Poems

By AH
Dedicated 2 my ex-girl Erica

When u love, it’s hard 2 explain
I knew u was the one the moment u spoke my name
But I was so addicted 2 hate and carnal things
And fighting against love and my own growing pain
That I was left stuck and feeling drained

As reality set in that we were no longer one
I felt a sharp pain thru my body like I was shot by a gun
What is it about love that makes u fall every time?
Discretely trying 2 crack the code 2 your loved one’s mind

And it’s hard 2 face what u hate
Love is above all a chosen fate
One that the ignorant can even comprehend
But our relationship was over before it began

There was 2 much lust and not enough love
But we carried on dragging our hearts thru the mud
In hope of change like the seasons
In hope of oneness like our breathing
So, let that be the reason
That we can’t collect our thoughts
As we carry around a jar full of faults

It was both of our loss
Or was it just mine?
Maybe I should have counted the stares
Instead of dollar signs
Or maybe I should have held back my feelings
It’s crazy how u claim 2 be hurt
When I’m the one in need of healing
A Tina Mari voice
You wasn’t that hard of a choice
You just didn’t hear the love within my voice…

By AC

Take your paint brush and stroke
Deep past the surface
Paint a vivid image
Of this beauty
Without reflecting the pain.
Color me in with ambition
Erase any blemish of worry
Fade away these lines of regret
Make me over
Make me over
Create a new me.
Sit me on the doorstep
Of my Lord
Tell him that this image
Tell him that this image
Tell him that this image was created
Just for his keepsake.
Tell him that this
Tell him that this
Tell him that this is love.
Paint me underneath
Clear blue skies
Tattoo butterflies on
The soles of my feet…
Let them lift me to new heights.
Draw me a new world
Draw me a new world
Sketch me a prophet
And sit him in the
Palms of my hands.
Make the world listen
Make the world listen
Make the world listen to my message
Make them see the beauty…
Make the world listen to my message
Paint me a brighter picture…
Paint me…
A brighter me.

–Dynamite

BY AC

When your soul cries out
It sounds something of
An ocean roaring
The soles of
Feet clattering
The talk of
Toddlers chattering…
When your soul cries out
And speaks its true name
It sounds something
Of the heavens falling
And the angels
Swinging from Gods hip
Something like an ambush
Something like this
Something like this…
When your soul cries out
Listen.
It will teach you
The music of desire
And the pain of silence
It will show you
Your way to happiness
And outline your path in gold.
When your soul cries out
Grab a pen and
Make this paper your own
Let your tears pour
Through the ink like
The Egyptians poured
Their secrets into tombs
Let you hold close
Your stories that only
Dead ancestors understand
Let you hold close your love
And new understanding of their hate
Let you hold close
Your true meaning
Let you help yourself
To the doorstep of Elijah
Let you make
Your own religion
Let you speak the
Truths of a liar
Let you be who you are
Let you be who you are…
When your soul cries out
Stay awake
Do not be frightened
By what you’ve become
Do not be worry of
Who you are…
When your soul cries out
When your soul cries out
When your soul cries out
LISTEN!

-From the ancient voice within…
– Dynamite

By AC

Whether I am acknowledged…
I will be who I am
Remember what I was
Enjoy what now has come
And fight till the blood

Whether I am discovered…
I will strut like the lion
Sway like the trees
Bow only to the Nile
And smile with an ease

Because I am…
As deep as an ocean
As pure as the womb
As bright as the stars
As distant as the moon

Whether you ask or not…
I will speak with conviction
Follow my truth
Lead with a purpose
Inspire our youth

No matter if you care…
Life is a gift
Love more than a game
Time of the essence
Pain equals change

When I am done…
Peace be unto you
Faith be your guide
Destiny you’re holding place
Honor be your ride
Whether…

You are acknowledged or not!

By: JP

All day I been thinking about you
Seeing stars in the sky hoping it was you
And seeing your smile, I know it was cute
And talking to you on the phone, you always kept it true
Thank God that I met you
The first time I saw you I wanted to say
I love you
Just you and only you
Slow songs make me sad and mad
Just what we used to do
Now we older, we never gonna leave or cheat
And you always in my heart
You’re just pretty like you was never on Earth
But you fall out the sky and said I Love You

By: JP

I wake up seeing people in my face
People think it’s funny being locked up
I sit back reading books
While people is praying while I’m locked up I’m wishing for good luck
People are tired of being locked up
So when them doors opening
Better think about good stuff
If not you going to be wishing
That God had trust
People blessed outside seeing light
Locked up that’s all you can do is write
I want to be that good person in life
I been through the laws
Tired of being behind them doors
You need to be out they say if you have a child
You better be out there
People like me, I got a baby
I aint out there
Trying to keep my head up so I can be out
Them people beefing while they’re locked up
People outside doing dumb stuff to get locked up
I been seen it. I am not trying to fall
Got to be on top to tell these people who’s the boss

By SC

They say that your body can be locked-down,
but your mind is always free;
that your eyes can be closed shut,
yet wide open for you to see.

They say that you can be deaf,
but hear like you’re not;
that if you can think a little,
then you can imagine a lot.

They say that your hands are meant to feel,
and your nose is meant to smell,
but I’m not able to do much
while I’m locked-down in this cell.

Yeah, they thought they had me,
but I thought of this to a tee.
This shyt will never stop
as long as my mind is still free.

By DC

I’m hiding behind lines, with whatever will come to mind
I’m a master disguised penman…I’m someone different every time
And nine times out of a dime, my verbal presence will rhyme
Genres, subjects, and concept: I mastered them, every kind

I can be deep and tell you knowledge is the sea: you just let your mind be a port
Or comical: Just picture this…a grizzly bear in some shorts
Get political and tell you why that guy leaked the secret…naw
I’d rather let CNN be the speakers

You see it’s not what I fail to mention
You just gotta pay attention
What I intended might have missed you
When I spoke on an issue

You get it? I can be whatever I want to be
You only see my words; you don’t get to be familiar with me
It’s kind of like deception, but it’s just part of the biz!
You see how he just made you think he was more talented than he really is!

By: RD

I open my chest and hand my heart over to you!
You are now the keeper because it beats, it cries for you.
It’s up to you to keep it beating or kill it, which kills me too!
You asked for my loyalty, so I give you my heart to know my words are true.
You asked for the truth and, I’m truly in love with you.
My heart is the key to my feelings and my soul.
My love is like a furnace with endless wood,
so it will never go cold.
You have my feelings, heart, and soul.
Know these special things which you hold.
I’m giving you of which you ask of me because
I truly love you
and that’s the main thing I want you to know.

By RD

Tears fall while I’m in solitude
I’ve been in jail since I was sixteen
I’m now nineteen
When will I be free?

I made a bad decision
Hung with the wrong crowd
But give me a break
I WAS SIXTEEN!

I’ve learned my lesson
I’m not going home to do the same thing
I’m stressing so much I can’t even write a good poem
People say they can relate
But do you really feel my pain?

Tears fall while I’m in solitude
And there’s no one around to feel the rain

By AH

I’m trying to hold onto the future
Friends I have left
Because I realize ain’t no fame in being in prison
And ain’t no glory in death

The pain that runs through my soul
Has crept to my eyes
I’m hurt by the lies
Blinded by crud
If you look at my hands you will see
Nothing but blood

I’m a product of hate
A man with no faith
One that will kill to remain safe
Too torn by my past
To make love last
Went to sleep in peace
Woke up to the sound of a gun blast

And this may sound crazy
But I wanted to be a dope man since I was a baby
In love with women, money, and cars
My heroes were the men doing life behind bars
And I was taught to love with my mind
Because loving with your heart will get you killed every time

So who can I run to when I need love?
As I watch my mother fill her arms up with mud
Life as I know it is built off drugs
But the judge don’t want to know that
All he wants to do is give you 100 years flat
If only people would take a second to see
A thug is what I was forced to be
SOCIETY, YOU MADE ME!

R.I.P. Boy-Boy

By AH

I have looked into the eyes of a man of change
That knows that the street life brings nothing but pain
Am I just a casualty of this game?
Or simply a young man looking 2 make a name

My hood I claim
My gun I bang
But after the blood things r still the same
Regret is powerful in the heart of man
Especially when they said u did nothing
When forreal u was doing all u can

And I know powerful words from someone that sell drugs
And stands on the corner
And if I am so evil but u point the finger
What do that make u?

Good survival is the only mindset in our hood
Where money weighs more on people’s hearts than love
Where your own mother will set u up
And by the time u realize what happen
U r just another victim caught up in the rapture
So if I’m hardened cuz of my environment, excuse me
But I have a reason for moving so rudely