poetry
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People Will Forget You
I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. –Maya Angelou Continue reading
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Guest Feature – Fear Itself Is Undefined by Bianca Flores
I lay on my bed soaking my pillow with my tears, I try to remember exactly what it is that I fear. Is it the passing of time or the love that I lack? Is it the mistakes that I’ve made or the fact that I can’t bring the past back? What is it that… Continue reading
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Writer’s Block
“It’s a type of suffering that comes when the writer has found almost the right words. They’ll suffer until they find the exact words.”- Amir Silliman Continue reading
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Addiction
It surrounds me and takes a hold of my mind (It has me thinking about it all the time) Sometimes I have to repent cause the feeling’s so good it has to be a crime Taking me back and forth from past slavery days to my time (to support it I think I spent all… Continue reading
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You Must Write It
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”- Toni Morrison Continue reading
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Mankind is an Arrogant Creation
Mankind is an arrogant creation. He walks proudly on both legs, almost as if the wind carries him His head is tilted toward the sky that he curses with his lips But the clouds mock him And the seas have admitted, he is foolish in his ways He possess intellect, but his intelligence has seated… Continue reading
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Lustful Commitments
I don’t think we fully understand lust. We compare it to the sexual desire felt among all of mankind. The desire to become one physically with the man that has aroused these senses. But sexual desire is a natural occurrence shared by all of mankind. Lust in definition then is not sexual desire alone, but… Continue reading
