Author: poetryfest

There are many different children around the world,
some little boys and some little girls,
Different languages and culture,
But all have their peacocks and all have their vultures,
Finding beauty can be hard, before a lullaby makes a wish upon a star.
Earth you came and earth is the heart, remember all dreams are worth it with bits of work that
can be hard, your homework, chores, and other disciplines can get tough, and even parents
should be listening. Don’t cry little butterflies if they don’t, never worry about others who
won’t, with this lullaby you shall not only find rest, but this lullaby will help you through
many tests.
Although it’s different languages learning is important, learn these things ahead and you may
avoid the impulsive, reactions and words that you may say, may this medicine for a rainy day:
Yemojah, Yemojah, mizu’des, mizu’des
Eske nou tande mwen, Eske nou tande mwen,
Te amo, Te amo! (x2s)
English:
Yemojah, Yemojah, it’s water, it’s water
Can you hear me, can you hear me
I love you, I love you!

Despite how different we all are
We are drawn to each other
Like little drops of water finding other little drops of water
Like moths drawn to light
We repulse each other
Slowly like the Moon and Earth
Like magnets

It’s in the human nature to ruin beautiful things
You can see this in things like nature
You can make a mistake and say it’s human nature to make mistakes
No one percent or born with instructions
But how many mistakes are too much for people?

I look in the mirror
when I miss you
I put on your hat
and my daughter
tells me “You look like Papa”
because I do

these pieces of you
that are you and are not you
because they are me
I carry you with me
everywhere I go
and now I understand

that I always have

Ice froze over top of the sand. It swirled
in white waves hard like tile under my feet.
With each step, liquid trapped
by the surface shot out in all directions.
I looked up and stepped over a line of snow
running across the beach. The drift
was crystalline so my foot would crunch
through without resistance if I lowered it.
Water lapped at the shore, tickling
small stones dyed dark gray. Wind whipped
at my face and snuck under my collar.
“Hello Mom,” I said. “It’s been too long.”
The waves whispered back at me
in bubbles of white froth running
up the shore. They spilled over my shoes,
soaking through the hole in the
left heel I always forgot.

Losing your guardian makes the exterior of your heart harder,
When I set a goal, the goalpost continued to move farther,
Away you’re too far I wonder if you hear my new dreams,
You know I’m stubborn and I’ve fallen through the seams,
My head is still held high because I know you believed in me,
You sacrificed a great deal for Jamaal and I to succeed,
We owe you the world three times overI’m going to tell,
Everyone about the mark you made for every book I sell,
Each word will utter the strength I built within,
Your legacy will be a direct reflection of my discipline.

In a world of concrete and steel, nature’s love is quite surreal, With whispers of the wind and trees, it’s a love that’s sure to please.

The sun caresses the earth with its warm embrace, While birds sing melodies in a harmonious chase. The flowers bloom with colors so bright, A vibrant display of nature’s pure delight.

The rivers flow with a gentle ease, Carving their path through valleys and trees. The animals frolic in meadows so green, A playful sight like you’ve never seen.

Nature’s love is a symphony of joy, A playful dance that no one can destroy. So let’s cherish this earth so dear, For nature’s love is always near. Let’s protect the land, sea, and sky, And watch as nature’s love continues to fly.

In a world of chaos and noise so loud, Nature’s love is a soothing shroud. So let’s bask in the beauty of the natural world, And let nature’s love be unfurled.

The coldest place within,
Frosted whispers echo in the silence,
Once tender, now a fragile shield,
This desolate expanse,
Is this heart of mine.

Heavily burdened heartstrings,
Never stolen, never amused,
Icy nonchalance builds great peaks,
Unbothered, unreachable, unmoved,
All safe, until comes heat.

Arrogance cloaked in bravado,
Hanging by the thinnest thread,
Entranced by a re that scorches
Confusing this heart of mine,
Yet I linger at the edge, ready to thaw.

On Valentines Day my girlfriend grabbed my hand to ask, “Baby,
do you really want me?” I grabbed her then and kissed
harder than I felt. Because things were starting to get hard
and I knew I was part of it.

As I turned 20 in your corner, you grabbed my hand to ask, “Bunny,
do you still think this is your fault?” because I was about to sob.
Things were hard, and I still knew I was part of it.
I backed away, but you caught me and said, “Happy birthday.”

On Valentines night, my girlfriend grabbed my hand, placed it on her leg
and I began to panic. I didn’t want her physically,
but for how she made me laugh. I shivered,
and she held me as I kept myself at bay.

I hadn’t told you it was my birthday. You grabbed my other hand, said, “Bunny,
I’m here.” then kissed me hard as you felt.
You kissed me silly, until I was flush out of breath;
my panting made you laugh. You put your hand on my chest, and it was heavy.

My love is awkward like
a grown woman reaching for the head of a dog
as it walks by her.

The love caught, in the moment
of missing his head and still reaching
and still grasping for the meat of his neck or
the wet center of his nose.

There is an innocent strangeness to this that I have forgotten since childhood.
It is safer than getting it right the first time
and every time after,
But more real than never trying at all.

dedication: “dog in the ocean” or maybe “puppy love”

And she makes the flesh of her agonies into an agony of flesh. The ice she had slipped onto her tongue melts into her stomach, then into her blood and bloodlust as she pulls me onto her and into her, scratching and clawing at my skin and pushing me away as she grabs and grabs until she stops and the silence around and within her freezes and freezes time. And as I get up shivering and start to leave, she says, “Please don’t be gone. I feel so cold without you”.