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wolfycat Apr 30, 2007

Don't Waste My Time

If I didn’t have beauty that you wanted to possess
If I had no talent at all
If I had no attatchments of any worldiness
 
Would you see the beauty I have inside
And the important things that I too often hide.
Would you reject me for the things I am not.
Would you hate me for the things I haven’t got.
 
Would you push me aside when trouble appears.
Would you suddenly act like you’re deaf, and can’t hear.
If I turned ugly according to the world’s point of view
Would you suddenly say that we were through.
 

V
vijibenhur Apr 30, 2007

My shadow

when i walked through the lonely moon light
i remembered my sweet hearts words,
saying i will be by your side all the time.
my heart became heavy when i thought
those words were just empty words..
suddenly i heard my sweet hearts voice
calling my name by my side
then only this stupid heart realized
she is by my side as my shadow..

M
mugsy Apr 29, 2007

The Untended Garden

Unfettered
The weeds grew tall
Neath the garden wall
Stones once carefully grouted,
Now cracked
And green with moss,
The old man gone now
Unable to care.
Yet she notices these things,
Of his passing
And sheds
A silver tear…….
 

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wolfycat Apr 29, 2007

My Son And I

I see him holding it all together
His desires intertwined with his tears
And he’s running scared and living in fear
Of feeling this way forever.
It’s hard to feel normal
When you feel so out of place.
I look at him and see my face.
People think we’re dry
But they don’t see the tears we cry
Or the days we have wasted
For fear of measuring up.
I don’t want him to waste forty years wondering
Like I did.
He is an amazingly gifted man.
He doesn’t need to keep it inside.
I wish he wouldn’t hide.
He is not alone.
 

LR
Lil ricky Apr 28, 2007

What Is Love / I Think I Love You

What Is Love?!?!?!?!?
Is love the way I feel about you?
Or is love how I always dream of you?
I dont know, all I realy no is that i think I love you!!
Is love the smile that i give whe ppl say your name ?
Or is love the tears i cry cause you put me though pain?
I dont know ,All I realy no is I think I love you!!
Is love the way I want you to be mine?   
Or do you no what love is ?? Do you know whats lovs all about ? 
Can you tell me so I can find out?

LR
Lil ricky Apr 28, 2007

Streets

                             The Streets
The streets will makc and break you , but the strrets can also take you to a place u dont want to be. But for me that will be the day cause im telling all of you its going to be my way!! twist and trun is wat the streets will do run the streets dont let the streets run you!!!

C
Conect11 Apr 28, 2007

To My Son Joshua Aaron, A Chess Lesson

There are two sides,
yours and your opponent’s.
Play for fun,
white moves first.
Utilize your pawns
as your first line of attack and defense.
Do not underestimate their usefulness.
A rook walks straight and narrow
as far as he wishes
as long as he
is unimpeded.
The knight is an erratic jumper,
and catches his enemies off balance.
It is best to clog the middle of the board,
I have found.
Then flank the corners while your
opponent’s resources are diverted.
The bishop is a holy man
who moves crookedly

W
Word Apr 21, 2007

Sun Up and Sun Down

You crowded my mind
with thoughts of mystifying inquiry
which turned me on
see, you first started slow
moving your lips in a rhythmic flow
and asked
Who are you?
Moving on
You explained your view on abortion
Explained the resonance of scientific extortion
That baby killing was not justifiable
However the world we lived in made it necessary, a new way of protecting vanity and avoiding responsibility
And promised me
that we would never abort a baby we made out of love?.
Then you lead me into a world of Submission
Gently

W
Word Apr 21, 2007

FUCK IT

I’m standing online waiting to see Santa
And I tell my friend we should see black Santa
And she chuckles and looks and me wit her pretty blue eyes and curly blonde hair and replies : NO
I ask why?
Because Santa is not black.
I’m sitting at a table in pick a bagel
Chit chatting
Or shall I say
Shit chatting with my friends
And my friend lets me know somethings about my culture
1.That if you are named Malaki, Malcom, or Malik by the age of 18 you will be incarcerated living In cell block D