Been having a lot of thoughts lately, and here’s some of them I’ve been able to get out on paper when I have the time. I decided to share this one….check out the new poem I’ve written called “Just Words”. Let me know what you think!
Positive affirmations will not
Permeate through the labyrinth
That entails these negative
Consonant and vowel sounds
Catch 22 is so to speak
Or press rewind
In your mind in silence
To soak it all in and think
I kick you, jujitsu
You stab me, retaliate
We are far beyond
A great debate
These bruises nobody sees
But our soul turns blue, purple, green
I lie and say that it’s ok
But that compounds, just builds mounds
To eruption, confusion, I lose it
Now prove it
That your point is right
I don’t care to hear
These words here are
Nothing clear
Just trudging through
This state of mud
End up right back
Where we started from
It’s just words
But the pierce is fierce
Let’s see what’s left
When the smoke is clear
It’s just words
More than Anita Baker
We apologize
Up from the larynx
Then out my lips
These words keep us in more…..
