#blackpoetsmatter

[shutupkrysta]

Meditation contemplation

I really don’t have time for conversations

God made this promise to me

So, I’m in a season of preparation.

My discernment says to watch who you hang with

Cause everybody is not serious about elevation

It’s not about IF but more about WHEN

God promised me a win

That’s why I’m doing soul-searching within

I want to see heights I’ve never seen before

Reach pinnacles I’ve never reached before

But that means

I gotta do some things I’ve never done before

I close my eyes and manifest because I know

There has to be more

Then what I’ve seen

And what people around me have accepted

I refuse to be 90 years old

looking back on a life I regretted

If it’s tangible, I’m gonna get it

If it’s spiritual, I know my savior has already left it.

You see, it’s all about your perception

Every day I’m reflecting

Even through transgressions

I got a vision of my life and where I’m headed

[mypinkparables]

CHEYLIZEAN UNRELEASED #1

As your eyes adjust to the darkness

In a world where my love is heartless

Where pain only enhances the sharpness

And no pleasure only bricks up the hardness

Watching you swing without my harness

To me, your risk of injury is harmless

Cause I never even wanted to start shit

But sometimes holding on hurts worse than letting the rope slip

And there’s no bowing out gracefully to those who expect you to quit

So I was just through with it, nothing else to do with it

I’m not afraid to wear a shoe

If I do fit it

But if the size don’t fit

Then your lies won’t fit

Then it becomes less easy to admit

That our time just went

I stopped finding reason to defend the nights you were violent

That’s why you have trouble looking me in the eye and shit

But I’m fine with it

Even though I gave my last dimes for all the time I spent

I don’t gotta hide from shit

It’s obvious when a creature is colorful it doesn’t need to hide from shit

To survive for shit

Cause a stand out with no hand out is never provided shit

I’m shocked I let my pretty mouth sail in tides like this

Now I spit out the manure and remind myself what I was chewing shit for

For every night I told God I did not want to do this anymore

I had to learn detachment so I could close all those doors

It lead me down the right path too

That’s why I saw all those 4’s

If you don’t do it for yourself, what are you doing it for?

[shazzy11]

“FRENEMIE” from “webworld” poetry collection available at https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B097TJG28Q

[letsgogoose]

who am i posting for on here

is anyone there?!

[ja5da]

Poetry for the the nation by me🌺🌺🌺

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[kondjimlimwengu]

Every last one

[enigmaticlordkilpatrick]

Eternal Rose 

A moment frozen in time Put those emotions on ice Feels nice The color stays The memory never fades Your beauty represented in the petals You hold a part of my heart in your hand Forever and ever Remember me Or do you wish to forget me? I suppose I will never know The image reflected in your eyes When you see it, do you cry? I swear it wasn't a lie Doesn't matter now Goodbye

[ritware1850]

Reposted from @_lyneezy Kept it very brief today. Sad we have to keep making this point. But here we are. Sidenote** I know ya'll want to listen to Aaliyah's music, but get them youtube playlists popping and visit ebay and find a cd and a cd player if you don't still have one. Stop paying Barry Hankerson. #blacklivesmatter #blackgirlmagic #blackgirls #love #instagood #aaliyah #beautiful #blackpoetsmatter #blackwomen https://www.instagram.com/p/CTWdQIdg6-7/?utm_medium=tumblr

[chaotic-thghts2]

A Dying Plant . . . #wordhour #artistsoninstagram #artisticwritersfeature #poetrycommunity #poems #poetry #poetrylovers #newartist #newaccount #blackpoetry #blackpoets #blackpoetsociety #blackpoetsmatter #blackgirlmagic #blacklivesmatter #sadpoetry #romanticpoetry #wordporn #igpoets #poetsandwritersfeature #igpoets #igpoetrycommunity #igpoetrysociety #poetryislife #poetryislove #poetryisalive #heartbreak #life #love #poetrycommunityofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/CS7I61dMfBT/?utm_medium=tumblr

[theluciddragonfly]

How can I show you who I am when I unmask all my pain and all my demons masquerade in the depths of my curves and thighs?

Who will I be without the filter to separate all the lies?

So who will you call when you come to me and all the strength in my tongue subsides?

What am I worth without darkness to hide behind?

Who will I look upon when I can’t even slip through the crevices of my own forsaken mind?

Where will you stand when my darkness no longer chooses to hide, yet embrace the race to my demise?

— Who Am I? (Written by @theluciddragonfly)

[yahyaea]

Okokokok thanks for joining tn!

s/o to @artydraw, @leandealer @happyf33t-2dafullest-blog for the pieces that were read off & adding to the good vibes I appreciate it a lot🥹💛

(I’ll be continuing the short story👀)

If you wrote along to the prompts and/or want to share your pieces for the next live you can find my email in the link in my bio! pls include your name/handle.

Next Sunday? 9:30? c ya😂💛

Hiiii, on my last live we decided to have writers submit pieces to be read & shared on my next live. If you wanna send some of your own or your favorite pieces by other writers (music, poetry, short stories etc) you can drop it in my inbox or you can find my email in the link in my bio!

I wanna credit the artists too so pls include your handle/name.

I’ll most likely hop on Wednesday night, but I’ll come back & update with the specific time!

I’ll be reading some of my pieces too:)

I promise this is a safe space because we’re all artists and sensitive about our shit okay😭💛

[melaninisntcheap]

i used to like you, that’s crazy.

i thought i wanted you, maybe.

i knew i loved you, premonitions- past life ?

too good for me? it’s possible

too good for you? impossible

any sliver of HOPE? on life support.

[mimillforts]

Sometimes I let the water in the shower rinse my pain

Sometimes I let the wind blowing and birds tweeting cradle me to sleep

Sometimes I let the loneliness and absence of light comfort me

Sometimes I let the stares of disgust acknowledge my existence

Sometimes I let the negative thoughts keep me company

Sometimes I let other peoples views take centre stage

Sometimes I sit around thinking of ways to exit

Sometimes I wonder whether I am just another statistic

Sometimes I grip hope knowing it's pointless

Sometimes I type exactly how I'm presently feeling

written by -visions-of-a-wanderer-

[letsgogoose]

on my knees 🧎🏾💙

[virgopoetry22]

I’ve seen how addiction works,

I never want to experience it again.

I never truly ever thought that we would be any thing more than friends

I thought I knew my limits with you, but I seem to have over did it...

I had more than my tolerance would permit and it became too hard to quit it...

Every day things became harder to focus on as I grew to love you too much...

Then the thing that was supposed to just keep me grounded, suddenly became a crutch.

You knew you were my greatest weakness so I understand why you decided to leave

So I could finally learn to focus on the only thing that truly mattered and love a little more of me....

[kondjimlimwengu]

Today

“What are you waiting for”

is a question that’s been tormenting me as of late

Cuz I’ve always been waiting

But I’ve been unclear on the what, or even the why

The when is always changing

From “next week”

To “next year”

To the recurring, excited bursts of “today!!”

Which then becomes last week

Then last year

Then never mind

“Extensive yet unfulfilled” can be used to describe more than my notes section

It can be used to describe the many ideas and ambitions which undoubtedly grow tired of a lifetime confined to my mind

When they just want to live

It can be used to describe my 27 years on this earth

Which have been largely unremarkable

Spent devotedly waiting for a what and a when that’ll likely never come

I’m tired of waiting, and I just want to live

Well I let me live?