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97 poems tagged FUTURE
Chin up, shoulders back, spine straight, eyes watching and assessing. / You are the Queen my darling, not a simpering little princess waiting to be saved; you will do the saving and you will ride your horse into battle leading the charge and forcing your enemies to bow before you on the field of… sign in to read more »
As soon as everything was approved / We packed our things and moved / We have not gone far / This note is to let you know where we are / We would be honored to have the pleasure / Of your company at our new treasure / / This treasure gets suddenly cold without a warning / Is that not a call for a… sign in to read more »
One Day / There will be no Sorrow / No Sadness and No Tears / But only / Delightful Moments and Memories / and Soulful Songs / / One Day / There will be charming Flowers / Whom I can smell my whole Life / They will not Die / and They will not Fade / / One Day / I will cherish my Life / I will cherish it by… sign in to read more »
Covid in the country, / And Covid in the state, / Covid has harmed people, / And reworded their fate. / / Devils birthed this virus, / Decimating many – a big number, / Causing mayhem and chaos, / Sending most to lasting slumber. / / / / Uncertain is the lockdown, / Coercing people to feel sore, / Subsist on… sign in to read more »
Do not be afraid / before dawn uncouples the night / the bright … sign in to read more »
In the ends of the tombs, Silence. It is spread above the fields. Chill wind blows make Silence in motion. / Silence now moves further ahead, eyes staring on it. Only the throbbing of the leaves can be heard. / Even wolves don’t dare to growl. They just join the eyes looking quietly the Dance of… sign in to read more »
We freely give love / but we do not love / ourselves. Constantly / trying to fit and align / ourselves with society, but / we never align our internal / being. Judgmental and willing / not to understand each other. / Amassing wealth seems to be the / shared dream. Spiritual growth and the / opening of the… sign in to read more »
Let me express myself through words. / One night my life shall end, the earth will open, / And the ground will swell, Only to preserve my bones. / / Before I dissolve, / Would I have achieved my all, / Enjoyed a life of mystery and cause, / Or drenched my time in effortless activities / That produced no… sign in to read more »
Here in my bubble, I am all alone, no one but me... / No noise can I hear, if only my bubble can be a dome / Bigger is bet… sign in to read more »
You have comeback power / / Most of the times when things happen to us, we tend to allow them to define us and we eventually get lost in them, as it happens we have the choice to allow it to control us or we do otherwise. In that process we feel useless but the recipe is in the process. / / I am a… sign in to read more »
I was thrown on the ground, rejected & cast away / they thought I did not have value / in a dumpsite where my kind belonged as they said / I was rejected / But I knew who I was and what I possessed / what I was carrying inside of me, was greater than to care about what they say. / Dirt pilled on me, day… sign in to read more »
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1. / / this matatu is a coffin! / / somewhere in Uhuru, she burns incense to musk the smell of underage sex / / and everyone along Keekorok is walking into mirrors in search of freedom. / / what's the english word for someone who has slept in a broken bed with a stranger, / / or, is it awkward to fall… sign in to read more »
If they've filled you with hate / Then it can only be fate / If you expend it on them, / But may mercy tug at your hem. / Live above it. / / If they've filled you with lies / Causing you to descend from highs / Only remember to draw nigh / And disillusion yourself with truth; / Then you are unfit to be a… sign in to read more »
Tick tock goes the clock or does it now / could just be an illusion in a world of / confusion in a man-made world built / on lies don't you just wish you could / disappear through a door somewhere / to another world where everything / makes sense and there's never no / more sorrow to make you wanna cry… sign in to read more »
The city streets that goes up-hill / In order to succeed it gives you a feel / A university of life that resonates with obstacles of steel / It grinds and pounds until success is real / / Takes you to the hills with a huge amount of hassle / Many strive until they give up the struggle / Some persist to… sign in to read more »
What is this entity that's entered my body? / Day by day now I feel myself slipping away / Slowly fading into a memory... / I fight tooth and nail to overcome this alien / Attack so I can warn the world of this true / And freaky sci-fi story... / Well and it happened somewhere around / The Andromeda galaxy… sign in to read more »
Well they say you're One Lucky Guy / I couldn't write like you if I tried / Keep on, keeping on and never let / That fire die...I just shake my head / And sigh...'cuz they have no idea / How little I hoped to accomplish / Thus far, I thought in my early / Teens by now I'd be a big time / Rock-n-roll star… sign in to read more »
Well and They Come like an army in the sky / In the blue of the day, in the dark of the night / Well I know it's beyond belief and I / Wouldn't of believed it if I hadn't of seen / It with my own two eyes...wingless / Chariot suspended in mid-air in a bright, / Bright metallic white light... / They Come,… sign in to read more »
A love that will never end. That will never be changed. / A love so deep it entangles and marries souls in melodies of hummingbirds and orchestras of the universe's heartbeat. / A love so unconditional the coldest days of June and hottest of November are mirror reflections. / A love so pure the moon… sign in to read more »
When I was but a young girl I just loved opposites, then I didn't know they attract. / Defying the odds and always being the odd one out, now I only find out it's what they call gender. / Female, feminine, phenomenal are words I started understanding when I became a young woman. / Pubic, puberty is not… sign in to read more »
I love lonely hearts. / I hate faithful partners. / I love married women and men they are my easy target. / Temptation is my trend. / I hate it when people block me. / I love teenagers who are going through adolescence and life challenges. / I hate it when they abstain. / Guess who? / / I lie but who doesn'… sign in to read more »
we unveilled the tombstone of death / he was a cruel man / reads the epitaph on his tombstone / our private jets parked in the vicinity / following the assasination of poverty / who haunted the ajority of masses / we are all smiles today / after successful coup on wars,arrests and terrorism / peace… sign in to read more »
Beat the drum / Sounds of the Djembe drum / Sounds the call to come together / / Summoning the elders, / Guardians of the great Africa / South Africa / My land / My place of birth / / Summoning the great, the small / The BLACK, the WHITE, the GREEN, the BLUE, the RED and the YELLOW / The interweaved colours… sign in to read more »
There comes a time that we have to make choices, / And now, we are the choices we made some time back / And somewhere along the line, my heart shattered... / My tears fell along as I watched the scattered pieces... / I don't regret the rain or the night I felt that pain... / Or the tears I had to cry… sign in to read more »
Too much they say / Them tall lads and Ladi / All them white collars / And fancy bred lads / With iron black suit / All tall and fine cept / Ladi, who is pretty. / / Too much they say / Them tall lads and Ladi / Talking about sky and man. / Man standing on the moon / With wings of iron soaring / Through fall… sign in to read more »
Brotherman, you were born not to make it / all odds stacked against you / They marveled when you heart grew faint / not knowing the future inside of you / When life knocked you down / like a giant you emerged strong / We laughed at your tears / When they dried up / and you were still standing / Some don't… sign in to read more »
Future plans / Plans I can only wish materialize / Your face resembles that of a son I want to give you / One glance and I can already recite my vows on that day when we become one. / I can only pray that this becomes a reality / So close yet so far / So clear yet veiled by fears / Fears brought forth… sign in to read more »
The eighth hour catches her by surprise, one morning / As she stands on campus's balcony / A norm proceeding to her daily hustles and struggles, awaiting a lesson / For, ambition knows and calls her by name / / Eyes in natural position / In no real attempt to defy laws of science / Gliding down the fourth… sign in to read more »
Find the sea, oh streaming river, / For lost only are you alone. / Through the tangled woods and mountain passes, / Onward shall you find home. / / Veiled or clear, your destiny's set, / The banks have arose to guide you. / What can hinder the inevitable? / When all obstacles fall behind you? / / Masses,… sign in to read more »
Obscure, drawn, demented / With mouths a gasp / We blend in wishing to stand out / / The mop that sloshes / Keeps us clean / But below its dark and dingy / / Our screams of pain / Aching to be heard / Are masked by the ever shiny wax / / Too long have the feet of oppressors trodden us down / The scuffs that… sign in to read more »
Sweet Anene Booysen, / Just 17 years old. / Her attacker was familiar, / So he lures her off alone. / Invited of his friends, / As if it was for fun. / Violate her innocence, / So you can just imagine. / Tells her not to scream, / As her perception changes. / "Don't hurt me I beg you please" / But her… sign in to read more »
She's confident, she confides. / Her skin is black and it aint going to crack. / Her body is not of an hour glass but she has class. / She is bald but that doesn't stop her from being bold. / Is that her face and I thought I was blinded by the sun. / She walks the talk and when she talks you can't help… sign in to read more »
I stand at the edge of a cliff / In a wind blowing strong and stiff / The brilliant blue water ripples beneath / enticing and foreboding is the glimmering sheath / / Do I leap / Will I fall in a heap / do I dare / To jump without a care / / Will I hit the water / And soak in the thrill / Or is there a rock… sign in to read more »
Time and distances / The only disturbances / Keeping me away from you my love / Hence I am tense as I am writing this and pouring my heart trying to free it like a dove / My ultimate gift from above / Without you my heart aches and my days turn blue / I can't wait to hold you / Nevertheless lay my eyes as… sign in to read more »
It's kinda foggy outside, / But the rain has dripped dry. / Looks like heaven is all cried out. / I went from hurt and despise, / To feeling lost and deprived. / It looks like hope has finally made its way round. / / And the air smells like flowers, / And the grey skies turn to blue. / And the future… sign in to read more »
Firstly I love you more today / than I ever did in my life before / / You have intensified all colors / heightened all beauty / deepened all delight of being with you / / The thought of seeing you / and being around you / touch of your nose with mine / to recapture the electric current / the blood rush / oh… sign in to read more »
Hey woman, wonderfully and fearfully made. / A flower that blossoms in all seasons, areas and atmospheres. / / Your scent gives breath of fresh air / Your presence brightens the day / / Woman your range and brand does not end / uprooted and planted elsewhere it does not change you, it makes you even… sign in to read more »
Absence makes the heart grow fonder, / Or so the old cliché goes. / But, there was something missing / As our loving relationship grows. / / We both knew what that was / And what would make us smile. / If only we could find a way that / Makes our connection more tactile. / / Even on the World Wide Web… sign in to read more »
It came in a business envelope / That bore my lawyer's name. / It arrived without any fanfare. / And without any acclaim. / Inside it was the end result / Of a sad and expensive game. / It contained the official decree / That snuffed out a former flame. / It said nothing of the heartbreak, / Brought by… sign in to read more »
My love-jaded heart will no longer respond to the sound / Of whispering raindrops in fall or a train passing by. / I've got brand new wings, yet so frail; I lose touch with the ground / To take to my fantasy velvet mysterious sky. / / I'm fine in my bulletproof shell and I quit endless waiting / Like… sign in to read more »
He holds his bat with all his might, / The bowlers bowl with full of fright. / He is the man, he is the king, / He smashes every ball out of the ring. / / Once he entered the pitch by chance, / And changed the game in a single glance. / He is the man depended on hard times, / For he is the king of all the… sign in to read more »
This learning meaningful or meaningless- / To know the distance of the sun from earth, / Cramming numbers of stars in milky galaxy / Or suns orbiting the cosmos, / Learning the taste of water which is tasteless / Or sculpture in art history. / / This education meaningful or meaningless- / Better if it's… sign in to read more »
Heavy like lead is my heart sunken in goodbyes / / I will leave in yesteryear and I shall leave you in disguise / / Those euphoric memories shared, / remembered, you shamed me through bitter tears that won't blend, and broken hands left to mend. / / Fret not, my return will be swift like death I wait… sign in to read more »
Fresh from the incubator... we come out a box, / Newly born and eager to burn. / The doctor's smack lights the wick, / A weak flicker is the start. / / In his teens the wind bends the flame to go with the flow, / But flickering moments of dark then light / Teach it straight to grow / And that the way of… sign in to read more »
In my mind I see them, children of the land, / Black as darkest Africa, standing with an outstretched hand. / I see their stomach's bloated, signs of despair, / Yet on I go with my life and couldn't even care. / / I smell the stench of flesh as vultures have their meal, / Yet my heart's turned hard...… sign in to read more »
I tell you, there will forever be / No pain, no gain for free / Trapped in endless circulation / Seek the same pixel, in better resolution / Different story, yet the lesson unlearned / All the enlightment, yet the truth undiscerned / To set a course, and to consign that way / To oblivion, all in the arch,… sign in to read more »
So many times we've decided, "It's time we split up!", / But then we find we just can't give up. / It's not for each other; it's for the children we care, / On them it's unfair, / They stand in the corner helpless and bare. / / There's so much to remember my daughter, my son, / But all I can think of is… sign in to read more »
I felt the stab of pain / From a brother in the hood / One seeking to rise to fame / I thought he understood. / / I taste the bitter in what he said / As he spits the words out / "I wish you were dead" / He just verified my doubt. / / I hear the cries for pity / In our own neighborhood, / Not across the… sign in to read more »
Pitter-patter; tears on the roof, / The world sleeps knowing not the grief, / And in dawning hours the gage is proof / Of a tear shed for life... oh so brief! / / The face of the sky is darkly troubled, / Unnoticed by the sleeping world below / Unconcerned nor woken by the tear drops doubled / Weeping o'er… sign in to read more »
Fresh from the incubator... we come out a box, / Newly born and eager to burn. / The doctor's smack lights the wick, / A weak flicker is the start. / / In his teens the wind bends the flame to go with the flow, / But flickering moments of dark then light / Teach it straight to grow / And that the way of… sign in to read more »
Worn... the scenes are vivid / Of angry protests, / Scowling faces, / And the sharp knife that rips the flesh. / / The gash of hate that wounds our nation / Clear stares me in the eyes. / There's no mistaking the gun he's wielding, / As in another hi-jacking a mother dies. / / Removed... the vivid scenes… sign in to read more »
No tears for me / no matter how hard it gets / I gotta save this sadness inside / the only that thing that is real / no tears for me today / / No matter how long the day gets / and all the dreams that might collide / like those screaming walls behind / those falling pieces of earth / screaming to my soul… sign in to read more »
Stepping stones / missed opportunities / take one, skip one / memorized, tranquil, / serene your control / mind made up - you jump / no regrets, re… sign in to read more »
You sing as if from the distant skies; / I take wings as my heart… sign in to read more »
My pen is my Pal / my safe guard in a world made of hell / I explore the mind / only to find empty speech bubbles to tell / my character is faceless / in suspended motion I am pace-less / why does time move so fast / "theory of relativity" / when in actual fact I just search for the inner me / a perfect… sign in to read more »
You can be! / / You can be an achiever you always dreamt to be / The original person you were created to be / The blessing that you were meant to be / The best YOU, you can ever be / Yes, you can be! / / You can be like a minor who upholds the teachings of the elders / A person who teaches good ways worth… sign in to read more »
Pearls of fantasies shine in the waters of hope / That February turned tears to. / We will certainly free weakened hands from the ropes / If wonder is all that we do. / / Let us build a small ship as a shelter-to-be / And paint it in colors of spring. / It is madness so sweet to spend life on the sea; / I… sign in to read more »
There once was a man from Troy, / who continually p… sign in to read more »
Even though the sun is not shining / And you have no light for direction. / Even though the wind is blowing / And you are not right in position. / Hold on, for your rain is coming. / / Even though the world is full of noise / And it gives you confusion. / Even though there are flashes of lightning / And it… sign in to read more »
At the peak of night, a day will come, / And darkness will vanish in the midst of the sun. / At the climax of evil, light will shine, / The darkest age shall move to a new time. / / A new day is a time to get back on your feet, / Leap and sore out of the pit of defeat. / For now you may be at the end of… sign in to read more »
Cowardice they call it - those people who don't know, / To commit the act of taking your own life, / But who really knows beside those who have committed, / What really made them thrust that knife. / What went through their minds during that moment? / What could life have thrown in their path so… sign in to read more »
We each will come to a four-way stop, / A choice you must make, one of three, / You know where each road will lead, / So which one will it be? / You know full-well you can't go back, / The road behind is no more, / Now you try and stall your decision, / That you must make in the end for sure. / An eternal… sign in to read more »
Through eyes blinded by judgements with no basis / See what you want, Allowing no graces / Waiting for me to turn around to sink your knife / You have no idea, Oh! You should see my life / / Pay no respect, You can't even afford a smile / Stubborn ignorance, That's just so your style / Step outside for a… sign in to read more »
I yearn, I yearn for the days when we played / When we would never think of going to bed before we prayed / The only stress being a worry over a lost toy, but never lost hope because / Daddy would buy me another one and here is another one / Another one of those poems that makes you yearn / Yearn for the… sign in to read more »
Somewhere in New Mexico / There are radio telescopes / They scan the heaven 24/7 / With extra terrestrial hopes. / / I can't search the universe / But I have wished upon a star. / I would like someone on earth to love / Another world is much too far. / / Finding someone has truly changed, / From the days of… sign in to read more »
I am the mystery, the enigma, / The unknown galaxy of the far horizon; / I carry with me obscure images, / Dilemmas of despair and pain, / Ecstasies of hope and love, / I am the mystification of life itself. / / I am a dream, an elusive eventuality, / The constant reminder of growth and death, / I bear the… sign in to read more »
IF I could make my dreams come through, My Sins go low / I would stand up with joy that fills my heart into the fullest and regret no new day as a new / day is a Blessing and I am a Blessing and was named Blessing / I am the light above the sky and fly within the / universe which carries an everlasting… sign in to read more »
In search of meaning, I evaluated my life / In search of purpose, I questioned my priorities / In search of significance, I reset my goals / In search of value, I analysed my wants / In search of sense, I assessed my needs / In search of a calling, I listened to my heart / In search of conviction, I… sign in to read more »
If love is doing, / If love is action, / If love is hard work, / Then you and I / Are in service of each other. / / You and I / Working side by side, / Serve each other, / Support each other, / Stand by each other. / / If love is action, / It is this action that keeps love alive. / You and I, / In service of… sign in to read more »
I learn to fall in love with myself again / and have candle light dates with my shadow... / Converse with my cerebral cortex and hope that the sound echoes off the walls like a bat / And like this creature, I will find my way in the dark / when I am unable to see by listening to my instincts / / I feel… sign in to read more »
I lie awake in my bed / Helpless, hopeless / My future suddenly doesn't look so bright anymore / All my childhood dreams and aspirations dead / Doesn't look like there's much for me, I am told / But I won't give up, at least not yet / / / Everyone's busy with their own stuff / Everyone has their own… sign in to read more »
A comfortable life ... / / like comfortable shoes chosen not for the thrill of wearing but for ease and convenience. / / Single lady seeking anything but a comfortable life - for the security and contentment of comfort is merely adequate but certainly not sufficient. / / So, she courageously sheds the… sign in to read more »
The Dream...it's bigger then what they make it out to be, / the Dream, it's larger then what he makes it out to be, / it's massive, it's huge, / it's bigger then you and me. / / The dream is passive. / / But not your usual non-violent element, / it goes deeper then the home of Gia's heart,located in the… sign in to read more »
Putting pen to paper makes / Inner voices very clear. / Of a desire no longer secret / For the cosmos (plus one) to hear. / / Positive thoughts are focused, / Projected strong and true. / Encouraged within my spirit, / By the joy of knowing YOU. / / Some logic here for you to see, / Although… sign in to read more »
The morning rays dances across the shimmering seas, / Reaches land and laps up the sweet dew served by the dawn. / Dancing across the fields, it hears my persistent pleas, / And within me despite my duress, new hope begins to spawn. / And as the warm rays my fears and neurosis begin to still, / I arise… sign in to read more »
The tired sun barely whispers "Goodbye" to the distant hills, / Than they turn from green to orange and then to silhouettes. / That insidious nagging thought my mind cajoles and flirts, / And like the water from my shaking hand all the days hope spills. / A vicious cycle - the knowledge of the… sign in to read more »
Just before dawn on a lonely shore, / I trudge the sands walked by many before, / The water entices me with her cool glaze, / And I find myself swept back by her - in a daze. / I look around me and all I see is ocean and gloom, / Oh! An overwhelming sense of loss and impending doom. / The darkness… sign in to read more »
How deep do you want me to go? / All the time you're talking about this other friend / coveting your things for $50.00. / For what it's worth, you might as well hand it over. / You are not thinking straight. / I gave you a good deal and it's not the deal! / You're actually thinking twice to make another… sign in to read more »
I fell yesterday, but that does not determine my today, / I fell today, but that does not determine my tomorrow. / What is falling then? / Is it not equal to failure? / Does it mean I can't stand again? / No, it means I can stand up again. / It does not mean I'm stuck. / It's so great to know that falling… sign in to read more »
Right now I feel so lost / Not sure which way to turn / Unhappy where I am - / Which bridges do I burn? / / Everything that held me / Has strangely lost its grip / I'm totally alone - / And tears refuse to drip. / / I need to haul my mind / From where it wants to go / Thoughts it has been thinking / Just make… sign in to read more »
Has it been a week or a month, I can't remember / I do not know if it is October or November / The days they come and the weeks they go, the months are never ending / The time I spend inside my mind continues my pretending / / I know I'm right but think I'm wrong to ever start life changing / Until I… sign in to read more »
It almost killed me to say that I love you. / I was sleeping next to you. / You were sleeping with me long side up. / From feet to head or head and feet. / If I didn't know any better I would say that / was arranged. I can't have it any other way. / But seeing you there has me ask you one's name. / That… sign in to read more »
There is something about / A comforting hug and a tissue at a funeral / That brings contentment to a devastated soul / That brings contentment to a plight when sadness, pain and death prevail / / There is something about / The fear of a black thunderstorm / That brings knowledge of the peace to come / That… sign in to read more »
This time it's really happening, / I am in love with you / And this love it's true... / / Your kisses melt my heart / This time I know we won't part / This time it's all brand new / This time I am in love with you / / This time I feel happy and secure / This time I know our love is pure / This time I am… sign in to read more »
Yesterday I forgot about your birthday, / That does not mean we are no longer friends, but that I'm growing up, / Today I forgot about your promotion, / That does not mean we are no loner family, but that I'm growing up, / I'm still the friend, partner you know and appreciate, but just grew up, / If I… sign in to read more »
Its amazing how small the world really is / I've met a lot of people in my life / Only a few take life for what it is / Not many people really get to know me / The ones I let in, get the real story and get to see / My life's story unfold / Right in front of many, still only a selected few see the stories… sign in to read more »
Don't let a man tell you who you ought to be, / and don't let society stop you from being free, / Don't let that pressure exceed your expectations, / And don't let others choose their own depictions, / Don't let your past freeze you from moving forward, / And don't let your unruly choices move you… sign in to read more »
Earth is my greatest home / Where every living thing roams / Land that is full of colorful things / That the mankind must unite in nature preserving / / Water for rivers, seas, lakes and oceans / A symbol of life that should not be ignore even for once / It's for everyone's duty and call / Because the… sign in to read more »
I have seen so many faces / I have been into many places / Different walks of life I have seen / But still confused on what's been missing / / Searching for the empty part that fills my heart / Hoping that one day I will never be apart / Apart from someone I can call "home" / From each sad and happy… sign in to read more »
Sometimes you may feel / Your problems are too much to deal / Sometimes you'll see that the heavy loads are all on you / And you'll say, you're in way too blue / / Try to look up in the sky / Just maybe you can seek some light / Never hesitate to call my name / Always bear in your mind that I am your… sign in to read more »
One day I walked into my class, after a funeral and with a broken heart and a troublesome mind, with a miserable glare and morbid smile, I taught my students. / / And I realised... / / One would be a serial killer, planning details to the last degree, / One would start a porn website and make his bucks… sign in to read more »
How will a garden look like / without any flowers? / And how will a sky full of clouds be / without down pouring showers? / And what will you be if you have / only love… sign in to read more »
There is no second chance. / They say it many times, forgiveness is an act. / You can make the changes, you can change your life. / Pick your self up again, get yourself a grip. / There's always next time they say, / there's plenty other fish. / If we make mistakes, we only have to change. / This second… sign in to read more »
The feeling of being lonely weakens the inner me What more can there be, if not the darkness in my eyes? / The feeling of the world on top of my shoulders, is only when I'm on top of the world / It's ike everyone has turned their backs on… sign in to read more »
A bird that wants to fly / A bird that can't fly / A bird that tries to fly / / Wounded, scarred, the pain / caused by unfulfilled love / / She tries, she wants to...but / the wounds - it hurts, the pain / No one wants to understand / Or / Can understand / Alone, by her self, destiny unknown / No plans, no… sign in to read more »
Everyday is but a new hope / for a better to be / Yesterday's feelings gone forever / never to be repeated - but will still be seen / Misunderstood yesterday - floating on self assurance today / / Do we ever know where we are at, will we ever know? / Such a perculiar people - striving with… sign in to read more »
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