Poetry 3
Published:Sunday | January 8, 2012 | 12:00 AM
Ready to rise
I am ready to rise
I have waited long enough
Fought my battle and it was rough
I now smell victory, I taste triumph
As grace runs down my cheek
It is near me, this opportunity I seek
After years of struggling
I am scorched by the rays of rejection
and bruised by the wipe of separation
I wasn't 'all that' when I was in need
but hugs and kisses came
when I did a good deed
I feel lonely even though I am not alone
I feel inadequate even though
there is much for me to get
I am faced with extreme challenges
overlaid with responsibilities
Looking up to the one who is wise
Looking down at worry as it dies
I watch myself as I rise
I must
I will
I am read to rise.
- Daron Chosen Smith
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My decision
Don't bombard me with your partisan barb
Quit saturating my space with your political rhetoric
Don't judge me if I choose to wear this colour shirt
Who are you to tell me I cannot visit my friends, while you create your colour boundaries?
Remove your flags from my wall, I know to whom I belong
I bleed one colour - indeed we all bleed one colour
So why divide us?
Surely we must be a people of unparalleled strength
A people of unique abilities
A people who, if united for Jamaica, can accomplish what we will!
- Kevin Baxter
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Don't cry
I am a warrior
I am a woman
My strength is in the words that flow though my mouth
With a voice that speaks from my heart
Which channel straight my lip, this is associated with cheeks that complete a smile to melt any soul
With ears that listen keenly and eyes which are windows to the world
Seeing love, sorrow and pain
But as a woman, I refuse to wet my eyelids
Since crying changes not a thing
Yet, these unshed tears have been made into a bridge to cross loneliness
But whether it's in or out
I've got to know what I am all about
By being bold and strong and telling myself
'I'm not doing wrong'
'Cause once you're in, you've got to take it
So I made my mind up, just stand and face it
Because warriors don't cry.
- Ann-Marie N. Garth
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Lies hurt most
It's the lies that I hate
Why lie? Why do I realise too late?
Am I not worth the truth?
Why cheat on me with Colleen, Ann and Sue?
One gave you a jacket, the other wanted to give you a suit
I know that the truth can hurt sometimes
When are you going to realise?
That what hurts me more are lies
You pretend to be a saint but beneath all that you're just a snake
As I saw all the evidence, my body began to shake
Friends asked me why I remained so faithful and true
But that's because I believed in you
The truth is all I ever expect
Yet you tell an untruth, white lie
Disrespect lies at its root
I hate liars to the core
Wait, haven't I said that before?
Yes I did, the moment we met
My, how quickly you forget
And how quickly I regret
Choosing to believe in you
Trusting you were true
That you were like me
And I could like you.
- S. Blagrove
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Rain
The clear droplets of water I call rain
You can touch it, you won't feel pain
When it touches the ground it's quiet, it hardly makes a sound
It falls everywhere, even where it is shallow
Maybe wind will follow
It does not matter if the rain is strong, if the rain never comes something is wrong
It falls from the grey clouds and makes a sound that is very loud
A flash of light that is
very bright
it will ruin your eyesight and give you a fright
The rain may put up a fight
The happiest time is when the sun comes out
The time when I run outside to scream and shout.
- Tarique Archat