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fresh off the pavement we were sitting with our minds set not yet fully loaded but enough so that our dreams would be read quick through the darkness we were swimming in abstinence wondering which...
Hello again, and today is Sunday, December 30 2012. As a wise manager once said, “No, I'm not firing you. A good manager doesn't fire people. He hires people, then inspires people. People.
This was my first Opuss posted: When I am ready, I will smile. You'll have to wait a little while. Its one of the first things I learn to do, I want it to be just right for you.
And suddenly I'm lost in your eyes, Falling deep into those heavenly blue skies, Holding so much hope in one small space, Dashed by the world, you're falling from grace, Innocent, bewildered the...
I'm the cause of the mists, I'm the cause of that steam. I'm the cause of those waves, That disrupt and cloud your dreams.
Some don't believe in things that they don't see, but some do, as if its the only thing there is.
Tell me again how your life is so hard As you weep in your ivory tower I'll listen to your superficial complaints As I struggle on hour by hour Tell me again how you groan and you ache How your...
A child's imagination. Could teach so many lessons. To so many nations. Willing or not. Because kids get what they want. Every time they want it. And parents can't resist.
Blind eyes, open heart, Seeing life for every part. If only I could see this place. The sun, the sky, each happy face. What people take for granted now, It's hard for me to explain how.
What do you see nurses. . . . . .What do you see. What are you thinking .. . . . . when you're looking at me. A cranky old man, . . . . . .not very wise, Uncertain of habit .. . . . . . . .
I can see for miles tonight. Miles and miles and miles. So far, I can go all around, and see the back of me.
Expectations, culture, family graft onto our eyes A captivating child's toy, obscuring what's behind.
Never misjudge a child. Here are some examples: (Child spills coffee on tge table) A NEGATIVE PROJECTION: Ha. This will teach them never to leave their coffee around.
if i were a firefly...
He sits alone and quietly, On the corner of the bed, Watching her grow up, Realisation in his head.
You are all so small from up here. It is like I am a God.
#projecthumanity You always look at me differently, Just because I'm black. Don't look at me like that, 'cause listen closely, Just because I'm black don't mean I will attack.
An English teacher wrote on his whiteboard "A woman without her man is nothing" and asked the pupils to correct it. All the males wrote: "A woman, without her man, is nothing.
I'm not one for poems or stories and such. So I'm just going to write this. While you're sitting, lying, standing there reading this, people in the world are suffering so badly.
You stand on me, Throughout the day. You trample and stamp, Not a sorry you say. You walk on me, Without a glance. With pointed heels, Across I you dance. Being a floor; It hurts so much.
#household #procrastination High above streets Amid glass suites To gleam away grime Streak free shine I tower above The push and shove 'Tween reflections of clouds Above the crowds Just me and...
No, you don't know what it feels like to be filled with such a pain. Everyone is different, no one is the same. No matter what you've been through, you're not the only one.
This is not technically a poem, just a...thing. I don't really know what to call it. I don't see the world the way you do. You have your eyes and I have mine, which is fine, just don't think I'm...
When I was 5 years old, my mum always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down "happy".