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You whisper in my ear As you hold me so near The rain coming down And it's you wearing the crown The king of humour Of gentleness and wit They all call you a "git" But they don't know you Just see...
So here comes the #acrostic results. This one was a serious toughie. First place and second were switching around in my head. So without further hesitation...
I... don't care... I seriously don't care... If possible, I don't ever want to care. Those outcasts... The bullied, the weak, and the pressured... I don't want to help them...
Who are you to point and judge. Have you no one at all to love. The reason for all fear and hate, all you do is sit and negate. Tears soon come simply because, all you do is point and judge.
#acrostic challenge Do you think that capitalism is the Answer. Well, I am undecided; Rich and poor so divided, Kept segregated, everybody Selling sub machine guns to Everyone.
[Best viewed on iPad] R uthless selfish fulfilment of unreturned desire, A bject objectification of another, non-consensual P rostitution, though no recompense delivered, E xplicit denial of...
#disabilityaware There is a girl I know, Her name is Disability, She travels on unseen wheels, With her imagined friend Instability, The demons in her head scream, Miserably reminding her of...
Pay-per-view Gone through the roof Everybody tunes on to see the abuse Of a man and a woman that could be you Everybody sin Everybody cover up what they're doing Spying, cheating, lying to...
It doesn't matter if you're forty It doesn't matter if you're eleven Every word you lay on this page Can can bring a change around forever Please don't think you are clever because you found a...
Why should I always do what's right. I can't seem to win this fight. I look around this dreary place. Ashamed, I try to hide my face. I do my best whenever possible.
What is happening To the world. With the wars And people killed What is happening On Earth today. Taking lives And nobody to pay What is happening To our life.
Hypocrisy, Your latest form of democracy Power consumed by the elite Oligarchs on every street Consumerism everyone’s right Rip-off merchants without respite Insane policy to keep us in fear Saying...
H ands that would feed wield bayonets, Y es men vote nuclear without consequence, P oliticians feed off the class divide; O n the backs of broken babes they ride.
You wouldn't think A simple thought like hate As ridiculous as it seems Could convince a person A judgement biased by claim No evidence Or sanity for that matter Yet it still sustains Even as...
This is a blue wail, swearing at the dumb people, sitting next to me, clinical, in their unappreciative stares, cynical, in their derision and their praise, for the sight of me, on this train, in...
''Scape-goats for sale, Scape-goats for sale, Prices negotiable, Scape-goats for sale.'' ''They've been worn in, All defiance stamped out. Ambitions. God no!'' He said with a shout.
Delusions over who did what How can you blame this on a man who was not?. That man had a family, a mother and a brother. The evidence is there, open your eyes and discover.
So there's All this concrete Beneath these feet Feel the pain As the beast forced me to kneel It's all to real Scripts conflict Who paid for this shit Who would plan to kill kids How can a crazy...
Normal That makes it sound so easy Just one word Accomplishing that should come freely But who is it.
It was a cold day in January, When a man named Phil Lew, Got up out of bed, Wiped his nose and Put a hat on his head, And decided to wreck havoc.
It's safe to pretend. To follow their lead. It's best to play along. The illusion game of greed. For when the veil is lifted. When the masks are removed. You'll see the board for the pieces.
It's safe to pretend. To follow their lead. It's best to play along. The illusion game of greed. For when the veil is lifted. When the masks are removed. You'll see the board for the pieces.
I heard it said that Revolution will not be televised But in the land of Milk& Honey There is a date you sell it by otherwise it just expires and spoils and these folks 'bout to pop when the water...
The words that we speak be they strong or weak Shape the person we show to others we know. Words make lovers swoon 'by the light of a silvery moon' A magical phrase cuts through doubts haze.