You tell me good things And I smile and agree But inside, I’m still gloomy A sense of guilt arises I don’t want to seem fake Cause the happiness wants to be real But the truth is I’m twisted with lost hope Your words are like roses Beautiful, but the thorns prick me…
Month: January 2021
I Miss the Days –
I miss the days when Life would just seem so happy When I didn’t care about you and your opinions I miss the days I miss the days of your smiles I miss the days when we talked 24/7 I miss the days when I felt powerful I miss the days when I felt…
Book Review – The Last Beginning
The Last Beginning ~ Lauren James ~ Blurb ~ Sixteen years ago, a scandal rocked the world and teenagers Katherine and Matthew vanished without a trace. Now Clove Sutcliffe is determined to find them. But in uncovering their secret, she could destroy the world and lose Ella, her love of a lifetime… Genres – Science…
Hate Myself –
I’m not the perfect figure you think I am I’m no where near there I hate the person I see in the mirror I hate the mask that I wear Don’t tell me I’m something Because in truth, I’m nothing I don’t like who I’ve become I want to move on I tie…
~ Interlude ~ –
I’m inside out I’m upside down This is pain, this is love It’s all just numbing me now From all my highs to my lows Got this feeling I can’t let go It’s taking my breath away Giving me feelings I can’t explain I told you something But now you don’t remember Feeling…
Let Me Go –
The stars shine bright The twinkle in our eyes Brings me back to life The sounds of music make me feel alive Through the pain and sorrow I fly I burn and die I live my life Stuck in the past Scared to take the next step into the future The present, ever…
Book Review – The Hate U Give
The Hate U Give ~ Angie Thomas ~ Blurb ~ Starr Carter’s world is shattered when she is the only witness to the fatal shooting of her unarmed best friend, Khalil, by a police officer. Now what Starr says could destroy her community. It could also get her killed. Genres – Contemporary, Realistic Fiction, Cultural,…
Transformation
An excerpt from You Are the One by Kute Blackson – Life will always be filled with ups and downs. It’s the law of nature. Yin and yang, light and dark. It’s the nature of life and it’s okay. We must embrace the duality inherent within life. Without the night, there is no day. Without…
Only –
I stand by the mirror Watching my eyes swell with tears They leak down Onto my cheeks The entire time I wish I wish for you to wipe them away For you to embrace me in your hug Cause I want to feel The warmth of your body close to mine I want…
When I Grow Up –
When I grow up I don’t know what I want to be A writer A lover I’m already confused about the present The past still holds me back, struggling on a skimpy thread The future containing all the what if’s When I grow up I wanna be there Full, and wanting Filled, and…