Words Can be as sharp As a knife And make you Feel worthless Which breaks you down But when the tables turn Words Can be powerful To build A person back up From the lowest Of the low. Alex
Tag: Off the topic Thursdays
Off The Topic Thursdays/ Red
The colour of love Is red So is the flower That we give on the day of love Red is also the colour of blood That keeps us alive But I’m blind to it Does that mean That I’m blind to Love and life. Alex
Off The Topic Thursdays/Born Into The Dark
It’s hard for her To find who she is She was born Into drugs And when she was barely a teen Her mum would send men To rape her For money Then she ran away And after a lot Of heartache A family took her in And became her loving family Alex
Off The Topic Thursdays/ Dear Body
Dear body Sorry for mistreating you And harming you While you kept trying To keep me alive Even when I didn’t Want to live At all You and me Never had a loving relationship But you are the only one That hasn’t given up on me And I thank you for that And I can … Continue reading Off The Topic Thursdays/ Dear Body
Off The Topic Thursdays / Real People
Born in poverty In a broken family At night the sound of gun shooting Becomes your sleeping lullaby But he wanted a better life And with determination and hard work He now became the leader Of today’s society
Off The Topic Thursdays/ For A Better Life
Trying to escape The never-ending sand With people firing The rain of rubber bullets On us Then it’s time To battle the sea In hopes that None of us Would die All of this Is for the dream Of a better life
Off The Topic Thursdays / In Today’s World
In these trying times I know how easy It can be to become Angry with the whole world When your own home Turns into a jail cell And your family members Are dropping dead Like flies Please remember That you’re worthy And this world Still needs you
Off The Topic Thursdays/ Light and Dark
Light and dark Day and night Sunrise and sunset The sun is up And you can feel its heat On your skin That brightens soul And everything is right Once again When the dark Haunts the sky The bad thoughts Enter the mind Which brings your life To a standstill. Alex
Off The Topic Thursdays/ At Night
At night I wake up It looks blindly dark You can almost taste it What steals my sleep Is pain That of the body Or that of the mind And writing My words down Is the only thing That brings me Any kind of relief. Alex
Off The Topic Thursday/ The Bees
The beehive is home To the bees Who work so hard To keep the hive as one family unit With their little wings The softest noise While helping every little flower They keep the cycle of life alive And give us the sweetest honey.
