A road I travel…#Poetry

As I past by I-75 the weeds I see

I know by that sight I’m in the D

It looks shabby to outsiders

But this neighborhood is where I come home to be.

Driving down 8 mile

Which has many stories to tell

About the days and nights

And who sleeps and gets freaky in the many motels.

Strip clubs and fast food joints line the street

For late night eats and carnal treats

This road for sure can’t be beat.

After work, often tired I see

Faces and places going about their day

From gas stations to medical weed locations

There’s bad and good I can say.

It goes a long way through city and suburb

Its name you’ve probably heard

In movies, on TV, through music maybe

You can walk up and down till your feet hurts

This road goes through my neighborhood and I’m proud to say

Through potholes and smooth streets

I drive on 8 mile each and every day.

Authentic faces through musical lyrics….#poetry

**For this exercise we were to explore a form of poetry called found poetry, you look up pieces that have already been written and make a poem out of it. There were several examples to use. I picked one of my favorite musicians and picked 9 of her songs took a lyric from each and put together a very personal poem about basically being my authentic self. Her music has gotten me through a lot of good and bad times. I found the illustration on Instagram and thought it would fit perfectly with the theme faces.

Authentic faces through musical lyrics

I refuse to falter in what i believe or lose faith in my dreams

After so much suffering

You’ll always be a part of me. I’m part of you indefinitely

There’s an answer if you reach into your soul and that sorrow you know will melt away

And lightning don’t strike the same place twice, when you and I

No stress, no fights I’m leaving it all behind no tears no time to cry

Images of rapture creep into me slowly

But we all make mistakes, felt the guilt and self hate.

One of my favorite poems…#poetry

I Carry Your Heart With Me

i carry your heart with me
i carry it in my heart

i am never without it
anywhere i go you go, my dear;
and whatever is done
by only me is your doing, my darling

i fear no fate
for you are my fate, my sweet
i want no world
for beautiful you are my world, my true

and it’s you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
here is the root of the root
and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;
which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide
and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart
i carry it in my heart

—by E.E. Cummings

Why is this one of my favorite poems? I’m a hopeless romantic and I do wish to read a long poem/love letter at my wedding. Seeing this movie made the possibility more real and this poem jumped out at me. I admit I bought more volumes of e.e cummings works just looking for this poem. Its elegant, its romantic and you feel like he could be writing it to anyone including myself. I share with you and the universe one of my favorite poems ever.

P.S: It’s also a good movie but I admit I’ve never read the book.

CaesarMarques

I’m gonna chase waterfalls; An Ode….#poetry

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Tank full of gas, as the pedal hits the metal I ask are you happy today, the smile on my face

lets me know I’m near the place that brings me joy in that brief second I see wet. Park the car

now sand through my toes, I don’t care where the time goes. Happy faces around, I even see a clown

enjoying all that this place is. Waves crash against the tide I only hope that the divine blesses me

with a home near this fantastic space only grace could shape something so rich, powerful, beautiful and

nourishing. I’m in awe. Mother Nature. Water. Raw.

Love life. Imperfections…#poetry

A Limerick

I ‘m at a lost because I don’t have much time

to find a true love that’s mine

All the dudes are straight, that I wanna

date, clearly fate is taking its time. Wait

I’m not drunk enough could you please pass the red wine?

The skin hides what everyone can see…..#Poetry

My skin is big you see, enough room for maybe you and two to three skinny folk. It bleeds like any other surface with blood going through its veins sometimes its easy not to feel the pain. Its my protection of sorts, kinda like when we were kids and built pillow forts. As a child we used to jump on, hide under and disappear into that fluffy void. All that time wanting just to be heard without making noise. Playing tag feeling special because you couldn’t find me all this skin wrapped around all that’s meant to guide me. Into your heart, into your soul into telling stories that should and need to be told. All said and done I’m glad the skin is here because most strangers cant sense the fear.

The gift that keeps on giving….#poetry

For when the going gets rough

And the struggle seems never-ending

In this universe, there’s unforseen forces at work

That have your back and your front

Have no fear you’re gonna be alright or at least that’s what I keep telling myself.

Person To Person

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Best Things In Life Are Free

I’ve had associates, had some friends but what did that get me in the end? Judgements all around about how I get down. Found out it didn’t matter, all that was chit chatter. Whats going on inside I had to find out to make sure my mind was right and to eliminate all doubt.

Because Of You

The world doesn’t seem so cold. The fucks I gave went away. Freedom was living how I wanna live, giving my authentic self out to the world. Take it or leave it was the theme song, I’m kinda glad I lasted this long. Tests all around, snakes in the grass but I had angels on my shoulders making sure I passed.

Superpower

Is the way you dress, to the way you wear your hair. It’s the bass in your voice to the confidence in your walk. It’s in the words you say, the way you kiss. It’s in the causes you believe in, to the places you spend your money. We carry it in our eyes, the fibers of our mind. A damn shame some use it to be unkind.

Rise Up

To the wonders of the world. The different colors of the people. The spectrum of sexuality that makes us all more alike than different. Let the big book pull us together and not tear us apart. let your smile lead to my smile and soon the whole world will smile. Bond in the fight to celebrate our humanness, because lets face it its the one thing we all possess.

Thank you for helping me through, you know who you are.

When you feel some kinda way…

Saw myself on-screen horrified at the sight

When will this darkness that overtakes me come into the light.

Theres a lot of well wishes but what will that get me.

Drink You Away

I can’t, one addiction I’ve never succumbed to

How easy that alcohol would be the place I would run to

My taste buds don’t favor.

Therapy

Did wonders but ended years later, the talking helped

getting the grit and grime off my mind. I walked away free

or so I thought.

Heart to Yours

Wearing my heart on my sleeve takes a toll especially when I here

other sad stories unfold. I don’t want to be a burden so I prefer a journal

where I can pour my heart out without judgement.

Beautiful

Linda Perry wrote a song, words can’t bring me down but what if they’re

your own? You try to rise above stay on higher ground and look for love of yourself

which is somewhere underground.

That’s What Friends Are For

Wonderful, talented, encouraging but are they telling me the truth or telling me what

they think I wanna hear? Words can become flowers or weapons but only you decide

which, another thing to consider on this journey.

In My Feelings

It happens sometimes, I know guys aren’t supposed to show feeling and emotion but I’m not that dude. Giving a fuck is becoming a thing of the past oh how can I get that feeling to last. Doing me best the way I know how and trying to make it work.

CaesarMarques

I Miss Him…. A Poem

There were times when the world seemed so open, problems didn’t hit me as hard

When coloring was the shit and getting a 64 count crayon box meant you were blessed

From deciding what Matchbox cars to play with, what Lego fixtures I could build

I Miss Him

The couple of dollars I could make from raking the grass, the jumping on any couch or bed

to almost breaking down when I didn’t get what I want. My oh my time goes by fast

When hearing the Ice Cream truck brought so much joy and a sweet tooth to match

I Miss Him

Growing older, I really understood what the world thought of me and not having the tools

to not give a damn, I gave in. Walls went up, heart in a lockbox gasping for air

Thinking if I was “normal” things would be ok

I Wanna Hug Him

Knowing that what I believe matters above all else, tides have changed the water is less choppy

the greatest love of all was so easy to achieve, right under my nose, the smell of freedom

the clouds are blue again.

I Am Him

CaesarMarques

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