Showing posts with label #poetry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label #poetry. Show all posts

Wednesday, June 3, 2026

Ancient DNA


Upon the rolling dust, lingering in my nostrils

You found me crowned with infancy joy

Painted up to the head,

With a tale that tailored my tomorrow in bliss

Denied being a roll of chance,

That Gambled life to be what it is.


As upon the rolling dust, blistered upon my hands

You found me chiseled to be a provider

Natured by those of the old,

That upon the sweat of my head

My stomach will find a rescue

No! Not on soft hands but on happy blisters.


For upon the rolling dust, served sweetness upon my tongue

You found me scarred by a taste of royalty

Birthed from dust the gave way to the lush-ful green

Inherited from the ancient crown

Where smoke spoiled the sky

To fill a child to life.


Upon the rolling dust, embedded on the mind

You found me endorsed in royalty bliss

Where the dust upon my feet spoke loudly

Creating a rhythm unforgettable to life

As it was the rods held me from infancy

Learning to walk on kingship roles.


Monday, November 11, 2024

Past the lines!

So!
How many times should we remain victims?
Lost between the lines of one true self
Or reman a societal puppet on a shoe string.

Should we call ourselves free?
Or ringing a bell of admission
As all our steps are a mission 
Unquantifiable with reality.

Soaked deep in denial
While playing victims cards
To our own undoing
Yearn to equate ourselves to another.
While clearly different to one another ...

Friday, March 17, 2023

Made To Be

There is a war of wolves 
Outside my villa 
Calling me a villain 
For chewing hearts of many 

Yet, at the beginning of it all 
My soul was their supper 
In innocence,
They took turns eating me alive.
Now they complain about my hunger 
Busy playing the lone hunter 
At night when the jungle is greener 
Attesting to their handwork 
That made me be.

Stinging every prey insight 
Strung at lampstands 
As the pleasure slaughter 
Continues...

Saturday, March 5, 2022

Insta-Booth

Photo by Guilherme Almeida from Pexels
 

All, we cared about

Was painting a picture.

A picture perfect

Yet our imperfections

Always bubbled up to the top.


So! We took a scissor

Cropped up our stories.

But our stories 

Were bitter

about our lies.


So! They exhumed our emotions.

Laid bare our thoughts

That picture perfect

Stood a fallacy

At the alter of reality

And brought to life

Insecurities.


There a broken story

Became us.

A sad nation in fun

As we strolled in lines

That bind our lies

Fostering us

To un-candid pain.