE REFUNDS AND TAKE THAT SH*T BACK
NOW LOOK AT THAT

SO NOW I EMBODY ME, BUT I WILL ALWAYS CHARGE IT TO THE GAME EVEN THOUGH THERE IS NO LOTTERY
CUZ MY EXPERIENCES DONT LIE TO ME, BUT INSTEAD THEY ARE DRIVING ME, TO SEE WHAT YOU MAY ONE DAY SEE AS SOCIETY'S ONE BIG BRIBERY

Response to HD’s Fragment Sixty Eight

2

goddess slain pity

sweeps your smile

unfolding my glance upward

I break high beaten, crushed

though I have known

though I have known

you are in the arms

of someone much stronger than

I still see shadows

mar street corners jagged in places where

I know you still search for me in the rain

1

I know you can feel me breathing down the neck of a night like this

even where you are

even when death is no more than your eyes

and that stone of a throat

Do not pity me this

sighs lingering between

collarbone and shoulder

the violence of beauty in your palms

chance of

3

and sometimes

I am a shell shock of a woman

forgetting

intense

torture set from limbs

more terrible to embrace

than pride

watching

more painful

than

Someone once told me by MILF

Someone once told me "You'll never find anyone like me"
She was absolutely right...her love was a disease.
She took me away from Me. Until I had to make a choice and set myself free. I've found someone you see...and once again you were right...she's nothing of what you were to me.
Our love is strong, it's so meant to be. I feel more than what anyone else could have ever seen.
She has been some kind of magic, a reasoning from above.
God, I can't believer it is her who has me so in love.
I'm letting go of all that I thought I knew. I'm letting it all go, and giving my heart to you.
You are what my every hopes and dreams have longed for...baby please be true. There's nothing more I want to do than to spend my life with you.

Middle of the Night by Jimie Torres

sitting here, middle of the night. nothing to do but look at the stars. the moon is shining while she smiles at me, i wonder if that's how life should be. befriend myself with empty spaces, i wish they had faces. my tears are like crimson, my joys are like stars. they surround infinitely through every tear that i pass. no smile can be so wondrous to make it stop, but life ain't nothing more than tears and cracks

Words of Inspiration by Erin

Live life each day as if it were your last." Dont regret anything you do, just embrace it whether it is good or bad... everything is a learning experience. Life is too short not to forgive and forget.. always remember we have one life to live make the best out of your life... and never stay sheltered, voice your opions everyone is listening even though you may not think they are.

Untitled - Jimie Torres

When you look at the stars you dream of hope
You wish for things that are unknown, that don't
Have a name or face, but yet it glitters in your
Eyes. Your heart lights up with hope for the things
That should be but aren't. You cry at night for freedom
For love, for acceptance and for the right to which you're
Entitled to.
But be patient, because like all good things in life you
Must wait, and believe that one day it will happen. Smile
At life every so often, you only have one so devour it.
I may not be wise, but i know rejection. The feeling that
Over comes you when life is rough, but look at the sky and
Know that somethings are not so out of reach. "Reach for
The stars" they say, and indeed you should for in them there
Is the hope that you look for, and the hope that you need.

Untitled by Jessica

My words float in on intelligent breezes &
my thoughts dance on the silver wings
of laughter.
My body sways like Palms surrounded by
white sand. My grace hugs you like
sweet morning melodies.
The flicker in my eye stuns you, my poise
holds you. Every role of my tounge &
every dance my lips perform, has your
body melting with crimson flames.
Passionate waves trencend your lull &
this spell has you murmering potent
sensations...and complexity has become
a 4 letter word.
Pieces of hesitation take head to this statue
of seduction, and lust is formulated
in the minds of pharoh's.
Shhh...the pattern breaks free & your're diving
into cloudy waters, washing you with peace
& a cool calm.
Sit now, Mami will softly stroke your rising
fears & lay your weary fantasies to rest
under a bed of tranquility.

Ultimate run on sentance...Of Love by Natalia

I live from this certainty and the cause of the worlds yet unknown kindness keeps me up at night to one day wish to see you at my door as a result of the universe being my friend and we drop the coat of the past at our feet to start anew and build in time as our hearts mold into a rhythmic beat to create a pulse that drives ears to listen and bodies to dance as crowds disperse to leave us two staring with a slight smile is all that is left but all that is needed to grow yet again when we touch the smiles in our hearts expand and one day our fears will go up to the birds that sing for us in the mornings of our awakening after nights of tearful passions of the only truth there is and hugs will erase the scars that are left from our false impulsive protections that we placed upon ourselves to fear the only thing that could have been real in our dreams which finally came true but we didnt know what to do when reality was all that we knew and time will one day teach us to dream again and there we will see the place where we live forever and happy till the dream of us comes true again in our hearts.... Until then

I Transform by JJ

Like catepillars into Monarchs and like fallen leaves & sprouting buds.
I grow, I change, I transform.
Conversations laced with knowledge & wisdom water my mind as does rain to a mustard seed.
I harvest, I cultivate, I transform.
From a meek child to a vibrant woman and from a goddess to a queen.
I complete, I intensify, I transform.
As my hips pulse to the rythm of a sultry salsa, eyes widen & stares insensively magnify.
I luminate, I captivate, I transform.
Ocean waves wash away the trail of my tiny feet and a darkness falls, the moon conceals blemishes left on my soul.
I mystify, I pronounce, I transform.

Dreams by Lex

Dreams are thought about as a child Nothing thought about is beyond wild Anything that you can imagine can be reached Every barrier in your way will be breached You make plans to be unstoppable by any means necessary is the only way probable The word "NO" is a foreign voice The word "DEFEAT" is not a choice There will be obstacles that cause you frustration Don't give up stay focused and keep your concentration When u get to where your going because you stayed motivated Take time to look back and laugh at all those who hated