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Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Meaning of life: 5 of 162
I was living a life that was not of my ownAlways with someoneBut always feeling aloneDidn't make a decisionThat ever did me any goodAlways setting myself backFrom where I once stoodI was completely lost in lifeI couldn't find a way outI couldn't seem to graspWhat life was all aboutI wasn't near being happyEspecially of whom I... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Family: 9 of 181
Young and Living unsteadilyIn a country you call your homeWhen push came to shoveYour family abandoned you all aloneSeparated from your familyBarely at the age of nineteenLast time you acquainted with themwas in a deep sleep far away in your dreamsYou came into this countryIn search for a better lifeYou quickly had to adapt t... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Confused by love: 17 of 311
Here I go againPushing you awayScreaming I don't want youBut begging you to stay.Thought you would be the oneTo give me peace of mindI really didn't knowSoul searching was this hard to find.I thought Love would be the answerAnd I knew times would get toughBut I finally came to realizeThat Love is just not enough.We search for... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Feeling lost: 62 of 720
I once loved everythingthat did me no goodI didnt know where I was goingeven worse, where I stood.I went back and forthmeeting all kinds of blank facesGot caught up in evil thingsended up in empty places.I trusted no one,even myself, I didn't knowI didn't act myselfJust to put on a show.I watched beautiful thingspass me right... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Inner struggles: 53 of 531
We've all been through itonce or a million times before,Some of us make it publicsome hide it behind a closed door.We've expierenced loneliness &isolation which creates inner paina feeling you think only you've felta feeling you don't dare to explain.Some of us have no choiceand suffer from some type of abusebut some of us br... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Mother: 23 of 213
Long ago I promised myself two thingsTwo things I swore I would never doOne, never take my life for grantedTwo, never grow up to be like youI've watched you paint on a smileWhen you should've been shedding tearsYou don't dare show your weaknessYour insecurities or your fearsYou have raised me to be independentThe type that do... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Alcoholism: 10 of 82
Committed to one thingHe's committed to the bottleThe chances of him quittin'are the same as him winnin the lottoCan't fall asleepUnless Jack Daniels is nearCan't remember the last morninhe hasn't cracked open a beerHis breath reeks of last nightConstantly reeks of boozeA regular at the local barthis guy is nothin but old new... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: A thin line between love and hate: 2 of 16
It's almost like you fill up a needleAnd inject it into my veinsYou stimulate my mind ,my bodyAnd temporarily release my painLike an addict fiends for their fixand their drugs become obsessionsI pursue a lost cause andI fiend for you affectionSomething about this loveHas me wanting moreYet the more I get I'm discontentBecause... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Society: 53 of 282
SPEND A MINUTE IN MY SHOESI live on the East side of DetroitWhere being in a gang is a way of lifeAnd if I accidentally wear a certain colorSomeone will pull out a knife.I am a middle eastern maleThat others love to hateI am treated like a terroristAnywhere in the United States.I live in the Southern part of AmericaWhere I ca... More..
Creative Writing > Poetry Poetry: Challenges of love: 49 of 252
He was dangerousLike a loose cannonSays he's going to get on his feetbut I never saw him standin'He spills viscous words on methey leave a permanent stainto understand his mindwas impossible to attainNegative people surround himand he became possessedLove for the streetshe became obssessedHe says "I need you I'm goin' to chan... More..