Category: youth
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The End… Kind Of
He ran from the truth Encouraged by youth Found his body clung to spiderwebs Living void of love Call him the walking dead Despite dreams and hopes He lives in pain instead She changed, he changed and they changed But the love remains The years they lost Connected to the epiphany they gained We will…
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Embarrassing Journal Post: Get Your Eagle On
I been a dark skin sista all my life. Whether in a afro, locks, relaxed or tightly bound braids. I have spent my days as a black woman through and through. During my youth, I spent many days and nights feeling as though my blackness never matched up to societal norms. Growing up I wasn’t…
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Writing Poetry
Poems write themselves Like heartbreak creating tears Courage driving away doubt and fear The pen moves like water Across a tin rooftop During a rainstorm And the heavy flow refuses to stop Forever dripping words of beauty and truth Tales of hope Moments centered around growth And the follies of youth Poems write themselves As…
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Steel Toes
The snow falls like crumpled pieces of off white construction paper On a frigid landscape of charcoal concrete and yellow dashes At the bus stop bench sits a gray haired man In a tan, burly coat smoking a cigarette with a withered hand It has seen the passage of time Held doors open for lovers,…
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Brandy Style: I Wanna Be Down
Let’s get this thing started off right! This is for all the 90s babies that wanna be down with that special somebody… Let’s get it! Have you ever been afraid of how someone would respond if you told them your real feelings? And every-time you try to express yourself your pride and shyness get…
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All I asked was if you still loved me too?
I thought my suppressed screams went unheard as my heart broke. But it turns out that I wore them on my clothes like badges of honor for a life lived. They spread to the new flames that ignited and smothered them all like rain to a camp fire. I rained on new love after new…
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