Submissions by DexstaRay
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
Never limit yourself to anything. Only we decide how far we'll go.
Dedicated 2 Her
Close your eyes and try to picture, a women with dreams, so full of pride but so passionate, or so had it seemed, beneath the bling that she kept, was a scream for help, and memories that would bring on the grief she felt, but if she ever told a soul, she would break the “rules”, she didn’t feel she should break the news, so not a thing she could do, screamed “stop!” but the brother refused, at 16, feelin’ used and abused, say she wants to “end” it , and it might be tonight, but I tell her to keep the faith cause’ her future is bright, can’t say I understand her pain, but I’m familiar with...
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Without The Rose-Colored Lens
Keep the faith but peep the trouble from a distance, if I would’ve listened, we wouldn’t be facing this decision, because intuition had left me hesitant but bold, I took forth this position and let my legacy unfold, but the path that was chosen was only lonely, twice as cold, making room for a person without a conscience nor a soul, without money or power, but with a solid heart of gold, only through some oppression is when your guiding light can show, if I had the right to know what was next, I couldn’t be held back, but I can see the path I lead, is a trap in deed, and the people who...
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Screaming Stop The Violence
On account of several homeboys locked in silence, I’m on the corner screaming stop the violence! As I return to my quiet study, hope they have a lighter for me, I can see what needs to change but still don't have the money, flip on the tube, and I’m amused by the news, a little confused, say, who’d they choose the make the rules? They choose to hate the few, who refuse to accept corruption, and they just won’t blame themselves for nothing, take a walk in the night, through a site, where death just left, another breath, analyze every step, and I can hear the cries for help, as I despise...
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DU Poetry : Submissions by DexstaRay