Your empire is falling. You presume to know what people want Bookstores shelved with novels anointed to be page-turners Mainly catering to a select group of readers Whose hue doesn’t tan darker than unbleached flour With just one glance You think you can pick greatness Predict a hit Having no clue what lies between pages…
Tag: Poem
A Blind Eye
Don’t let your struggle Blind you to Someone else’s hardships Photography by: Maique Madeira
Brainstorming
Quietly thinking About a Loud future Photography by: Joao Silas
Time Will Tell
Time will tell If the person I see Is the person you are Or Just a mirage Of who I want you to be
Feminine Liquor
With a sober mind And an open heart He drank in her words Like wine And fell drunk Off her inhibitions
Tart
Bitter She didn’t want to become Watching all the happiness Swirl around her Like sugar and honey
A Different Beat
An old soul In a Modern world Beating at a Rhythm heard by Many But Understood by a few Photograph by: NordWood Themes Photography
Being Still
Being on the sidelines of the field of life She sat on the bench in the Hardest game to be played The Waiting Game. Waiting to be picked Waiting to play Waiting to take part in all the Experiences life had to offer. Days turned to months And Months transpired into years….
Show. Don’t Tell.
Show me your love Fully and unbridled And I’ll show you mine’s Wholly and untainted
The Blindfold
Worry and stress Festers on the soul And blinds you of The blessings you behold.
Peppermint Sunshine 